diff --git a/packages/devel/binutils/patches/nodocs.patch b/packages/devel/binutils/patches/nodocs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac880bc06c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/binutils/patches/nodocs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ur a/binutils/Makefile.in b/binutils/Makefile.in
+--- a/binutils/Makefile.in	2020-02-01 12:50:05.000000000 +0100
++++ b/binutils/Makefile.in	2020-02-20 00:45:18.792253182 +0100
+@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
+ zlibinc = @zlibinc@
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = dejagnu no-dist foreign subdir-objects
+ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I .. -I ../config -I ../bfd
+-SUBDIRS = doc po
++SUBDIRS =
+ tooldir = $(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias)
+ 
+ # Automake 1.10+ disables lex and yacc output file regeneration if