diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dirb/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dirb/default.nix
index 1ff6c33bcc26..17a518bdea21 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dirb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dirb/default.nix
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fcommon";
 
   postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/dirb/
+    mkdir -p $out/share/{dirb,wordlists}
     cp -r wordlists/ $out/share/dirb/
+    ln -s $out/share/dirb/wordlists/ $out/share/wordlists/dirb
   '';
 
   meta = {