diff --git a/packaging/pkgbuild-git-stable.sh b/packaging/pkgbuild-git-stable.sh
index 77916e1..0a3ee1a 100644
--- a/packaging/pkgbuild-git-stable.sh
+++ b/packaging/pkgbuild-git-stable.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pkgdesc='A simple, self-hosted, SSH-synchronized password/note manager for the C
 arch=('x86_64' 'i686' 'i486' 'pentium4' 'aarch64' 'armv7h' 'riscv64')
 url='https://github.com/rwinkhart/MUTN'
 license=('MIT')
-makedepends=(go util-linux)
+makedepends=(go util-linux gzip)
 optdepends=(
     'wl-clipboard: Wayland clipboard support'
     'xclip: X11 clipboard support'
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ source=(\""$source"\")
 sha512sums=(SKIP)
 
 build() {
+    cd \${srcdir}/MUTN
+
+    # compress man page
+    gzip -kf ./docs/man
+
     # determine microarchitecture feature level
     case \$CARCH in
         'x86_64')
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ build() {
         # TODO check aarch64 feature level
     esac
 
-    cd \${srcdir}/MUTN
+    # compile binary
     CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags=\"-s -w\" -trimpath ./mutn.go
 }
 
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ package() {
     install -Dm644 ./LICENSE \${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/mutn/LICENSE
     install -Dm644 ./completions/zsh/_mutn \${pkgdir}/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_mutn
     install -Dm644 ./completions/bash/mutn \${pkgdir}/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mutn
+    install -Dm644 ./docs/man.gz \${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man1/mutn.1.gz
 }
 " > output/PKGBUILD
     printf '\nPKGBUILD generated\n\n'