diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/af/afew/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/af/afew/package.nix
index 4a73e3afecd7..7d677f205bbd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/af/afew/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/af/afew/package.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     python3Packages.sphinxHook
   ];
 
+  sphinxRoot = "docs";
   sphinxBuilders = [
     "html"
     "man"
@@ -58,6 +59,12 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     "man"
   ];
 
+  # Workaround for upstream packaging paths, can be removed once #573479 is resolved
+  postInstall = ''
+    sphinx-build -b man docs docs/build/man
+    install -Dm644 docs/build/man/*.1 -t $man/share/man/man1/
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/afewmail/afew";
     description = "Initial tagging script for notmuch mail";