diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/age/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/age/default.nix
index cff4630dd5db..fd59f9534fe7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/age/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/age/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "age";
@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   ldflags = [
-    "-X main.Version=${version}"
+    "-s" "-w" "-X main.Version=${version}"
   ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    installManPage doc/*.1
+  '';
+
   doInstallCheck = true;
   installCheckPhase = ''
     if [[ "$("$out/bin/${pname}" --version)" == "${version}" ]]; then