diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
index 0f175c90920e..5d605b240ad8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 , isPy3k
 , ensureNewerSourcesForZipFilesHook
 , findutils
+, installShellFiles
 }:
 
 let
@@ -190,6 +191,6 @@ in rec {
   sphinxHook = callPackage ({ sphinx }:
     makeSetupHook {
       name = "python${python.pythonVersion}-sphinx-hook";
-      deps = [ sphinx ];
+      deps = [ sphinx installShellFiles ];
     } ./sphinx-hook.sh) {};
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/sphinx-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/sphinx-hook.sh
index 92cc9e52ed21..5bbb17e21265 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/sphinx-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/sphinx-hook.sh
@@ -11,10 +11,17 @@
 # Sphinx build system can depend on arbitrary amount of python modules, client
 # code is responsible for ensuring that all dependencies are present.
 
-buildSphinxPhase() {
-    local __sphinxRoot="" o
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+echo "Sourcing sphinx-hook"
 
+declare -a __sphinxBuilders
+
+buildSphinxPhase() {
+    echo "Executing buildSphinxPhase"
+
+    local __sphinxRoot="" o
     runHook preBuildSphinx
+
     if [[ -n "${sphinxRoot:-}" ]] ; then  # explicit root
         if ! [[ -f "${sphinxRoot}/conf.py" ]] ; then
             echo 2>&1 "$sphinxRoot/conf.py: no such file"
@@ -35,20 +42,42 @@ buildSphinxPhase() {
         echo 2>&1 "Sphinx documentation not found, use 'sphinxRoot' variable"
         exit 1
     fi
-    sphinx-build -M html "${__sphinxRoot}" ".sphinx/html" -v
+
+    if [ -n "${sphinxBuilders-}" ]; then
+        eval "__sphinxBuilders=($sphinxBuilders)"
+    else
+        __sphinxBuilders=(html)
+    fi
+
+    for __builder in "${__sphinxBuilders[@]}"; do
+        echo "Executing sphinx-build with ${__builder} builder"
+        sphinx-build -M "${__builder}" "${__sphinxRoot}" ".sphinx/${__builder}" -v
+    done
 
     runHook postBuildSphinx
 }
 
 installSphinxPhase() {
+    echo "Executing installSphinxPhase"
+
     local docdir=""
     runHook preInstallSphinx
 
-    docdir="${doc:-$out}/share/doc/${sphinxOutdir:-$name}"
-    mkdir -p "$docdir"
+    for __builder in "${__sphinxBuilders[@]}"; do
+        # divert output for man builder
+        if [ "$__builder" == "man" ]; then
+            installManPage .sphinx/man/man/*
 
-    cp -r .sphinx/html/html "$docdir/"
-    rm -fr "${docdir}/html/_sources" "${docdir}/html/.buildinfo"
+        else
+            # shellcheck disable=2154
+            docdir="${doc:-$out}/share/doc/${pname}"
+
+            mkdir -p "$docdir"
+
+            cp -r ".sphinx/${__builder}/${__builder}" "$docdir/"
+            rm -fr "${docdir}/${__builder}/_sources" "${docdir}/${__builder}/.buildinfo"
+        fi
+    done
 
     runHook postInstallSphinx
 }