diff --git a/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
index e0fd68f13b60..821247535050 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ncurses, pcre, buildPackages }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
+, autoreconfHook
+, yodl
+, perl
+, groff
+, util-linux
+, texinfo
+, ncurses
+, pcre
+, buildPackages }:
 
 let
   version = "5.8";
-
-  documentation = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/zsh/zsh-${version}-doc.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1i6wdzq6rfjx5yjrpzan1jf50hk2pfzy5qib9mb7cnnbjfar6klv";
-  };
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -30,6 +37,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     })
   ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook yodl perl groff util-linux texinfo ];
+
   buildInputs = [ ncurses pcre ];
 
   configureFlags = [
@@ -47,9 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   # XXX: think/discuss about this, also with respect to nixos vs nix-on-X
   postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/info
-    tar xf ${documentation} -C $out/share
-    ln -s $out/share/zsh-*/Doc/zsh.info* $out/share/info/
+    make install.info install.html
 
     mkdir -p $out/etc/
     cat > $out/etc/zprofile <<EOF