diff --git a/Makefile.org b/Makefile.org
index 32d32477aea59af6800d3a71c11940b578d2bfe8..bcdbc285ecd535202c08074051c1c9c9cba5c087 100644
--- a/Makefile.org
+++ b/Makefile.org
@@ -742,22 +742,23 @@ install_docs:
 		$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(MANDIR)/man3 \
 		$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(MANDIR)/man5 \
 		$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(MANDIR)/man7
-	@for i in doc/apps/*.pod; do \
+	@pod2man=`cd ../../util; ./pod2mantest ignore`; \
+	for i in doc/apps/*.pod; do \
 		fn=`basename $$i .pod`; \
 		if [ "$$fn" = "config" ]; then sec=5; else sec=1; fi; \
 		echo "installing man$$sec/`basename $$i .pod`.$$sec"; \
 		(cd `$(PERL) util/dirname.pl $$i`; \
-		sh -c "$(PERL) `cd ../../util; ./pod2mantest ignore` \
+		sh -c "$(PERL) $$pod2man \
 			--section=$$sec --center=OpenSSL \
 			--release=$(VERSION) `basename $$i`") \
 			>  $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(MANDIR)/man$$sec/`basename $$i .pod`.$$sec; \
-	done
+	done; \
 	@for i in doc/crypto/*.pod doc/ssl/*.pod; do \
 		fn=`basename $$i .pod`; \
 		if [ "$$fn" = "des_modes" ]; then sec=7; else sec=3; fi; \
 		echo "installing man$$sec/`basename $$i .pod`.$$sec"; \
 		(cd `$(PERL) util/dirname.pl $$i`; \
-		sh -c "$(PERL) `cd ../../util; ./pod2mantest ignore` \
+		sh -c "$(PERL) $$pod2man \
 			--section=$$sec --center=OpenSSL \
 			--release=$(VERSION) `basename $$i`") \
 			>  $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(MANDIR)/man$$sec/`basename $$i .pod`.$$sec; \