diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index 0b8f2269dcae80019e99035131baef597cb0b5d7..ac83e28151dc37e91af94aa705a8e9311406d3bf 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
   $(addprefix $(srcdir)/,$(apihtml)) \
   $(addprefix $(srcdir)/,$(devhelphtml))
 
-all: web
+all-am: web
 
 api: $(srcdir)/libvirt-api.xml $(srcdir)/libvirt-refs.xml
 qemu_api: $(srcdir)/libvirt-qemu-api.xml $(srcdir)/libvirt-qemu-refs.xml