diff --git a/sysutils/zetaback/Makefile b/sysutils/zetaback/Makefile
index e1a68c289f05..35d827a27702 100644
--- a/sysutils/zetaback/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/zetaback/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BETTER_COMPRESSION_EXTRA_PATCHES=	${PATCHDIR}/opt-compression.in
 USES=		autoreconf perl5
 USE_PERL5=	run
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX= ${PREFIX}/share
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/zetaback/pkg-plist b/sysutils/zetaback/pkg-plist
index 4e683e94a7c7..56aead50b977 100644
--- a/sysutils/zetaback/pkg-plist
+++ b/sysutils/zetaback/pkg-plist
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ bin/zetaback
 bin/zetaback_agent
 @sample etc/zetaback.conf.sample
 @sample etc/zetaback_agent.conf.sample
-man/man1/zetaback.1.gz
-man/man1/zetaback_agent.1.gz
+share/man/man1/zetaback.1.gz
+share/man/man1/zetaback_agent.1.gz