diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/lttng-tools_git.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/lttng-tools_git.bb
index e2f30325ff..66269d8957 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/lttng-tools_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/lttng-tools_git.bb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= "lttng-ust"
 PACKAGECONFIG[python] = "--enable-python-bindings ${PYTHON_OPTION},,python3 swig-native"
 PACKAGECONFIG[lttng-ust] = "--with-lttng-ust, --without-lttng-ust, lttng-ust"
 PACKAGECONFIG[kmod] = "--enable-kmod, --disable-kmod, kmod"
+PACKAGECONFIG[manpages] = "--enable-man-pages, --disable-man-pages, asciidoc-native"
 PACKAGECONFIG_remove_libc-musl = "lttng-ust"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://git.lttng.org/lttng-tools.git;branch=stable-2.8 \