diff --git a/sys-apps/man/additional-files/fix_man_settings_paths.sh b/sys-apps/man/additional-files/fix_man_settings_paths.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cbde5535b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/man/additional-files/fix_man_settings_paths.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+SYSTEM_SETTINGS_DIR="`finddir B_SYSTEM_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY`"
+
+MAN_CONFIG="$SYSTEM_SETTINGS_DIR/man.conf"
+
+if [ -f "$MAN_CONFIG" ] && grep -q '/packages/man-' "$MAN_CONFIG"; then
+	sed -i -e "s|/packages/man-[-0-9g\.]\{3,\}/cmd.\+/bin/|/bin/|g" \
+		$MAN_CONFIG
+fi
+
+true
diff --git a/sys-apps/man/man-1.6g.recipe b/sys-apps/man/man-1.6g.recipe
index fc9bf58a3..ead804454 100644
--- a/sys-apps/man/man-1.6g.recipe
+++ b/sys-apps/man/man-1.6g.recipe
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 SUMMARY="Standard commands to read man pages"
 DESCRIPTION="Standard commands to read man pages."
 HOMEPAGE="http://primates.ximian.com/~flucifredi/man/"
+COPYRIGHT="1989-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
-REVISION="5"
-
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
-
+REVISION="6"
 SOURCE_URI="http://primates.ximian.com/~flucifredi/man/man-1.6g.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="ccdcb8c3f4e0080923d7e818f0e4a202db26c46415eaef361387c20995b8959f"
-COPYRIGHT="1989-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
 PATCHES="man-1.6g.patchset"
+ADDITIONAL_FILES="fix_man_settings_paths.sh"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	man = $portVersion compat >= 1.6
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ REQUIRES="
 	cmd:tbl
 	cmd:zcat
 	"
+
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	cmd:awk
 	cmd:bzip2
@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
 	settings/man.conf keep-old
 	"
+POST_INSTALL_SCRIPTS="
+	$relativePostInstallDir/fix_man_settings_paths.sh
+	"
 
 BUILD()
 {
@@ -89,4 +93,6 @@ BUILD()
 INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
+	mkdir -p $postInstallDir
+	cp -f $portDir/additional-files/fix_man_settings_paths.sh $postInstallDir
 }