diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/llvm-mode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/llvm-mode/default.nix
index 4938f2d98be1..9fef79b3312d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/llvm-mode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/llvm-mode/default.nix
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 melpaBuild {
   pname = "llvm-mode";
-  inherit (llvmPackages.llvm) version;
+  inherit (llvmPackages.llvm) src version;
 
-  src = "${llvmPackages.llvm.src}/llvm/utils/emacs";
+  files = ''
+    ("llvm/utils/emacs/*.el"
+     "llvm/utils/emacs/README")
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     inherit (llvmPackages.llvm.meta) homepage license;