diff --git a/app-text/htmldoc/htmldoc-1.9.recipe b/app-text/htmldoc/htmldoc-1.9.recipe
index b677653a7..2611cc3d0 100644
--- a/app-text/htmldoc/htmldoc-1.9.recipe
+++ b/app-text/htmldoc/htmldoc-1.9.recipe
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 
 BUILD()
 {
+	touch doc/htmldoc.1
 	autoconf
 	chmod 755 configure
     runConfigure ./configure