diff --git a/_multibuild b/_multibuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29c47e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_multibuild
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<multibuild>
+  <package>man</package>
+</multibuild>
diff --git a/tiff.changes b/tiff.changes
index bcad8e6..d1eea4c 100644
--- a/tiff.changes
+++ b/tiff.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 11 17:34:34 UTC 2024 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- In the previous change to enable the cmake based build
+  we also needed python3-Sphinx to build the man pages, as unlike
+  the autotools based build, the cmake based build does not fall
+  back to the pre-built man pages.
+
+  This causes build cycle. Split out the documentation building to
+  break the cycle. The Tumbleweed release managers preferred this
+  solution over a mini package.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Nov  9 22:56:55 UTC 2024 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/tiff.spec b/tiff.spec
index f457114..4674986 100644
--- a/tiff.spec
+++ b/tiff.spec
@@ -16,8 +16,17 @@
 #
 
 
+%global build_flavor @BUILD_FLAVOR@%{nil}
+
+%if "%{?build_flavor}" == "man"
+%bcond_without tiff_manpages
+%else
+%bcond_with    tiff_manpages
+%endif
+
 %define asan_build 0
 %define debug_build 0
+
 Name:           tiff
 Version:        4.7.0
 Release:        0
@@ -31,7 +40,9 @@ Source2:        README.SUSE
 Source3:        baselibs.conf
 Source99:       tiff.keyring
 Patch0:         tiff-4.0.3-seek.patch
+%if %{with tiff_manpages}
 BuildRequires:  %{primary_python}-Sphinx
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libjbig-devel
@@ -41,6 +52,7 @@ BuildRequires:  lzma-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libzstd)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zlib)
+Recommends:     tiff-docs = %{versiong}
 
 %description
 This package contains the library and support programs for the TIFF
@@ -62,12 +74,40 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       glibc-devel
 Requires:       libstdc++-devel
 Requires:       libtiff6 = %{version}
+Recommends:     libtiff-devel-docs = %{version}
 
 %description -n libtiff-devel
 This package contains the header files and static libraries for
 developing programs which will manipulate TIFF format image files using
 the libtiff library.
 
+%if %{with tiff_manpages}
+
+%package -n tiff-docs
+Summary:        Development Tools for Programs which will use the libtiff Library
+Group:          Productivity/Graphics/Convertors
+Requires:       tiff = %{version}
+
+%description -n tiff-docs
+This package contains the header files and static libraries for
+developing programs which will manipulate TIFF format image files using
+the libtiff library.
+
+This package holds the man pages for the command lint tools.
+
+%package -n libtiff-devel-docs
+Summary:        Development Documentation for Programs which will use the libtiff Library
+Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
+Requires:       libtiff-devel = %{version}
+
+%description -n libtiff-devel-docs
+This package contains the header files and static libraries for
+developing programs which will manipulate TIFF format image files using
+the libtiff library.
+
+This package holds the development man pages.
+%endif
+
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
 
@@ -89,6 +129,19 @@ find -name Makefile | xargs sed -i 's/\(^CFLAGS.*\)/\1 -fsanitize=address/'
 cp %{SOURCE2} .
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/{,packages/}tiff*
 find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
+%if %{with tiff_manpages}
+rm -rv \
+  %{buildroot}%{_bindir} \
+  %{buildroot}%{_libdir} \
+  %{buildroot}%{_includedir}
+
+%files -n tiff-docs
+%{_mandir}/man1/*
+
+%files -n libtiff-devel-docs
+%{_mandir}/man3/*
+
+%else
 
 %check
 %if %{asan_build}
@@ -102,7 +155,6 @@ exit 0
 %files
 %{_bindir}/*
 %doc README.md VERSION ChangeLog TODO RELEASE-DATE
-%{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %files -n libtiff6
 %license LICENSE.md
@@ -113,7 +165,7 @@ exit 0
 %{_includedir}/*
 %{_libdir}/*.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
-%{_mandir}/man3/*
 %{_libdir}/cmake/tiff/
+%endif
 
 %changelog