diff --git a/libtool-nodocs.patch b/libtool-nodocs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd58b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libtool-nodocs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+--- Makefile.in.nodocs	2017-04-19 16:15:58.630583989 +0200
++++ Makefile.in	2017-04-19 16:18:19.055635521 +0200
+@@ -313,12 +313,11 @@
+ AM_MAKEINFOHTMLFLAGS = $(AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS)
+ DVIPS = dvips
+ RECURSIVE_TARGETS = all-recursive check-recursive cscopelist-recursive \
+-	ctags-recursive dvi-recursive html-recursive info-recursive \
+-	install-data-recursive install-dvi-recursive \
+-	install-exec-recursive install-html-recursive \
+-	install-info-recursive install-pdf-recursive \
+-	install-ps-recursive install-recursive installcheck-recursive \
+-	installdirs-recursive pdf-recursive ps-recursive \
++	ctags-recursive \
++	install-data-recursive \
++	install-exec-recursive \
++	install-recursive installcheck-recursive \
++	installdirs-recursive \
+ 	tags-recursive uninstall-recursive
+ am__can_run_installinfo = \
+   case $$AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR in \
+@@ -361,8 +360,7 @@
+ ETAGS = etags
+ CTAGS = ctags
+ CSCOPE = cscope
+-am__DIST_COMMON = $(dist_man1_MANS) $(doc_libtool_TEXINFOS) \
+-	$(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/config-h.in \
++am__DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/config-h.in \
+ 	$(srcdir)/libltdl/ltdl.mk $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/compile \
+ 	$(top_srcdir)/build-aux/config.guess \
+ 	$(top_srcdir)/build-aux/config.sub \
+@@ -1973,7 +1971,7 @@
+ info-am: $(INFO_DEPS)
+ 
+ install-data-am: install-data-local install-includeHEADERS \
+-	install-info-am install-ltdlincludeHEADERS install-man
++	install-ltdlincludeHEADERS
+ 
+ install-dvi: install-dvi-recursive
+ 
diff --git a/libtool.spec b/libtool.spec
index e5c8e20..da07aa9 100644
--- a/libtool.spec
+++ b/libtool.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # See the bug #1289759
 %undefine _hardened_build
 
+# Set to bcond_without or use --with bootstrap if bootstrapping a new release
+# or architecture
+%bcond_without bootstrap
+
 # See the bug #429880
 %global gcc_major  %(gcc -dumpversion || echo "666")
 
@@ -19,6 +23,9 @@ Source:  http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-%{version}.tar.xz
 # ~> downstream
 # ~> remove possibly once #1158915 gets fixed somehow
 Patch0:  libtool-2.4.5-rpath.patch
+%if %{without bootstrap}
+Patch100: libtool-nodocs.patch
+%endif
 
 # /usr/bin/libtool includes paths within gcc's versioned directories
 # Libtool must be rebuilt whenever a new upstream gcc is built
@@ -29,7 +36,10 @@ Requires: autoconf, automake, sed, tar, findutils
 Requires(post):  /sbin/install-info
 Requires(preun): /sbin/install-info
 
-BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, texinfo
+%if %{without bootstrap}
+BuildRequires: texinfo
+%endif
+BuildRequires: autoconf, automake
 BuildRequires: help2man
 
 # make sure we can configure all supported langs
@@ -85,6 +95,9 @@ Static libraries and header files for development with ltdl.
 %prep
 %setup -n libtool-%{version} -q
 %patch0 -p1 -b .rpath
+%if %{without bootstrap}
+%patch100 -p1 -b .nodocs
+%endif
 
 autoreconf -v