diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index e1ed1a2f195b6bc2adef680a4f5b42e1b99cdc2a..899a16d6eea5965c50893489b55846e72b245c9a 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ (define-module (gnu system)
   #:use-module (gnu packages nano)
   #:use-module (gnu packages lsof)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gawk)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages man)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages firmware)
   #:autoload   (gnu packages cryptsetup) (cryptsetup)
@@ -333,6 +334,7 @@ (define %base-packages
          pciutils usbutils
          util-linux inetutils isc-dhcp wireless-tools
          net-tools                        ; XXX: remove when Inetutils suffices
+         man-db
 
          ;; Get 'insmod' & co. from kmod, not module-init-tools, since udev
          ;; already depends on it anyway.