diff --git a/core/mandoc/build b/core/mandoc/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c21e4050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/mandoc/build
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+patch -p1 < pager.patch
+
+cat > configure.local <<EOF
+PREFIX=/usr
+MANDIR=/usr/share/man
+LIBDIR=/usr/lib
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+MANPATH_DEFAULT=/usr/share/man
+LN="ln -sf"
+EOF
+
+MANPATH_BASE=/usr/share/man ./configure
+make
+make -j1 DESTDIR="$1" base-install lib-install
diff --git a/core/mandoc/checksums b/core/mandoc/checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d4ce43d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/mandoc/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+0b0c8f67958c1569ead4b690680c337984b879dfd2ad4648d96924332fd99528  mandoc-1.14.3.tar.gz
+fb623f6852749a4b09a9e54ef30a121c2f52473ab114286f3822ca0c9509721e  pager.patch
diff --git a/core/mandoc/patches/pager.patch b/core/mandoc/patches/pager.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fac00e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/mandoc/patches/pager.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- mdocml-1.13.4/main.c.orig
++++ mdocml-1.13.4/main.c
+@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@
+ 	if (pager == NULL || *pager == '\0')
+ 		pager = getenv("PAGER");
+ 	if (pager == NULL || *pager == '\0')
+-		pager = "more -s";
++		pager = "less";
+ 	cp = mandoc_strdup(pager);
+
+ 	/*
+@@ -1063,15 +1063,6 @@
+ 			break;
+ 	}
+
+-	/* For less(1), use the tag file. */
+-
+-	if ((cmdlen = strlen(argv[0])) >= 4) {
+-		cp = argv[0] + cmdlen - 4;
+-		if (strcmp(cp, "less") == 0) {
+-			argv[argc++] = mandoc_strdup("-T");
+-			argv[argc++] = tag_files->tfn;
+-		}
+-	}
+ 	argv[argc++] = tag_files->ofn;
+ 	argv[argc] = NULL;
+
diff --git a/core/mandoc/sources b/core/mandoc/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93aad94d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/mandoc/sources
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+http://mdocml.bsd.lv/snapshots/mandoc-1.14.3.tar.gz
+patches/pager.patch
diff --git a/core/mandoc/version b/core/mandoc/version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c4cca37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/mandoc/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.14.3 1