diff --git a/media-plugins/vdr-epgsearch/vdr-epgsearch-2.2.0.ebuild b/media-plugins/vdr-epgsearch/vdr-epgsearch-2.2.0.ebuild
index ba0700f41132d..0a8a30e973a43 100644
--- a/media-plugins/vdr-epgsearch/vdr-epgsearch-2.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/vdr-epgsearch/vdr-epgsearch-2.2.0.ebuild
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ src_install() {
 
 	nonfatal dodoc conf/*.templ HISTORY*
 
-	gunzip -f man/en/*.gz
+	gunzip -f man/en/*.gz || die
 	doman man/en/*.[0-9]
 
-	gunzip -f man/de/*.gz
+	gunzip -f man/de/*.gz || die
 	doman -i18n=de man/de/*.[0-9]
 }
diff --git a/media-plugins/vdr-epgsearch/vdr-epgsearch-2.4.0.ebuild b/media-plugins/vdr-epgsearch/vdr-epgsearch-2.4.0.ebuild
index ed89ee0aceac9..f3656d228f5ab 100644
--- a/media-plugins/vdr-epgsearch/vdr-epgsearch-2.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/vdr-epgsearch/vdr-epgsearch-2.4.0.ebuild
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ src_install() {
 	local DOCS=( conf/*.templ HISTORY* )
 	einstalldocs
 
-	gunzip -f man/en/*.gz
+	gunzip -f man/en/*.gz || die
 	doman man/en/*.[0-9]
 
-	gunzip -f man/de/*.gz
+	gunzip -f man/de/*.gz || die
 	doman -i18n=de man/de/*.[0-9]
 }