diff --git a/debian/patches/dont-build-docs.patch b/debian/patches/dont-build-docs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83a83922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/dont-build-docs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Description: Don't try to build man pages, they are already built. Removes xsltproc builddep.
+Author: Roger Light <roger@atchoo.org>
+Forwarded: no
+--- a/man/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/man/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,29 +1,3 @@
+-if(NOT WIN32)
+-	find_program(XSLTPROC xsltproc REQUIRED)
+-	if(NOT XSLTPROC)
+-		message(FATAL_ERROR "xsltproc not found: manpages cannot be built")
+-	endif()
+-
+-	function(compile_manpage page)
+-		add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/man/${page}
+-			COMMAND xsltproc ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/man/${page}.xml -o ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/man/
+-			MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/man/${page}.xml)
+-		add_custom_target(${page} ALL DEPENDS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/man/${page})
+-	endfunction()
+-
+-	compile_manpage("mosquitto_ctrl.1")
+-	compile_manpage("mosquitto_ctrl_dynsec.1")
+-	compile_manpage("mosquitto_passwd.1")
+-	compile_manpage("mosquitto_pub.1")
+-	compile_manpage("mosquitto_sub.1")
+-	compile_manpage("mosquitto_rr.1")
+-	compile_manpage("libmosquitto.3")
+-	compile_manpage("mosquitto.conf.5")
+-	compile_manpage("mosquitto-tls.7")
+-	compile_manpage("mqtt.7")
+-	compile_manpage("mosquitto.8")
+-endif()
+-
+ install(FILES mosquitto_ctrl.1 mosquitto_ctrl_dynsec.1 mosquitto_passwd.1 mosquitto_pub.1 mosquitto_sub.1 mosquitto_rr.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1)
+ install(FILES libmosquitto.3 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man3)
+ install(FILES mosquitto.conf.5 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man5)