--- /usr/portage/eclass/base.eclass	2010-05-27 10:09:33.000000000 +0200
+++ /home/mimi/overlay/eclass/base.eclass	2011-02-09 08:47:06.547999998 +0100
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
 #
 # HTML_DOCS=( "${S}/doc/document.html" "${S}/doc/html_folder/" )
 
+# @ECLASS-VARIABLE: MANPAGES
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# Array containing manpages passed to doman command.
+#
+# MANPAGES=( "${S}/doc/manpage.1" )
+
 # @ECLASS-VARIABLE: PATCHES
 # @DESCRIPTION:
 # PATCHES array variable containing all various patches to be applied.
@@ -181,6 +187,12 @@
 			dohtml -r "${x}" || die "dohtml failed"
 		done
 	fi
+	if [[ "$(declare -p MANPAGES 2>/dev/null 2>&1)" == "declare -a"* ]]; then
+		for x in "${MANPAGES[@]}"; do
+			debug-print "$FUNCNAME: docs: creating man pages from ${x}"
+			doman "${x}" || die "doman failed"
+		done
+	fi
 
 	popd > /dev/null
 }