diff --git a/net-wireless/reaver/reaver-1.4-r3.ebuild b/net-wireless/reaver/reaver-1.4-r3.ebuild
index 393abcd1a365..4c5068e3a7e1 100644
--- a/net-wireless/reaver/reaver-1.4-r3.ebuild
+++ b/net-wireless/reaver/reaver-1.4-r3.ebuild
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ PATCHES=(
 
 src_compile() {
 	emake V=1
+
+	# doman accept only uncompressed files #619966
+	gzip -d ../docs/reaver.1.gz || die
 }
 
 src_install() {
@@ -41,6 +44,6 @@ src_install() {
 	insinto "/var/db/reaver"
 	doins reaver.db
 
-	doman ../docs/reaver.1.gz
+	doman ../docs/reaver.1
 	dodoc ../docs/README ../docs/README.REAVER ../docs/README.WASH
 }