diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0b13df521ff9..9a2d9a99a006 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5422,7 +5422,7 @@ let
   };
 
   emacs22Packages = emacsPackages emacs22 pkgs.emacs22Packages;
-  emacs23Packages = emacsPackages emacs23 pkgs.emacs23Packages;
+  emacs23Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (emacsPackages emacs23 pkgs.emacs23Packages);
 
   epdfview = callPackage ../applications/misc/epdfview {
     inherit (gtkLibs) gtk;