diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.13.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.13.0.bb
index 6e7af950fc2..750263f99ed 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.13.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.13.0.bb
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ inherit gettext pkgconfig autotools systemd
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-pager=less --with-systemdsystemunitdir=${systemd_system_unitdir}"
 EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "-I ${S}/gl/m4"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
+
 PACKAGECONFIG[bzip2] = "--with-bzip2=bzip2,ac_cv_prog_have_bzip2='',bzip2"
+# util-linux col is deprecated and only builds for glibc
+PACKAGECONFIG[col] = "--with-col=col,--with-col=,,util-linux-col"
 PACKAGECONFIG[gzip] = "--with-gzip=gzip,ac_cv_prog_have_gzip='',gzip"
 PACKAGECONFIG[lzip] = "--with-lzip=lzip,ac_cv_prog_have_lzip='',lzip"
 PACKAGECONFIG[lzma] = "--with-lzma=lzma,ac_cv_prog_have_lzma='',xz"