diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/cassandra/generic.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/cassandra/generic.nix
index f343e20bee5d..ca2001817a34 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/cassandra/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/cassandra/generic.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper coreutils ];
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir $out
     mv * $out
 
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
 
     wrapProgram $out/bin/cqlsh --prefix PATH : ${python}/bin
+
+    runHook postInstall
     '';
 
   passthru = {