diff --git a/graphics/tesseract/tesseract.SlackBuild b/graphics/tesseract/tesseract.SlackBuild
index ac253fabd1..a66096916a 100644
--- a/graphics/tesseract/tesseract.SlackBuild
+++ b/graphics/tesseract/tesseract.SlackBuild
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=tesseract
 VERSION=${VERSION:-3.01}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 # language file name
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 find $PKG | xargs 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 -a AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README ReleaseNotes \
   $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION