diff --git a/srcpkgs/nvimpager/template b/srcpkgs/nvimpager/template
index d9203155ea4..ce957ff0a0f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nvimpager/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nvimpager/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'nvimpager'
 pkgname=nvimpager
 version=0.7
-revision=1
+revision=2
 # In pre_build, date is the date of the last commit in the nvimpager repo.
 # It should be changed when updating to a new version.
 create_wrksrc=true
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build_wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_target="nvimpager.configured"
 make_build_args="PREFIX=/usr"
-hostmakedepends="neovim pandoc"
+hostmakedepends="neovim $(vopt_if man pandoc)"
 depends="neovim>=0.3.0 bash"
 short_desc="Wrapper to use neovim as a pager to view manpages, diffs, etc"
 maintainer="Adrian Herath <adrianisuru@gmail.com>"
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz
 checksum="cb4eee0ef2569412b0528eacd7efd6af960bebc11d8749258d8ba83c975ebf4b
  a80d8c95a2e497e190831f1b580205653c595c6f51b48d4cb89fb33eaea5ed03"
 
+build_options="man"
+desc_option_man="Use pandoc for manpages"
+
+case "$XBPS_MACHINE" in
+	x86_64*|i686|ppc64le) build_options_default="man" ;;
+esac
+
 pre_build() {
 	cat <<< \
 "---
@@ -29,8 +36,15 @@ date: 2020-09-25
 	> metadata.yml
 
 	mv ../AnsiEsc.vba ./
+
+	if [ -z "$build_option_man" ]; then
+		vsed -i 's,pandoc --.*,touch $@,' makefile
+	fi
 }
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
+	if [ -z "$build_option_man" ]; then
+		rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
+	fi
 }