diff --git a/package/jose/0002-man-add-option-to-skip-building-man-pages.patch b/package/jose/0002-man-add-option-to-skip-building-man-pages.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a5ad1eadc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/jose/0002-man-add-option-to-skip-building-man-pages.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+From 506132d3edc8d062f65fdacf007a15613d27e5c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Eneas U de Queiroz <cotequeiroz@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2022 09:49:48 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] man: add option to skip building man pages
+
+Add a 'skip_manpages' option to meson, so that man pages do not get
+built.
+
+Signed-off-by: Eneas U de Queiroz <cotequeiroz@gmail.com>
+[Retrieved from: https://github.com/latchset/jose/pull/115]
+Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
+---
+ meson.build       | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
+ meson_options.txt |  1 +
+ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100644 meson_options.txt
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 1edfbe7..9b40efb 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ zlib = dependency('zlib')
+ threads = dependency('threads')
+ jansson = dependency('jansson', version: '>=2.10')
+ libcrypto = dependency('libcrypto', version: '>=1.0.2')
+-a2x = find_program('a2x', required: false)
+ 
+ mans = []
+ 
+@@ -63,14 +62,17 @@ pkg.generate(
+   requires: 'jansson',
+ )
+ 
+-if a2x.found()
+-  foreach m : mans
+-    custom_target(m.split('/')[-1], input: m + '.adoc', output: m.split('/')[-1],
+-      command: [a2x, '-f', 'manpage', '-D', meson.current_build_dir(), '@INPUT@'],
+-      install_dir: join_paths(get_option('mandir'), 'man' + m.split('.')[-1]),
+-      install: true
+-    )
+-  endforeach
+-else
+-  warning('Will not build man pages due to missing dependencies!')
++if not get_option('skip_manpages')
++  a2x = find_program('a2x', required: false)
++  if a2x.found()
++    foreach m : mans
++      custom_target(m.split('/')[-1], input: m + '.adoc', output: m.split('/')[-1],
++        command: [a2x, '-f', 'manpage', '-D', meson.current_build_dir(), '@INPUT@'],
++        install_dir: join_paths(get_option('mandir'), 'man' + m.split('.')[-1]),
++        install: true
++      )
++    endforeach
++  else
++    warning('Will not build man pages due to missing dependencies!')
++  endif
+ endif
+diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..0885515
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/meson_options.txt
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++option('skip_manpages', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Do not build manpages')
diff --git a/package/jose/jose.mk b/package/jose/jose.mk
index 8a60e20cc6..723ebe8bb9 100644
--- a/package/jose/jose.mk
+++ b/package/jose/jose.mk
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ JOSE_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 JOSE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 JOSE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 JOSE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf zlib jansson openssl
+JOSE_CONF_OPTS = -Dskip_manpages=true
 
 $(eval $(meson-package))