diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index 2bef982485..53328f71dc 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ 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