diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/default.nix
index b989b1eb974..2b35c91d10c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/default.nix
@@ -34,11 +34,9 @@ let
 self = stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "coq-${version}";
 
-  inherit coq-version;
-  inherit camlp5;
-  inherit (ocamlPackages) ocaml;
   passthru = {
-    inherit (ocamlPackages) findlib num;
+    inherit coq-version camlp5;
+    inherit (ocamlPackages) ocaml findlib num;
     emacsBufferSetup = pkgs: ''
       ; Propagate coq paths to children
       (inherit-local-permanent coq-prog-name "${self}/bin/coqtop")
@@ -125,8 +123,11 @@ self = stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildFlags = "revision coq coqide bin/votour";
 
+  createFindlibDestdir = true;
+
   postInstall = ''
     cp bin/votour $out/bin/
+    ln -s $out/lib/coq $OCAMLFIND_DESTDIR/coq
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {