diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/geometry/tetgen/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/geometry/tetgen/default.nix
index 1e3c96ae8c6..ff2b211b34d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/geometry/tetgen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/geometry/tetgen/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake }:
 
-let version = "1.6.0"; in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "tetgen";
-  inherit version;
+  version = "1.6.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://wias-berlin.de/software/tetgen/1.5/src/tetgen${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "sha256-h7XmHr06Rx/E8s3XEkwrEd1mOfT+sflBpdL1EQ0Fzjk=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,lib,include}
     cp tetgen $out/bin
+    cp libtet.a $out/lib
+    cp ../tetgen.{cxx,h} $out/include
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = {