diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wpa_supplicant/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wpa_supplicant/default.nix
index 3b19b7bff54..f203c0a5275 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wpa_supplicant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wpa_supplicant/default.nix
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp -v dbus/dbus-wpa_supplicant.conf $out/etc/dbus-1/system.d
     cp -v "systemd/"*.service $out/etc/systemd/system
     rm $out/share/man/man8/wpa_priv.8
+    install -Dm444 wpa_supplicant.conf $out/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.example
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {