diff --git a/srcpkgs/knot/patches/30442aa44efda25ed6671fcdffc1f1492717ee4e.patch b/srcpkgs/knot/patches/30442aa44efda25ed6671fcdffc1f1492717ee4e.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ff67ef73b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/knot/patches/30442aa44efda25ed6671fcdffc1f1492717ee4e.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+From 30442aa44efda25ed6671fcdffc1f1492717ee4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Salzman <daniel.salzman@nic.cz>
+Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 17:34:54 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] doc: fix man installation from a tarball
+
+---
+ configure.ac    | 17 ++++++++++-------
+ doc/Makefile.am |  7 +++++++
+ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 7ac2972826..4f485f9a94 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -121,15 +121,18 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LIBUTILS], test "$enable_utilities" != "no" -o \
+ # Build Knot DNS documentation
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE([documentation],
+     AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-documentation], [Don't build Knot DNS documentation]), [], [enable_documentation=yes])
+-AS_IF([test "$enable_documentation" = "yes"], [
++AS_IF([test "$enable_documentation" != "no"], [
+   AC_PATH_PROG([SPHINXBUILD], [sphinx-build], [false])
+-  AS_IF([test "$SPHINXBUILD" = "false"],
+-    [AC_MSG_WARN([missing 'sphinx-build' executable for documentation generation])
+-     enable_documentation=no]
+-  )
+-  AC_PATH_PROG([PDFLATEX], [pdflatex], [false])
++  AS_IF([test "$SPHINXBUILD" != "false"], [
++    enable_documentation="man html epub"
++    AC_PATH_PROG([PDFLATEX], [pdflatex], [false])
++    AS_IF([test "$PDFLATEX" != "false"], [
++      enable_documentation="$enable_documentation pdf"
++    ])
++  ])
+ ])
+-AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_DOCS], [test "$enable_documentation" = "yes"])
++AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_DOCS], [test "$enable_documentation" != "no"])
++AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_SPHINX], [test "$SPHINXBUILD" != "false"])
+ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PDFLATEX], test "$PDFLATEX" != "false")
+ 
+ ######################
+diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
+index 6ce01dbae3..b38b211f6c 100644
+--- a/doc/Makefile.am
++++ b/doc/Makefile.am
+@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ man_MANS += man/kxdpgun.8
+ endif # ENABLE_XDP
+ endif # HAVE_UTILS
+ 
++if HAVE_SPHINX
+ html-local:
+ 	$(AM_V_SPHINX)$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html -d $(SPHINXBUILDDIR)/doctrees/html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(SPHINXBUILDDIR)/html
+ 	@echo "The HTML documentation has been built in $(SPHINXBUILDDIR)/html/"
+@@ -156,6 +157,12 @@ else
+ html-local singlehtml pdf-local epub man install-html-local install-singlehtml install-pdf-local install-epub:
+ 	@echo "Install 'sphinx-build' and re-run configure to be able to generate documentation!"
+ 
++$(man_MANS)&:
++	@if [ ! -f "$@" ]; then \
++	  echo "Install 'sphinx-build' or disable documentation and re-run configure to generate man pages!"; \
++	fi
++endif # HAVE_SPHINX
++
+ endif # HAVE_DOCS
+ 
+ EXTRA_DIST += \
+-- 
+GitLab
+