diff --git a/devel/p5-base/Makefile b/devel/p5-base/Makefile
index 3911ef7935e5..590d725f9a17 100644
--- a/devel/p5-base/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-base/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,4 @@ COMMENT=	Set of modules to operate with inheritance and class fields at runtime
 USES=		perl5
 USE_PERL5=	configure
 
-MAN3=		base.3 fields.3
-
-NO_STAGE=	yes
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/p5-base/pkg-plist b/devel/p5-base/pkg-plist
index 9fb5033f1f2b..99bc227d771a 100644
--- a/devel/p5-base/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/p5-base/pkg-plist
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+%%PERL5_MAN3%%/base.3.gz
+%%PERL5_MAN3%%/fields.3.gz
 %%SITE_PERL%%/base.pm
 %%SITE_PERL%%/fields.pm
 %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/base/.packlist
-@dirrm %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/base
+@dirrmtry %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/base