diff --git a/app-shells/fish/fish-3.3.1-r1.ebuild b/app-shells/fish/fish-3.3.1-r1.ebuild
index e24e0866494f..8130d9a8103b 100644
--- a/app-shells/fish/fish-3.3.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/fish/fish-3.3.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR="${EPREFIX}/bin"
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR="${EPREFIX}/etc"
 		-DCURSES_NEED_NCURSES=ON
+		-DBUILD_DOCS="$([[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] && $(usex doc) || echo no)"
 		-DINSTALL_DOCS="$(usex doc)"
 		-DWITH_GETTEXT="$(usex nls)"
 	)