diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/caddy/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/caddy/package.nix
index c9bb2c103b50..73ab67366483 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/caddy/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/caddy/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , caddy
 , testers
 , installShellFiles
+, stdenv
 }:
 let
   version = "2.7.6";
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ buildGoModule {
       --replace-fail "/usr/bin/caddy" "$out/bin/caddy"
     substituteInPlace $out/lib/systemd/system/caddy-api.service \
       --replace-fail "/usr/bin/caddy" "$out/bin/caddy"
+  '' + lib.optionalString (stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) ''
+    # Generating man pages and completions fail on cross-compilation
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/308283
 
     $out/bin/caddy manpage --directory manpages
     installManPage manpages/*