diff --git a/doc/man/man1/Makefile b/doc/man/man1/Makefile
index 5d57aaa2f..15ca93497 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/Makefile
+++ b/doc/man/man1/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ top_builddir=../../..
 include $(top_builddir)/Makefile.config
 
 elinks.1: $(srcdir)/elinks.1.in $(top_srcdir)/configure.in
-	cd $(top_srcdir) && \
+	cd $(top_builddir) && \
 	CONFIG_FILES="$(RELPATH)$@" CONFIG_HEADERS= $(SHELL) ./config.status
 
 MAN1 = elinks.1