diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26770792d87..b23d8abef18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 1. Create a configuration file for your device in `configs/`
 2. Add an entry to flake.nix, i.e. `my-device = makeDevice ./configs/my-device.nix;`
-3. Build the coreboot rom: `nix build .#my-device`
+3. Build the coreboot rom: `nix build -A pkgs.my-device`
 
 *Features*
 
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index b235fa9ef5c..5cf96ba82f0 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -28,12 +28,8 @@
         configFile
       ];
     }).config.corenix.rom;
-  in {
-    lib = {
-      inherit makeDevice;
-    };
 
-    packages.x86_64-linux = {
+    exportedPkgs = {
       inherit (pkgs)
       coreboot
       coreboot-payload-grub2
@@ -45,5 +41,15 @@
       milan-x1c = makeDevice ./configs/milan-x1c.nix;
       milan-x230t = makeDevice ./configs/milan-x230t.nix;
     };
+
+  in {
+    lib = {
+      inherit makeDevice;
+    };
+
+    packages.x86_64-linux = exportedPkgs;
+
+    # shortcut for use with flake-compat
+    pkgs = exportedPkgs;
   };
 }