diff --git a/doc/meson.build b/doc/meson.build
index f74b6b1b..57c71802 100644
--- a/doc/meson.build
+++ b/doc/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if vers.version_compare('< 2.26.0')
 endif
 
 manpage_xsl = 'http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl'
-cmd = run_command(xsltproc, '--nonet', manpage_xsl)
+cmd = run_command(xsltproc, '--nonet', manpage_xsl, check: false)
 if cmd.returncode() != 0
 	error('The style sheet for man pages providing "@0@" was not found.'.format(manpage_xsl))
 endif