diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel-manpages b/srcpkgs/kernel-manpages
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-kernel
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel-manpages/template b/srcpkgs/kernel-manpages/template
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+# Template file for 'kernel-manpages'.
+#
+. ${XBPS_SRCPKGDIR}/kernel/common-vars
+
+pkgname=kernel-manpages
+build_style=custom-install
+short_desc="${pkgname} development manual pages"
+long_desc="
+ This package contains manual pages for developping for the Linux kernel."
+
+noarch=yes
+
+Add_dependency build libxslt
+Add_dependency build docbook-xsl
+
+do_build()
+{
+	make ${makejobs} mandocs || return 1
+}
+
+do_install()
+{
+	install -d ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man9
+	install -m644 ${wrksrc}/Documentation/DocBook/man/*.9.gz \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man9
+}