diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index b4cf12e3..8bbcc3e1 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1210,9 +1210,11 @@ endif
 	fi
 
 	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/usr/share/doc/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION)-doc/ $(CURDIR)/debian/usr/share/doc/clang-$(LLVM_VERSION)-doc/
-	cp -R $(TARGET_BUILD_STAGE2)/docs/html $(CURDIR)/debian/usr/share/doc/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION)-doc/
-	cp -R $(TARGET_BUILD_STAGE2)/tools/clang/docs/html $(CURDIR)/debian/usr/share/doc/clang-$(LLVM_VERSION)-doc/
-	cp -R $(TARGET_BUILD_STAGE2)/tools/clang/tools/extra/docs/html $(CURDIR)/debian/usr/share/doc/clang-$(LLVM_VERSION)-doc/clang-extra
+    if test "$(DOC_GENERATION)" = yes; then \
+		cp -R $(TARGET_BUILD_STAGE2)/docs/html $(CURDIR)/debian/usr/share/doc/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION)-doc/; \
+		cp -R $(TARGET_BUILD_STAGE2)/tools/clang/docs/html $(CURDIR)/debian/usr/share/doc/clang-$(LLVM_VERSION)-doc/; \
+		cp -R $(TARGET_BUILD_STAGE2)/tools/clang/tools/extra/docs/html $(CURDIR)/debian/usr/share/doc/clang-$(LLVM_VERSION)-doc/clang-extra; \
+	fi
 
 # Rename OCaml bindings
 	if test "$(OCAML_ENABLE)" = yes; then \