diff --git a/srcpkgs/man-pages/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/man-pages/INSTALL
index 3336255a1fb..5287306fdff 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/man-pages/INSTALL
+++ b/srcpkgs/man-pages/INSTALL
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Rebuild mandb cache.
 case "${ACTION}" in
 post)
-	mandb -q || exit 1
+	if [ -x usr/bin/mandb ]; then
+		usr/bin/mandb -q || exit 1
+	fi
 	;;
 esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/man-pages/template b/srcpkgs/man-pages/template
index 82c9854d24a..d1f1a9701aa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/man-pages/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/man-pages/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'man-pages'
 pkgname=man-pages
 version=3.42
-revision=2
+revision=3
 noarch=yes
 short_desc="Linux Documentation Project manual pages"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"