diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/mpd-sima/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/mpd-sima/default.nix
index cd8196e1b1e5..00aee5bbd83e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/mpd-sima/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/mpd-sima/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   fetchFromGitLab,
   python-musicpd,
   requests,
+  sphinxHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
@@ -19,6 +20,16 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   format = "setuptools";
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i '/intersphinx/d' doc/source/conf.py
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    sphinxHook
+  ];
+
+  sphinxBuilders = [ "man" ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     requests
     python-musicpd