diff --git a/dev-util/cmocka/cmocka-1.1.3.ebuild b/dev-util/cmocka/cmocka-1.1.3.ebuild
index c98c2e9957e34..4cdb5fbec971c 100644
--- a/dev-util/cmocka/cmocka-1.1.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/cmocka/cmocka-1.1.3.ebuild
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 
 multilib_src_compile() {
 	cmake-utils_src_compile
-	multilib_is_native_abi && cmake-utils_src_compile docs
+	multilib_is_native_abi && use doc && cmake-utils_src_compile docs
 }
 
 multilib_src_install() {