diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index d1ec9de5..02b8fa0f 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ kak$(suffix) : $(objects) .version.o
 # Generate the man page
 ifeq ($(gzip_man),yes)
 ../doc/kak.1.gz: ../doc/kak.1
-	gzip -n -9 -f -k $<
+	gzip -n -9 -f < $< > $@
 man: ../doc/kak.1.gz
 else
 man: ../doc/kak.1