diff --git a/sci-libs/dart/dart-6.12.1-r1.ebuild b/sci-libs/dart/dart-6.12.1-r1.ebuild
index 58aa8a47e8..9d972ee8f8 100644
--- a/sci-libs/dart/dart-6.12.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/dart/dart-6.12.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ src_install() {
 	fi
 #	use python && cmake_build install-dartpy
 	mv "${ED}/usr/share/doc/dart/data" "${ED}/usr/share/${PN}" || die
-	mv "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/dart/* "${ED}/usr/share/doc/${PF}" || die
+	if [[ -d "${ED}/usr/share/doc/dart" ]] ; then
+		if [[ "$(ls -A ${ED}/usr/share/doc/dart)" ]] ; then
+			mv "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/dart/* "${ED}/usr/share/doc/${PF}" || die
+		fi
+	fi
 	docompress -x "/usr/share/doc/${PF}"
 }