diff --git a/app-misc/tmux/tmux-2.2.ebuild b/app-misc/tmux/tmux-2.2.ebuild
index 57d96182d735e..62520a30a02ea 100644
--- a/app-misc/tmux/tmux-2.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/tmux/tmux-2.2.ebuild
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ src_install() {
 
 	einstalldocs
 
+	dodoc example_tmux.conf
+	docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/example_tmux.conf
+
 	if use vim-syntax; then
 		insinto /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftdetect
 		doins "${FILESDIR}"/tmux.vim
diff --git a/app-misc/tmux/tmux-9999.ebuild b/app-misc/tmux/tmux-9999.ebuild
index 223d23a4daefa..520cae0e6b771 100644
--- a/app-misc/tmux/tmux-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/tmux/tmux-9999.ebuild
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ src_install() {
 
 	einstalldocs
 
+	dodoc example_tmux.conf
+	docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/example_tmux.conf
+
 	if use vim-syntax; then
 		insinto /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftdetect
 		doins "${FILESDIR}"/tmux.vim