diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index b6a05a873..617787435 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ install-doc: all-docs update-man install
 
 update-man: man
 	@$(if $(MAN_DOCS), \
-		$(call ncmd,installdata,elinks.1,man/man1/elinks.1.in); \
-		$(call ncmd,installdata,elinkskeys.5,man/man5/); \
-		$(call ncmd,installdata,elinks.conf.5,man/man5/))
+		$(call ncmd,installdata,elinks.1,$(srcdir)man/man1/elinks.1.in); \
+		$(call ncmd,installdata,elinkskeys.5,$(srcdir)man/man5/); \
+		$(call ncmd,installdata,elinks.conf.5,$(srcdir)man/man5/))
 
 clean-local:
 	@$(RM) -r $(TXT_DOCS) $(MAN_DOCS) $(HTML_DOCS) $(PDF_DOCS) *.tmp *.xml