diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/to/tomb/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/to/tomb/package.nix
index 171751e5f84f..4af247624d18 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/to/tomb/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/to/tomb/package.nix
@@ -69,11 +69,15 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     install -Dm755 tomb $out/bin/tomb
     install -Dm644 doc/tomb.1 $out/share/man/man1/tomb.1
 
     wrapProgram $out/bin/tomb \
       --prefix PATH : $out/bin:${lib.makeBinPath runtimeDependencies}
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   passthru = {