diff --git a/groff/.footprint b/groff/.footprint
index b33ae8ac..7d8b4605 100644
--- a/groff/.footprint
+++ b/groff/.footprint
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	etc/papersize
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/addftinfo
diff --git a/groff/Pkgfile b/groff/Pkgfile
index ad631c20..84feab90 100644
--- a/groff/Pkgfile
+++ b/groff/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 name=groff
 version=1.22.2
-release=1
+release=2
 source=(http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$name/$name-$version.tar.gz)
 
 build() {
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ build() {
     make
     make DESTDIR=$PKG install
 
+    sed -e 's|^\(papersize\).*|\1 /etc/papersize|' \
+        -i $PKG/usr/share/groff/current/font/*/DESC
+    
+    install -d $PKG/etc
+    echo 'letter' > $PKG/etc/papersize
+
     rm -rf $PKG/usr/share/{info,doc}
 
     ln -s eqn $PKG/usr/bin/geqn
diff --git a/groff/README b/groff/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e414698b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/groff/README
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+README for groff
+
+REQUIREMENTS
+
+PRE/POST-INSTALL
+
+as of groff version 1.22.2 release 2 the default papersize for groff can 
+be defined in /etc/papersize. Just add the required papersize like 'letter' 
+or 'a4' here, default is 'letter'.
+
+See 
+http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/manual/html_node/DESC-File-Format.html
+for more informations.
+