diff --git a/modlists/base b/modlists/base
index 3784ae2..20f947a 100644
--- a/modlists/base
+++ b/modlists/base
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+disable-mandb
 bfq
 packages-base
 hostname
diff --git a/mods/disable-mandb/modscript b/mods/disable-mandb/modscript
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3733fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/disable-mandb/modscript
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+mkdir -p "$1/var/lib/man-db"
+echo "false" > "$1/var/lib/man-db/auto-update"
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