diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b36d6ae3ff4e..5fc9df645a04 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ EXTRA_DIST =
 INSTALL_DIRS =
 noinst_DATA =
 
+DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = \
+	--disable-man-pages
+
 AM_V_XSLT   = $(AM_V_XSLT_$(V))
 AM_V_XSLT_  = $(AM_V_XSLT_$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY))
 AM_V_XSLT_0 = @echo "  XSLT    " $@;