diff --git a/extras/gudev/docs/Makefile.am b/extras/gudev/docs/Makefile.am
index 47ca91524e..3da6fc7196 100644
--- a/extras/gudev/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/extras/gudev/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ MKDB_OPTIONS=--sgml-mode --output-format=xml
 MKTMPL_OPTIONS=
 
 # Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-mkhtml
-MKHTML_OPTIONS=
+MKHTML_OPTIONS=--path=$(abs_srcdir) --path=$(abs_builddir)
 
 # Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-fixref. Not normally needed.
 # e.g. FIXXREF_OPTIONS=--extra-dir=../gdk-pixbuf/html --extra-dir=../gdk/html
diff --git a/libudev/docs/Makefile.am b/libudev/docs/Makefile.am
index 5229f0f450..965902627f 100644
--- a/libudev/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/libudev/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ MKDB_OPTIONS=--sgml-mode --output-format=xml --name-space udev
 MKTMPL_OPTIONS=
 
 # Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-mkhtml
-MKHTML_OPTIONS=
+MKHTML_OPTIONS=--path=$(abs_srcdir) --path=$(abs_builddir)
 
 # Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-fixref. Not normally needed.
 # e.g. FIXXREF_OPTIONS=--extra-dir=../gdk-pixbuf/html --extra-dir=../gdk/html