diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4711e0087..bcf0d06bc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ if is_darwin
   )
 endif
 
-subdir('lix-doc')
 subdir('src')
 subdir('scripts')
 subdir('misc')
diff --git a/package.nix b/package.nix
index af542cdf5..a678e3dbd 100644
--- a/package.nix
+++ b/package.nix
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ let
     ./meson.build
     ./meson.options
     ./meson
-    ./lix-doc
     ./scripts/meson.build
     ./subprojects
   ]);
@@ -289,7 +288,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     BOOST_LIBRARYDIR = "${lib.getLib boost}/lib";
   };
 
-  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.importCargoLock { lockFile = ./lix-doc/Cargo.lock; };
+  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.importCargoLock { lockFile = ./src/lix-doc/Cargo.lock; };
 
   preConfigure =
     lib.optionalString (!finalAttrs.dontBuild && !hostPlatform.isStatic) ''
diff --git a/lix-doc/.gitignore b/src/lix-doc/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from lix-doc/.gitignore
rename to src/lix-doc/.gitignore
diff --git a/lix-doc/Cargo.lock b/src/lix-doc/Cargo.lock
similarity index 100%
rename from lix-doc/Cargo.lock
rename to src/lix-doc/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/lix-doc/Cargo.toml b/src/lix-doc/Cargo.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from lix-doc/Cargo.toml
rename to src/lix-doc/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/lix-doc/README.md b/src/lix-doc/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from lix-doc/README.md
rename to src/lix-doc/README.md
diff --git a/lix-doc/meson.build b/src/lix-doc/meson.build
similarity index 100%
rename from lix-doc/meson.build
rename to src/lix-doc/meson.build
diff --git a/src/lix-doc/package.nix b/src/lix-doc/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3896e726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lix-doc/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ rustPlatform, lib }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+  name = "lix-doc";
+
+  cargoLock.lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
+  src = lib.cleanSource ./.;
+}
diff --git a/lix-doc/src/lib.rs b/src/lix-doc/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from lix-doc/src/lib.rs
rename to src/lix-doc/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/lix-doc/src/pprint.rs b/src/lix-doc/src/pprint.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from lix-doc/src/pprint.rs
rename to src/lix-doc/src/pprint.rs
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index e918ae392..66fbb13ba 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Subcomponents: these link into artifacts themselves, and have interdependencies.
+subdir('lix-doc')
 
 subdir('libutil')
 # Load-bearing order. libstore depends on libutil.