diff --git a/debian/quagga-doc.docs b/debian/quagga-doc.docs
index d3607ef033..a0776fd68a 100644
--- a/debian/quagga-doc.docs
+++ b/debian/quagga-doc.docs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ AUTHORS
 NEWS
 README
 REPORTING-BUGS
-doc/quagga.pdf
 doc/BGP-TypeCode
 doc/draft-zebra-00.txt
 doc/mpls/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3e3b62ea22..536b800501 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 	dh_auto_build
 	
 	# doc/ is a bit crazy
+ifeq ($(GENERATE_PDF), 1)
 	dh_auto_build -- -C doc quagga.pdf || true # pdfetex fails with exit code 1 but still produces a good looking .pdf
+endif
 	rm -vf doc/quagga.info
 	dh_auto_build -- -C doc quagga.info
 	rm -vf doc/quagga.info.html*