diff --git a/tools/gengetopt/patches/200-no_docs_tests.patch b/tools/gengetopt/patches/200-no_docs_tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3930696ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gengetopt/patches/200-no_docs_tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -urN gengetopt-2.22.6/Makefile.am gengetopt-2.22.6.new/Makefile.am
+--- gengetopt-2.22.6/Makefile.am	2012-11-02 06:26:54.000000000 -0700
++++ gengetopt-2.22.6.new/Makefile.am	2015-05-21 17:43:15.183083542 -0700
+@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
+ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I gl/m4
+ 
+ EXTRA_DIST = configure TODO LICENSE gl/m4/gnulib-cache.m4
+-SUBDIRS = gl src doc tests
++SUBDIRS = gl src
+ 
+-gengetoptdoc_DATA = ChangeLog COPYING NEWS THANKS INSTALL README LICENSE
+\ No newline at end of file
++gengetoptdoc_DATA = ChangeLog COPYING NEWS THANKS INSTALL README LICENSE