diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 027e93a2a9..fd36d8d85a 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ let
           export VARTEXFONTS=$TMPDIR/texfonts
         '';
 
+        distPhase = "make dist-gzip; make dist-xz; mkdir -p $out/tarballs; cp *.tar.* $out/tarballs";
+
         preDist = ''
           make -C doc/manual install prefix=$out