diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpupower/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpupower/default.nix
index c2e881b33c31..c80352a1e7e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpupower/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpupower/default.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     man = "share/man";
     include = "include";
     lib = "lib";
+    libexec = "libexec";
     locale = "share/locale";
     doc = "share/doc/cpupower";
     conf = "etc";