diff --git a/srcpkgs/elogind/template b/srcpkgs/elogind/template
index b4b7446e9cf..9dd079e8752 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/elogind/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/elogind/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dcgroup-controller=elogind -Dhalt-path=/usr/bin/halt
  -Drootlibexecdir=/usr/libexec/elogind -Dreboot-path=/usr/bin/reboot
  -Dkexec-path=/usr/bin/kexec -Ddefault-hierarchy=legacy
- -Ddefault-kill-user-processes=false"
+ -Ddefault-kill-user-processes=false -Dman=true"
 hostmakedepends="docbook-xsl gettext-devel git gperf intltool libxslt m4
  pkg-config shadow glib-devel"
 makedepends="acl-devel eudev-libudev-devel gettext-devel libglib-devel libcap-devel