diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/afew/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/afew/default.nix
index bdf39de0651c..29f44e53333a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/afew/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/afew/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "afew";
-  version = "1.3.0";
+  version = "2.0.0";
 
   src = pythonPackages.fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0105glmlkpkjqbz350dxxasvlfx9dk0him9vwbl86andzi106ygz";
+    sha256 = "0j60501nm242idf2ig0h7p6wrg58n5v2p6zfym56v9pbvnbmns0s";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ sphinx setuptools_scm ];
@@ -15,20 +15,23 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     pythonPackages.notmuch chardet dkimpy
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!pythonPackages.isPy3k) subprocess32;
 
-  postBuild =  ''
-    make -C docs man
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    mandir="$out/share/man/man1"
-    mkdir -p "$mandir"
-    cp docs/build/man/* "$mandir"
-  '';
-
   makeWrapperArgs = [
     ''--prefix PATH ':' "${notmuch}/bin"''
   ];
 
+  outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
+
+  postBuild =  ''
+    python setup.py build_sphinx -b html,man
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -D -v -t $out/share/man/man1 build/sphinx/man/*
+    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/afew
+    cp -R build/sphinx/html/* $out/share/doc/afew
+  '';
+
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/afewmail/afew;
     description = "An initial tagging script for notmuch mail";