diff --git a/src/libstore/local.mk b/src/libstore/local.mk
index 0be0bf310589..80f3390c5be7 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local.mk
+++ b/src/libstore/local.mk
@@ -66,3 +66,6 @@ $(foreach i, $(wildcard src/libstore/builtins/*.hh), \
 
 $(foreach i, $(wildcard src/libstore/build/*.hh), \
   $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(i), $(includedir)/nix/build, 0644)))
+
+$(foreach i, $(wildcard src/libstore/*.md), \
+  $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(i), $(includedir)/nix, 0644)))