diff --git a/srcpkgs/routinator/template b/srcpkgs/routinator/template
index 916f939b8b1e13..0b28f054e6ce0b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/routinator/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/routinator/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=routinator
 version=0.11.2
 revision=2
 build_style=cargo
+hostmakedepends="python3-Sphinx python3-toml python3-sphinx_rtd_theme python3-pip"
 depends="rsync"
 short_desc="Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) validator"
 maintainer="Cameron Nemo <cnemo@tutanota.com>"
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*) broken="ftbfs in ring" ;;
 esac
 
+post_build() {
+	pip install --user -r doc/manual/source/requirements.txt
+	make -C doc/manual text
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vsv routinator
 	vdoc README.md
@@ -29,4 +35,8 @@ post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 
 	vdoc $FILESDIR/README.voidlinux
+
+	for doc in doc/manual/build/text/*; do
+		vdoc $doc;
+	done
 }