diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix
index c59d2faaf26c..6f788fc5ed6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python, asciidoc, re2c }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python, asciidoc, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl, libxslt, re2c }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ninja-${version}";
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "16scq9hcq6c5ap6sy8j4qi75qps1zvrf3p79j1vbrvnqzp928i5f";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ python asciidoc re2c ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ python asciidoc docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl libxslt.bin re2c ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
     python configure.py --bootstrap
-    asciidoc doc/manual.asciidoc
+    ./ninja manual
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''