diff --git a/doc/misc/Makefile.in b/doc/misc/Makefile.in
index d0225db9ba3..662537b4512 100644
--- a/doc/misc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/misc/Makefile.in
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ define org_template
  $(1:.org=.texi): $(1)
 	@rm -f $$@
 	$${AM_V_GEN}cd "$${srcdir}" && $${emacs} -l ox-texinfo \
-	  -f org-texinfo-export-to-texinfo-batch $$< $$@
+	  -f org-texinfo-export-to-texinfo-batch $$(notdir $$<) $$(notdir $$@)
 endef
 
 $(foreach orgfile,${ORG_SRC},$(eval $(call org_template,$(orgfile))))