diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
index 8c1f058317ac..b51a835d6103 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "bin"}/bin/fc-list";
   versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
 
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstallCheck
+
+    [ -d "$bin/share/man/man1" ]
+    [ -d "$bin/share/man/man5" ]
+    echo "man pages exist"
+
+    runHook postInstallCheck
+  '';
+
   passthru = {
     tests = {
       pkg-config = testers.hasPkgConfigModules {