diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/strigi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/strigi/default.nix
index ee89eda327d0..faba57d155fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/strigi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/strigi/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     url = "http://www.vandenoever.info/software/strigi/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "12grxzqwnvbyqw7q1gnz42lypadxmq89vk2qpxczmpmc4nk63r23";
   };
-  
+
   includeAllQtDirs = true;
 
   CLUCENE_HOME = clucene_core;
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  # Strigi installs some libraries in an incorrect place
+  # ($out/$out/lib instead of $out/lib), so move them to the right
+  # place.
+  postInstall =
+    ''
+      mv $out/$out/lib/* $out/lib
+      rm -rf $out/nix
+    '';
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://strigi.sourceforge.net;
     description = "A very fast and efficient crawler to index data on your harddrive";