diff --git a/scripts/docker/suse12-rpm.Dockerfile b/scripts/docker/suse12-rpm.Dockerfile
index facdc8a24..8b6c1f292 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/suse12-rpm.Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/docker/suse12-rpm.Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ ARG artifact_url=""
 ADD ${artifact_url} /tmp
 ADD node_modules /usr/share/mongodb-crypt-library-version/node_modules
 RUN zypper --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive refresh
-RUN zypper --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive install /tmp/*mongosh*.rpm
+# For some reason zypper ignores half of the files listed for installation in
+# the rpm package (in particular the man files are not copied over as expected),
+# using rpm directly seems to fix the issue
+RUN rpm -i /tmp/*mongosh*.rpm
 RUN /usr/bin/mongosh --build-info
 RUN env MONGOSH_RUN_NODE_SCRIPT=1 mongosh /usr/share/mongodb-crypt-library-version/node_modules/.bin/mongodb-crypt-library-version /usr/lib64/mongosh_crypt_v1.so | grep -Eq '^mongo_(crypt|csfle)_v1-'
 ENTRYPOINT [ "mongosh" ]
diff --git a/scripts/docker/suse15-rpm.Dockerfile b/scripts/docker/suse15-rpm.Dockerfile
index 20d905b32..8d7b4696f 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/suse15-rpm.Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/docker/suse15-rpm.Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ ADD node_modules /usr/share/mongodb-crypt-library-version/node_modules
 RUN zypper --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:Leap:15.1:Update/standard/openSUSE:Leap:15.1:Update.repo
 RUN zypper --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive refresh
 RUN zypper --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive install man
-RUN zypper --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive install /tmp/*mongosh*.rpm
+# For some reason zypper ignores half of the files listed for installation in
+# the rpm package (in particular the man files are not copied over as expected),
+# using rpm directly seems to fix the issue
+RUN rpm -i /tmp/*mongosh*.rpm
 RUN /usr/bin/mongosh --build-info
 RUN env MONGOSH_RUN_NODE_SCRIPT=1 mongosh /usr/share/mongodb-crypt-library-version/node_modules/.bin/mongodb-crypt-library-version /usr/lib64/mongosh_crypt_v1.so | grep -Eq '^mongo_(crypt|csfle)_v1-'
 RUN man mongosh | grep -q tlsAllowInvalidCertificates