diff --git a/x11-toolkits/pango/Makefile b/x11-toolkits/pango/Makefile
--- a/x11-toolkits/pango/Makefile
+++ b/x11-toolkits/pango/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 LICENSE=	LGPL20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	help2man:misc/help2man
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz \
 		libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
@@ -36,12 +35,14 @@
 FONTENCOD=	${LOCALBASE}/share/fonts/encodings/encodings.dir
 
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	X11 DOCS
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=X11
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	X11 DOCS MANPAGES
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=X11 MANPAGES
 
 DOCS_MESON_TRUE=	gtk_doc
 DOCS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}gi-docgen>=0:textproc/py-gi-docgen
 
+MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=	help2man:misc/help2man
+
 X11_MESON_ENABLED=	xft
 X11_USES=	xorg
 X11_USE=	XORG=x11,xft,xrender
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/pango/pkg-plist b/x11-toolkits/pango/pkg-plist
--- a/x11-toolkits/pango/pkg-plist
+++ b/x11-toolkits/pango/pkg-plist
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 share/gir-1.0/PangoFc-1.0.gir
 share/gir-1.0/PangoOT-1.0.gir
 %%X11%%share/gir-1.0/PangoXft-1.0.gir
-share/man/man1/pango-view.1.gz
+%%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/pango-view.1.gz
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/reference/Pango/Pango.devhelp2
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/reference/Pango/RedHatDisplay-Black.woff
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/reference/Pango/RedHatDisplay-Black.woff2