diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.man.mk b/share/mk/bsd.man.mk
--- a/share/mk/bsd.man.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.man.mk
@@ -130,22 +130,6 @@
 ZEXT=		${MCOMPRESS_EXT}
 
 .if defined(MAN) && !empty(MAN)
-.if ${MK_STAGING_MAN} == "yes"
-STAGE_TARGETS+= stage_files
-_mansets:= ${MAN:E:O:u:M*[1-9]:@s@man$s@}
-STAGE_SETS+= ${_mansets}
-.for _page in ${MAN}
-stage_files.man${_page:T:E}: ${_page}
-STAGE_DIR.man${_page:T:E}?= ${STAGE_OBJTOP}${MANDIR}${_page:T:E}${MANSUBDIR}
-.endfor
-.if !empty(MLINKS)
-STAGE_SETS+= mlinks
-STAGE_TARGETS+= stage_links
-STAGE_LINKS.mlinks:= ${MLINKS:M*.[1-9]:@f@${f:S,^,${MANDIR}${f:E}${MANSUBDIR}/,}@}
-stage_links.mlinks: ${_mansets:@s@stage_files.$s@}
-.endif
-.endif
-
 CLEANFILES+=	${MAN:T:S/$/${MCOMPRESS_EXT}/g}
 CLEANFILES+=	${MAN:T:S/$/${CATEXT}${MCOMPRESS_EXT}/g}
 .for __page in ${MAN}
@@ -185,6 +169,27 @@
 .endfor
 .endif
 
+.if defined(MAN) && !empty(MAN)
+.if ${MK_STAGING_MAN} == "yes"
+STAGE_TARGETS+= stage_files
+_mansets:= ${MAN:E:O:u:M*[1-9]:@s@man$s@}
+STAGE_SETS+= ${_mansets}
+.for _page in ${MAN}
+stage_files.man${_page:T:E}: ${_page}
+.if target(${_page}${MCOMPRESS_EXT})
+stage_files.man${_page:T:E}: ${_page}${MCOMPRESS_EXT}
+.endif
+STAGE_DIR.man${_page:T:E}?= ${STAGE_OBJTOP}${MANDIR}${_page:T:E}${MANSUBDIR}
+.endfor
+.if !defined(NO_MLINKS) && !empty(MLINKS)
+STAGE_SETS+= mlinks
+STAGE_TARGETS+= stage_links
+STAGE_LINKS.mlinks:= ${MLINKS:M*.[1-9]:@f@${f:S,^,${MANDIR}${f:E}${MANSUBDIR}/,}@}
+stage_links.mlinks: ${_mansets:@s@stage_files.$s@}
+.endif
+.endif
+.endif
+
 maninstall:
 .if defined(MAN) && !empty(MAN)
 maninstall: ${MAN}