diff --git a/scripts/docs/generate-man.sh b/scripts/docs/generate-man.sh
index 299c422321..136ed1e000 100755
--- a/scripts/docs/generate-man.sh
+++ b/scripts/docs/generate-man.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ set -eu -o pipefail
 
 mkdir -p ./man/man1
 
-# yay, go install creates a binary named "v2" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
-go build -o "/go/bin/md2man" ./vendor/github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2
+if ! command -v md2man &> /dev/null; then
+	# yay, go install creates a binary named "v2" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
+	go build -o "/go/bin/md2man" ./vendor/github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2
+fi
 
 # Generate man pages from cobra commands
 go build -o /tmp/gen-manpages github.com/docker/cli/man