diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/patches/man-remove-sphinx-deps.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/patches/man-remove-sphinx-deps.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3345d6e0a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/patches/man-remove-sphinx-deps.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+we don't need all the dependencies for generating the manpage, avoids needing 4 new packages
+--- a/doc/en/conf.py
++++ b/doc/en/conf.py
+@@ -45,15 +45,11 @@
+ # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions
+ # coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
+ extensions = [
+-    "pallets_sphinx_themes",
+-    "pygments_pytest",
+     "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
+     "sphinx.ext.autosummary",
+     "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
+     "sphinx.ext.todo",
+     "sphinx.ext.viewcode",
+-    "sphinx_removed_in",
+-    "sphinxcontrib_trio",
+ ]
+ 
+ # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/template
index 56ac4b4493a..5ea8912596e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-pytest'
 pkgname=python3-pytest
 version=6.2.4
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="pytest-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools_scm python3-toml"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools_scm python3-toml python3-Sphinx"
 depends="python3-py python3-packaging python3-attrs python3-more-itertools
  python3-atomicwrites python3-pluggy python3-wcwidth python3-setuptools
  python3-iniconfig python3-toml"
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ do_check() {
 		-k 'not test_color_yes and not test_code_highlight'
 }
 
+post_build() {
+	PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/build/lib/ make -C doc/en man
+	vman doc/en/_build/man/pytest.1
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/pytest ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/pytest3
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/py.test ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/py.test3