diff --git a/package/cups/cups.mk b/package/cups/cups.mk
index da6778f30a..18f01d8484 100644
--- a/package/cups/cups.mk
+++ b/package/cups/cups.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ endef
 CUPS_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += CUPS_RUN_AUTOCONF
 
 CUPS_CONF_OPTS = \
+	--with-docdir=/usr/share/cups/doc-root \
 	--disable-gssapi \
 	--disable-pam \
 	--libdir=/usr/lib