diff --git a/package/network/utils/nftables/patches/100-disable-doc-generation.patch b/package/network/utils/nftables/patches/100-disable-doc-generation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcbffe25c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/network/utils/nftables/patches/100-disable-doc-generation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS	= -I m4
+ 
+ SUBDIRS = 	src	\
+ 		include	\
+-		doc	\
+ 		files