@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 eclass/autotools-utils.eclass |   24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
--- a/eclass/autotools-utils.eclass	
+++ a/eclass/autotools-utils.eclass	
@@ -377,7 +377,12 @@ autotools-utils_src_configure() {
 		|| die 'autotools-utils.eclass: myeconfargs has to be an array.'
 
 	# Common args
-	local econfargs=()
+	local econfargs=(
+#	for EAPI >= 4, we could:
+#		--docdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}
+#	for all EAPIs, it's simpler to:
+		--docdir=/tmp/temporary-docdir
+	)
 
 	# Handle static-libs found in IUSE, disable them by default
 	if in_iuse static-libs; then
@@ -442,6 +447,23 @@ autotools-utils_src_install() {
 		dohtml -r "${HTML_DOCS[@]}" || die "dohtml failed"
 	fi
 
+	# Move docs installed by autotools.
+	if [[ -d ${D}/tmp/temporary-docdir ]]; then
+		if [[ ${EAPI} = 4 ]]; then
+			dodoc -r "${D}"/tmp/temporary-docdir/* || die "docdir dodoc failed"
+		else
+			local f
+			for f in "${D}"/tmp/temporary-docdir/*; do
+				[[ -d ${f} ]] \
+					&& die "directories in docdir require at least EAPI 4"
+			done
+
+			dodoc "${D}"/tmp/temporary-docdir/* || die "docdir dodoc failed"
+		fi
+
+		rm -r "${D}"/tmp/temporary-docdir
+	fi
+
 	# Remove libtool files and unnecessary static libs
 	remove_libtool_files
 }
--