diff --git a/devel/sord/Makefile b/devel/sord/Makefile
index 28e24b927026..97237a2cb4f1 100644
--- a/devel/sord/Makefile
+++ b/devel/sord/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	sord
 DISTVERSION=	0.16.14
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	http://download.drobilla.net/
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lightweight C library for storing RDF data in memory
 WWW=		https://drobilla.net/category/sord/
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpcre.so:devel/pcre \
 		libserd-0.so:devel/serd
 
 USES=		meson pkgconfig python:build tar:xz
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
+MESON_ARGS=	-Ddocs=disabled
 PLIST_SUB=	VERSION=${DISTVERSION}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/sord/files/patch-meson.build b/devel/sord/files/patch-meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..998dc8663f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/sord/files/patch-meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Manpages are available even with -Ddocs=disabled
+
+--- meson.build.orig	2022-09-09 03:08:05 UTC
++++ meson.build
+@@ -128,10 +128,8 @@ if not get_option('tools').disabled()
+     meson.override_find_program('sord_validate', sord_validate)
+   endif
+ 
+-  if not get_option('docs').disabled()
+     install_man(files('doc/sordi.1'))
+     install_man(files('doc/sord_validate.1'))
+-  endif
+ endif
+ 
+ if not get_option('docs').disabled()