diff --git a/lib/systems/default.nix b/lib/systems/default.nix
index 7e6fa5ecfb4b..b2cb8848f08b 100644
--- a/lib/systems/default.nix
+++ b/lib/systems/default.nix
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ rec {
               pulseSupport = false;
               smbdSupport = false;
               seccompSupport = false;
+              enableDocs = false;
               hostCpuTargets = [ "${final.qemuArch}-linux-user" ];
             };
             wine = (pkgs.winePackagesFor "wine${toString final.parsed.cpu.bits}").minimal;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
index bef33e219b4d..0761d58c7265 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 , tpmSupport ? true
 , uringSupport ? stdenv.isLinux, liburing
 , canokeySupport ? false, canokey-qemu
+, enableDocs ? true
 , hostCpuOnly ? false
 , hostCpuTargets ? (if hostCpuOnly
                     then (lib.optional stdenv.isx86_64 "i386-softmmu"
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--disable-strip" # We'll strip ourselves after separating debug info.
-    "--enable-docs"
+    (lib.enableFeature enableDocs "docs")
     "--enable-tools"
     "--localstatedir=/var"
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"