diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index 22bbf7e3901..50075df9496 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ PS_METHOD	= $(prefer-db2x)
 
 ###
 # The targets that may be used.
-PHONY += xmldocs sgmldocs psdocs pdfdocs htmldocs mandocs installmandocs cleandocs
+PHONY += xmldocs sgmldocs psdocs pdfdocs htmldocs mandocs installmandocs cleandocs xmldoclinks
 
 BOOKS := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(DOCBOOKS))
-xmldocs: $(BOOKS)
+xmldocs: $(BOOKS) xmldoclinks
 sgmldocs: xmldocs
 
 PS := $(patsubst %.xml, %.ps, $(BOOKS))
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ mandocs: $(MAN)
 build_images = mkdir -p $(objtree)/Documentation/DocBook/media/ && \
 	       cp $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/*.png $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/*.gif $(objtree)/Documentation/DocBook/media/
 
+xmldoclinks:
+ifneq ($(objtree),$(srctree))
+	for dep in dvb media-entities.tmpl media-indices.tmpl v4l; do \
+		rm -f $(objtree)/Documentation/DocBook/$$dep \
+		&& ln -s $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/$$dep $(objtree)/Documentation/DocBook/ \
+		|| exit; \
+	done
+endif
+
 installmandocs: mandocs
 	mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man9/
 	install Documentation/DocBook/man/*.9.gz /usr/local/man/man9/