diff --git a/share/man/Makefile b/share/man/Makefile
index 5c194aa8eb96..cf91101a27f0 100644
--- a/share/man/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/Makefile
@@ -10,8 +10,16 @@ MAKEWHATIS?=	makewhatis
 makedb:
 .if ${MK_MAN_UTILS} != "no"
 	${MAKEWHATIS} ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/man
+.if defined(NO_ROOT) && defined(METALOG)
+	echo ".${DISTBASE}${BINDIR}/man/mandoc.db type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel" | \
+		cat -l >> ${METALOG}
+.endif
 .if ${MK_OPENSSL} != "no"
 	${MAKEWHATIS} ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/openssl/man
+.if defined(NO_ROOT) && defined(METALOG)
+	echo ".${DISTBASE}${BINDIR}/openssl/man/mandoc.db type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel" | \
+		cat -l >> ${METALOG}
+.endif
 .endif
 .endif