diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.mask b/conf/intel/portage/package.mask
index acfda98a..47aea7e5 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.mask
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.mask
@@ -164,3 +164,6 @@ media-video/ffmpeg
 # 2013-01-23 Fabio Erculiani: app-misc/pax-utils-0.6 breaks genkernel initramfs generation
 # See Gentoo bug #450688, mask pax-utils for now
 >=app-misc/pax-utils-0.6
+
+# 2013-02-08 Fabio Erculiani: we use man-db
+sys-apps/man