diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/default.nix
index 675521d216d7..fb0b8b5debad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/default.nix
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
         mixBuildDirHook
         mixCompileHook
         mixEscriptSetupHook
+        mixReleaseSetupHook
         rebar3CompileHook
         rebarDevendorPatchHook
         ;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/default.nix
index 4b87953ab1f4..304134c645fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/default.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
     meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
   } ./mix-escript-setup-hook.sh;
 
+  mixReleaseSetupHook = makeSetupHook {
+    name = "mix-release-setup-hook.sh";
+    meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  } ./mix-release-setup-hook.sh;
+
   rebar3CompileHook = makeSetupHook {
     name = "rebar3-compile-hook.sh";
     meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-release-setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-release-setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b073f63cbcc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-release-setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+
+mixReleaseInstallHook() {
+  echo "Executing mixReleaseInstallHook"
+
+  runHook preInstall
+
+  mix release ${mixReleaseName:+"$mixReleaseName"} --no-deps-check --path "$out"
+
+  runHook postInstall
+
+  echo "Finished mixReleaseInstallHook"
+}
+
+if [ -z "${dontMixReleaseInstall-}" ] && [ -z "${installPhase-}" ]; then
+  installPhase=mixReleaseInstallHook
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/mix-release.nix b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/mix-release.nix
index 60505f060993..d8fb15bd89c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/mix-release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/mix-release.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
   gnugrep,
   gawk,
   mixBuildDirHook,
+  mixCompileHook,
   mixEscriptSetupHook,
+  mixReleaseSetupHook,
 }@inputs:
 
 lib.extendMkDerivation {
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
       mixEnv ? "prod",
       mixTarget ? "host",
       compileFlags ? [ ],
+      mixCompileFlags ? compileFlags,
       # Build a particular named release.
       # see https://hexdocs.pm/mix/1.12/Mix.Tasks.Release.html#content
       mixReleaseName ? "",
@@ -115,8 +118,10 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
             ripgrep
 
             mixBuildDirHook
+            mixCompileHook
           ]
         ++ lib.optionals (escriptBinName != null) [ mixEscriptSetupHook ]
+        ++ lib.optionals (escriptBinName == null) [ mixReleaseSetupHook ]
         ++ (builtins.attrValues mixNixDeps);
 
       buildInputs = [
@@ -208,24 +213,6 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
           runHook postConfigure
         '';
 
-      buildPhase =
-        attrs.buildPhase or ''
-          runHook preBuild
-
-          mix compile --no-deps-check ${lib.concatStringsSep " " compileFlags}
-
-          runHook postBuild
-        '';
-
-      installPhase =
-        attrs.installPhase or ''
-          runHook preInstall
-
-          mix release ${mixReleaseName} --no-deps-check --path "$out"
-
-          runHook postInstall
-        '';
-
       postFixup = ''
         echo "removing files for Microsoft Windows"
         rm -f "$out"/bin/*.bat