diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 37b0a7b347..e7b6ee920e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ Build-Depends: adwaita-icon-theme-full <!nocheck>,
                wayland-protocols (>= 1.17) [linux-any],
                xauth <!nocheck>,
                xvfb <!nocheck>
-Build-Depends-Indep: docbook-xml,
-                     docbook-xsl,
+Build-Depends-Indep: docbook-xml <!nodoc>,
+                     docbook-xsl <!nodoc>,
                      libatk1.0-doc <!nodoc>,
                      libcairo2-doc <!nodoc>,
                      libglib2.0-doc <!nodoc>,
                      libpango1.0-doc <!nodoc>,
-                     xsltproc
+                     xsltproc <!nodoc>,
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Standards-Version: 4.6.1
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gtk3
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index ff3e2c5d5c..769207fbc6 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ Build-Depends: adwaita-icon-theme-full <!nocheck>,
                wayland-protocols (>= 1.17) [linux-any],
                xauth <!nocheck>,
                xvfb <!nocheck>
-Build-Depends-Indep: docbook-xml,
-                     docbook-xsl,
+Build-Depends-Indep: docbook-xml <!nodoc>,
+                     docbook-xsl <!nodoc>,
                      libatk1.0-doc <!nodoc>,
                      libcairo2-doc <!nodoc>,
                      libglib2.0-doc <!nodoc>,
                      libpango1.0-doc <!nodoc>,
-                     xsltproc
+                     xsltproc <!nodoc>,
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Standards-Version: 4.6.1
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gtk3
diff --git a/debian/gtk-3-examples.install b/debian/gtk-3-examples.install
index 2ab0c654ca..31fb686510 100644
--- a/debian/gtk-3-examples.install
+++ b/debian/gtk-3-examples.install
@@ -11,7 +11,3 @@ usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gtk.exampleapp.gschema.xml
 usr/share/icons/hicolor/*/*/gtk3-demo*
 usr/share/icons/hicolor/*/*/gtk3-widget-factory*
 usr/share/installed-tests/gtk+
-usr/share/man/*/gtk3-demo-application.*
-usr/share/man/*/gtk3-demo.*
-usr/share/man/*/gtk3-icon-browser.*
-usr/share/man/*/gtk3-widget-factory.*
diff --git a/debian/gtk-3-examples.manpages b/debian/gtk-3-examples.manpages
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..392bef1439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/gtk-3-examples.manpages
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+usr/share/man/*/gtk3-demo-application.*
+usr/share/man/*/gtk3-demo.*
+usr/share/man/*/gtk3-icon-browser.*
+usr/share/man/*/gtk3-widget-factory.*
diff --git a/debian/gtk-update-icon-cache.install b/debian/gtk-update-icon-cache.install
index 3c4895f489..0da3f89248 100644
--- a/debian/gtk-update-icon-cache.install
+++ b/debian/gtk-update-icon-cache.install
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 ../../../debian/update-icon-caches usr/sbin/
 usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache
-usr/share/man/man1/gtk-update-icon-cache.1
diff --git a/debian/gtk-update-icon-cache.manpages b/debian/gtk-update-icon-cache.manpages
index 7f64d98c33..1b2f405f4b 100644
--- a/debian/gtk-update-icon-cache.manpages
+++ b/debian/gtk-update-icon-cache.manpages
@@ -1 +1 @@
-debian/update-icon-caches.8
+usr/share/man/man1/gtk-update-icon-cache.1
diff --git a/debian/libgtk-3-bin.install b/debian/libgtk-3-bin.install
index f1db600463..98825d4091 100644
--- a/debian/libgtk-3-bin.install
+++ b/debian/libgtk-3-bin.install
@@ -5,9 +5,3 @@ usr/bin/gtk-launch
 usr/bin/gtk-query-settings
 usr/share/gettext/its/gtkbuilder.its
 usr/share/gettext/its/gtkbuilder.loc
-usr/share/man/*/gtk-encode-symbolic-svg.*
-usr/share/man/man1/broadwayd.1
-usr/share/man/man1/gtk-builder-tool.1
-usr/share/man/man1/gtk-launch.1
-usr/share/man/man1/gtk-query-immodules-3.0.1
-usr/share/man/man1/gtk-query-settings.1
diff --git a/debian/libgtk-3-bin.manpages b/debian/libgtk-3-bin.manpages
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99cebba0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libgtk-3-bin.manpages
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+usr/share/man/*/gtk-encode-symbolic-svg.*
+usr/share/man/man1/broadwayd.1
+usr/share/man/man1/gtk-builder-tool.1
+usr/share/man/man1/gtk-launch.1
+usr/share/man/man1/gtk-query-immodules-3.0.1
+usr/share/man/man1/gtk-query-settings.1
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9679bba23d..cd8afc4652 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ configure_flags_deb = \
 	-Dbroadway_backend=true \
 	-Dinstalled_tests=true \
 	-Dintrospection=true \
-	-Dman=true \
 	-Dprint_backends=cups,file \
 	$(NULL)
 
@@ -109,6 +108,12 @@ else
 configure_flags_deb += -Dwayland_backend=false
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(filter nodoc,$(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES)),)
+configure_flags_deb += -Dman=true
+else
+configure_flags_deb += -Dman=false
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(filter %-doc,$(built_binaries)),)
 configure_flags_deb += -Dgtk_doc=false
 else
@@ -269,6 +274,9 @@ override_dh_installdocs:
 	dh_installdocs -p$(DOC_PKG) --doc-main-package=$(DOC_PKG) AUTHORS -X.in
 	dh_installdocs --remaining-packages -A AUTHORS
 
+override_dh_installman:
+	dh_installman --sourcedir=debian/install/deb
+
 override_dh_makeshlibs:
 	dh_makeshlibs -p$(SHARED_PKG) --add-udeb=$(UDEB_PKG) -X$(MODULES_BASE_PATH) -- -c4
 	dh_makeshlibs -plibgail-3-0 -- -c4