--- glib-2.30.1-r1.ebuild
+++ glib-2.30.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
 	if ! use test; then
 		# don't waste time building tests
 		sed 's/^\(.*\SUBDIRS .*\=.*\)tests\(.*\)$/\1\2/' -i $(find . -name Makefile.am -o -name Makefile.in) || die
+
+		# Disable gdbus-object-manager-example documentation
+		sed 's/SUBDIRS \= gdbus-object-manager-example/SUBDIRS \=/' -i $(find docs/reference/gio -name Makefile.am -o -name Makefile.in) || die
 	else
 		# Disable tests requiring dev-util/desktop-file-utils when not installed, bug #286629
 		if ! has_version dev-util/desktop-file-utils ; then