diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hd/hdf4/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hd/hdf4/package.nix
index 603bd5dd7122..045a5b5092db 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hd/hdf4/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hd/hdf4/package.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   postInstall = ''
+    moveToOutput lib/libhdf4.settings "$dev"
     moveToOutput bin "$bin"
   '';