diff --git a/libraries/libxls/libxls.SlackBuild b/libraries/libxls/libxls.SlackBuild
index a53e98d5a3..8505182880 100644
--- a/libraries/libxls/libxls.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libxls/libxls.SlackBuild
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
+find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp AUTHORS $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild