diff --git a/srcpkgs/vimpager/template b/srcpkgs/vimpager/template
index ef98b71a5ae..d6884b3f17d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vimpager/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vimpager/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'vimpager'
 pkgname=vimpager
 version=2.06
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-hostmakedepends="sharutils pandoc tar"
+hostmakedepends="sharutils $(vopt_if man pandoc) tar"
 short_desc="Pager using vim and less.vim"
 maintainer="ivierlin <github@ivierlin.de>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause-Attribution"
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ homepage="https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=cc616d0840a6f2501704eea70de222ab662421f34b2da307e11fb62aa70bda5d
 
+build_options="man"
+desc_option_man="Use pandoc for manpages"
+
+case "$XBPS_MACHINE" in
+	x86_64*|i686|ppc64le) build_options_default="man" ;;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }