diff --git a/srcpkgs/earlyoom/template b/srcpkgs/earlyoom/template
index 338bc8896b3..5e9c5836bb1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/earlyoom/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/earlyoom/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'earlyoom'
 pkgname=earlyoom
 version=1.6.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_check_target=test
-hostmakedepends="pandoc"
+hostmakedepends="$(vopt_if man pandoc)"
 checkdepends="go"
 short_desc="Userspace Early OOM Daemon for Linux"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
@@ -14,9 +14,18 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/rfjakob/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=227234cf9e77831c21c748bd361e1a7c415e158b96034eacd59e70586779bb6c
 CFLAGS="-DVERSION='\"${version}\"'"
 
+build_options="man"
+desc_option_man="Use pandoc for manpages"
+
+case "$XBPS_MACHINE" in
+	x86_64*|i686|ppc64le) build_options_default="man" ;;
+esac
+
 do_install() {
 	vbin earlyoom
-	vman earlyoom.1
+	if [ "$build_option_man" ]; then
+		vman earlyoom.1
+	fi
 	vsv earlyoom
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }