diff --git a/dev-util/statifier/files/statifier-1.7.4-man-pages.patch b/dev-util/statifier/files/statifier-1.7.4-man-pages.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1f0184c71789c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/statifier/files/statifier-1.7.4-man-pages.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/man/Makefile
++++ b/man/Makefile
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
+ MAN_1_SRC := $(addsuffix .in,$(MAN_1))
+ 
+ MAN_DIR_DEFAULT := /usr/share/man
+-MAN_DIR_RPM     := $(shell rpm --eval %_mandir 2>/dev/null || echo $(MAN_DIR_DEFAULT))
++MAN_DIR_RPM     := /usr/share/man
+ 
+ MAN_DIR := $(DESTDIR)/$(MAN_DIR_RPM)
+ 
diff --git a/dev-util/statifier/statifier-1.7.4-r2.ebuild b/dev-util/statifier/statifier-1.7.4-r3.ebuild
similarity index 93%
rename from dev-util/statifier/statifier-1.7.4-r2.ebuild
rename to dev-util/statifier/statifier-1.7.4-r3.ebuild
index 4207ebc917d02..1ade87f87d8f4 100644
--- a/dev-util/statifier/statifier-1.7.4-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/statifier/statifier-1.7.4-r3.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.4-clang.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.4-fix-build-system.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.4-man-pages.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.4-musl.patch
 )