diff --git a/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk b/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
index bfbdd56923..3456cd9198 100644
--- a/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CIFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
 # Let's disable PIE unconditionally. We want PIE to be enabled only by
 # the global BR2_RELRO_FULL option.
-CIFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS = --disable-pie
+CIFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS = --disable-pie --disable-man
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_KEYUTILS),y)
 CIFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES += keyutils