diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix
index 18110a07c37..9b0c5e47dca 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper
-, pkg-config, which, perl, libXrandr
+, pkg-config, which, perl, jq, libXrandr
 , cairo, dbus, systemd, gdk-pixbuf, glib, libX11, libXScrnSaver
 , wayland, wayland-protocols
 , libXinerama, libnotify, pango, xorgproto, librsvg
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/dunst \
       --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE"
+
+    install -D contrib/_dunst.zshcomp $out/share/zsh/site-functions/_dunst
+    install -D contrib/_dunstctl.zshcomp $out/share/zsh/site-functions/_dunstctl
+    substituteInPlace $out/share/zsh/site-functions/_dunstctl \
+      --replace "jq -M" "${jq}/bin/jq -M"
   '';
 
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion { package = dunst; };