diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/soxr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/soxr/default.nix
index 45a5227404ce4..604057ba65cbd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/soxr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/soxr/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./arm64-check.patch
   ];
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "doc" ]; # headers are just two and very small
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "doc" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];