diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/build-tex-env.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/build-tex-env.nix
index 1de1afb649e05..9e1b7fb560bc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/build-tex-env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/build-tex-env.nix
@@ -327,6 +327,20 @@ lib.fix (
           appliedArgs = if builtins.isFunction newArgs then newArgs args else newArgs;
         in
         self (args // { __fromCombineWrapper = false; } // appliedArgs);
+      withDocs = self (
+        args
+        // {
+          __fromCombineWrapper = false;
+          withDocs = true;
+        }
+      );
+      withSources = self (
+        args
+        // {
+          __fromCombineWrapper = false;
+          withSources = true;
+        }
+      );
       withPackages =
         reqs:
         self (
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e3a4627bc1116..10fda9882c581 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1745,6 +1745,8 @@ with pkgs;
     texliveSmall
     texliveTeTeX
     ;
+  # alias to trigger a build of all texdoc containers
+  texliveFullWithDocs = texliveFull.withDocs;
   texlivePackages = recurseIntoAttrs (lib.mapAttrs (_: v: v.build) texlive.pkgs);
 
   futhark = haskell.lib.compose.justStaticExecutables haskellPackages.futhark;