diff --git a/templates/man-db/files/man-db.cron-daily b/templates/man-db/files/man-db.cron-daily
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..6953b76560f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/man-db/files/man-db.cron-daily
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# taken from Debian
+# man-db cron daily
+set -e
+
+if ! [ -d /var/cache/man ]; then
+    # Recover from deletion, per FHS.
+    mkdir -p /var/cache/man
+    chmod 755 /var/cache/man
+fi
+
+# regenerate man database
+/usr/bin/mandb --quiet
+
+exit 0
+
diff --git a/templates/man-db/template b/templates/man-db/template
index d6e2e29a759..b617d90cdc1 100644
--- a/templates/man-db/template
+++ b/templates/man-db/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'man-db'
 pkgname=man-db
 version=2.5.4
+revision=1
 distfiles="${NONGNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--with-db=gdbm --with-pager=less --with-gzip=/usr/bin/gzip
@@ -24,3 +25,10 @@ Add_dependency full gdbm
 Add_dependency full groff
 Add_dependency full grep
 Add_dependency full lzma-utils
+
+post_install()
+{
+	# Install the cron daily job.
+	install -D -m755 ${FILESDIR}/mann-db.cron-daily \
+		${DESTDIR}/etc/cron.daily/man-db
+}