diff --git a/templates/man-db.tmpl b/templates/man-db.tmpl
index 39290c3804a..ed18c6c4e88 100644
--- a/templates/man-db.tmpl
+++ b/templates/man-db.tmpl
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ long_desc="
  GNU/Linux distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, and SuSE. It also compiles
  and runs on a number of proprietary Unix systems."
 
-build_depends="bzip2-1.0.5 gzip-1.3.12 gdbm-1.8.3 groff-1.19.2" 
+build_depends="bzip2-1.0.5 gzip-1.3.12 less-4.24 gdbm-1.8.3 groff-1.19.2" 
 run_depends="glibc-2.8 $build_depends"