diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/htmldocs.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/htmldocs.nix
index bfd7de475e17..af43f3162783 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/htmldocs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/htmldocs.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     patchShebangs \
       Documentation/sphinx/parse-headers.pl \
       scripts/{get_abi.pl,get_feat.pl,kernel-doc,sphinx-pre-install} \
+      tools/docs/sphinx-pre-install \
       tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py
   '';