diff --git a/dev-libs/libbson/Manifest b/dev-libs/libbson/Manifest
index 3c6f558..1413844 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libbson/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/libbson/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+DIST libbson-1.30.5-docs.tar.xz 40388 BLAKE2B e7d7761ce01f4af5bc95f30ddc8abb25bc47414d78f0db5715131bcf7053e18130450fe6a343ed6f39128c6d9ebf82351638226c299df4598b2ea455004e9055 SHA512 fe17fae7c32042d3af23d8fa876ef1d56c937e1481c4cb346cd059c0ff8c19ac5aafd12875610a7bff462355e290589372869b33c9ef93e0447d4dc44a058713
 DIST mongo-c-driver-1.30.5.tar.gz 7434294 BLAKE2B 910a3929481625add6578f26cddacdbda788a8c6a6828ca7d6c2abc9a4350edc5f0ee13003197f93bb01cbd42e07330344f8a7c8d194ad86525665e23469e3d8 SHA512 3740f91a6d72d400057ecd0920740579ff664f230815bbf2cad1d0a0a268de99b40be3f05cdfe22759ca789d938cf7d3bbd439c431867b82d83c3d1690df3f68
 DIST mongo-c-driver-1.30.5.tar.gz.asc 833 BLAKE2B f92098b9946a0eb0b633ae5e8b7c444d5c0085fc5980993a25910802289def5cd04e19a0aba077ea9f4c954a65c06769cf63cb6f7961813bfd95c66101072b52 SHA512 5d7cc4037a5a145ed53e8e60d18d47f3d7b867320f08b3c755e00fe11a8305c7f449b30b31e59310577344495406aaeca78b2cd843d7c31c02e03200e55e0bf6
diff --git a/dev-libs/libbson/libbson-1.30.5.ebuild b/dev-libs/libbson/libbson-1.30.5.ebuild
index f7375d4..3cf7d40 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libbson/libbson-1.30.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libbson/libbson-1.30.5.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+# Generate using a slight deviation from https://github.com/thesamesam/sam-gentoo-scripts/blob/main/niche/generate-cmake-docs
+# Set to 1 if prebuilt, 0 if not
+# (the construct below is to allow overriding from env for script)
+: ${LIBBSON_DOCS_PREBUILT:=1}
+
+# Default to generating docs (inc. man pages) if no prebuilt; overridden later
+LIBBSON_DOCS_USEFLAG="+man"
+
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} pypy3_11 )
 VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/mongo-c-driver.asc
 
@@ -16,20 +24,28 @@ SRC_URI="
 		https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/releases/download/${PV}/mongo-c-driver-${PV}.tar.gz.asc
 	)
 "
+if [[ ${LIBBSON_DOCS_PREBUILT} == 1 ]] ; then
+	SRC_URI+=" !man? ( https://people.znc.in/~dessa/gentoo/distfiles/${CATEGORY}/${PN}/${PN}-${PV}-docs.tar.xz )"
+	LIBBSON_DOCS_USEFLAG="man"
+fi
+
 S="${WORKDIR}/mongo-c-driver-${PV}"
 
 LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
-IUSE="examples static-libs"
+IUSE="examples ${LIBBSON_DOC_USEFLAG} static-libs"
 
 # tests are covered in mongo-c-driver and are not easily runnable in here
 RESTRICT="test"
 
 BDEPEND="
-	$(python_gen_any_dep '
-		dev-python/sphinx[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	')
+	man? (
+		$(python_gen_any_dep '
+			<dev-python/docutils-0.22[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			dev-python/sphinx[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		')
+	)
 	verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-mongo-c-driver )
 "
 
@@ -38,6 +54,7 @@ PATCHES=(
 )
 
 python_check_deps() {
+	python_has_version -b "dev-python/docutils[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 	python_has_version -b "dev-python/sphinx[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 }