diff --git a/cmake/Man.cmake b/cmake/Man.cmake
index 1f1ef9ec2f..5c9476c575 100644
--- a/cmake/Man.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Man.cmake
@@ -14,21 +14,34 @@ if (NOT GZIP)
 else (NOT GZIP)
   message (STATUS "Looking for gzip to generate manpages - found")
 
+  # macro can also be called with a third argument that contains a modified name
+  # of the manpage to be installed.
   macro(roffman _source _section)
+    set(_extra_macro_args ${ARGN})
+    list(LENGTH _extra_macro_args _num_extra_macro_args)
+
+    if (_num_extra_macro_args EQUAL 0)
+      set(_destination _source)
+    elseif(_num_extra_macro_args EQUAL 1)
+      set(_destination ${_extra_macro_args})
+    else()
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "roffman macro called with unexpected number of extra arguments '${ARGN}'")
+    endif()
+
     add_custom_command(
-      OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_source}.${_section}.gz
+      OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_destination}.${_section}.gz
       COMMAND ${GZIP} -c ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${_source}.${_section}.roff
-        > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_source}.${_section}.gz
+        > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_destination}.${_section}.gz
       DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${_source}.${_section}.roff
     )
 
     set(MANPAGE_TARGET "man-${_source}")
 
     add_custom_target(${MANPAGE_TARGET}
-      DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_source}.${_section}.gz)
+      DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_destination}.${_section}.gz)
     add_dependencies(man ${MANPAGE_TARGET})
 
-    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_source}.${_section}.gz
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_destination}.${_section}.gz
       DESTINATION share/man/man${_section}
     )
   endmacro(roffman _source _section)
diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index a0ec46236e..531180cf88 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ endif()
 gz_install_executable(${GZ_CLI_EXECUTABLE_NAME})
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
-  roffman(${GZ_CLI_EXECUTABLE_NAME} 1)
+  roffman(gz 1 ${GZ_CLI_EXECUTABLE_NAME})
 endif()
 
 install (PROGRAMS gzprop DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR})