diff --git a/man/hwdb.xml b/man/hwdb.xml
index 9f2aff32618..9828a65ce2c 100644
--- a/man/hwdb.xml
+++ b/man/hwdb.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
 
-<refentry id="hwdb">
+<refentry id="hwdb" conditional="ENABLE_HWDB">
   <refentryinfo>
     <title>hwdb</title>
     <productname>systemd</productname>
diff --git a/man/systemd-hwdb.xml b/man/systemd-hwdb.xml
index 09f4d551a93..361a23d9bd1 100644
--- a/man/systemd-hwdb.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-hwdb.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
 
-<refentry id="systemd-hwdb">
+<refentry id="systemd-hwdb" conditional="ENABLE_HWDB">
   <refentryinfo>
     <title>systemd-hwdb</title>
     <productname>systemd</productname>