diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-docs b/srcpkgs/git-docs
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..0899c2993da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-docs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+git
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/git-docs.template b/srcpkgs/git/git-docs.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff3445708ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/git-docs.template
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template file for 'git-docs'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} documentation"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the full git documentation (manual pages)."
+
+noarch=yes
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
+	for f in man1 man5 man7; do
+		mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/man/${f} ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
+	done
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 8cfa7eccf67..084f2530ab8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=1.6.5.3
 distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--with-shell=/bin/sh --with-curl --with-expat --without-tcltk"
+make_install_args="install-doc"
 short_desc="GIT Tree History Storage Tool"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=3822c8350be782f28a7a60138ec65a6f04f259940f84f7062e508d9f9d64eefa
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ long_desc="
  GIT working directory is a full-fledged repository with full revision tracking
  capabilities, not dependent on network access to a central server."
 
-subpackages="$pkgname-perl"
+subpackages="$pkgname-docs $pkgname-perl"
 Add_dependency full	glibc
 Add_dependency full	zlib
 Add_dependency full	expat
@@ -26,3 +27,5 @@ Add_dependency full	openssl
 Add_dependency build	perl
 Add_dependency build	curl
 Add_dependency run	curl-libs
+Add_dependency build	asciidoc
+Add_dependency build	xmlto