diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/awesome/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/awesome/default.nix
index fa86257a1a95..51026f18120c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/awesome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/awesome/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , xmlto, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl, findXMLCatalogs
 , libxkbcommon, xcbutilxrm, hicolor-icon-theme
 , asciidoctor
+, fontsConf
 }:
 
 with luaPackages; stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -27,8 +28,13 @@ with luaPackages; stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     xmlto docbook_xml_dtd_45
     docbook_xsl findXMLCatalogs
     asciidoctor
+    ldoc
   ];
 
+  outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
+
+  FONTCONFIG_FILE = toString fontsConf;
+
   propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ hicolor-icon-theme ];
   buildInputs = [ cairo librsvg dbus gdk_pixbuf gobject-introspection
                   git lgi libpthreadstubs libstartup_notification
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 67aefc86dce9..0c2c0fec50e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16634,6 +16634,7 @@ in
   awesome-4-0 = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/awesome {
     cairo = cairo.override { xcbSupport = true; };
     luaPackages = luaPackages.override { inherit lua; };
+    inherit (texFunctions) fontsConf;
   };
   awesome = awesome-4-0;