diff --git a/packages/devel/eggdbus-host/build b/packages/devel/eggdbus-host/build
index f6c8bb3f60..9f2dcf52fe 100755
--- a/packages/devel/eggdbus-host/build
+++ b/packages/devel/eggdbus-host/build
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ cd .build-host
              --sysconfdir=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/etc \
              --disable-static \
              --enable-shared \
+             --disable-man-pages \
 
 make
 make install