diff --git a/package/openssl/openssl-nodocs.patch b/package/openssl/openssl-nodocs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..135a9d3b04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/openssl/openssl-nodocs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Dont waste time building manpages if we're not going to use em.
+
+--- openssl/Makefile.org
++++ openssl/Makefile.org
+@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@
+ dist_pem_h:
+ 	(cd crypto/pem; $(MAKE) CC='${CC}' SDIRS='${SDIRS}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' pem.h; $(MAKE) clean)
+ 
+-install: all install_docs install_sw
++install: all install_sw
+ 
+ install_sw:
+ 	@$(PERL) $(TOP)/util/mkdir-p.pl $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/bin \