diff --git a/Make.rules.in b/Make.rules.in
index a0a4ece284985bafbb6db46c45433f63dff7ed44..00fe0bb6d8a819ab50e9abc268a10ae1fac12d41 100644
--- a/Make.rules.in
+++ b/Make.rules.in
@@ -106,20 +106,6 @@ all: $(MANPAGES:.man.in=.man)
 
 .PHONY: install-man-pages
 
-# Rules for auto documentation
-
-manpages:: dummy
-	$(C2MAN) -o $(top_builddir)/documentation/man$(api_manext) -R$(top_builddir) -C$(srcdir) $(PARENTSRC:%=-P%) -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(MAINSPEC:%=-w %) $(C_SRCS)
-
-htmlpages:: dummy
-	$(C2MAN) -o $(top_builddir)/documentation/html -R$(top_builddir) -C$(srcdir) $(PARENTSRC:%=-P%) -I$(top_srcdir)/include -Th $(MAINSPEC:%=-w %) $(C_SRCS)
-
-sgmlpages:: dummy
-	$(C2MAN) -o $(top_builddir)/documentation/api-guide -R$(top_builddir) -C$(srcdir) $(PARENTSRC:%=-P%) -I$(top_srcdir)/include -Ts $(MAINSPEC:%=-w %) $(C_SRCS)
-
-xmlpages:: dummy
-	$(C2MAN) -o $(top_builddir)/documentation/api-guide-xml -R$(top_builddir) -C$(srcdir) $(PARENTSRC:%=-P%) -I$(top_srcdir)/include -Tx $(MAINSPEC:%=-w %) $(C_SRCS)
-
 # Rules for cleaning
 
 clean::
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a66ba62b5c162f980dd11184f3d7849d21226394..89fde0244f23e5f918c952079c787234be3e146b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -16138,6 +16138,16 @@ IDL_TLB_RES = \$(IDL_TLB_SRCS:.idl=_t.res)
 MODULEFLAGS = -shared \$(srcdir)/\$(MAINSPEC) \$(EXTRADLLFLAGS)
 
 all: $deps
+
+manpages:: dummy
+	\$(C2MAN) -o \$(top_builddir)/documentation/man\$(api_manext) -R\$(top_builddir) -C\$(srcdir) \$(PARENTSRC:%=-P%) -I\$(top_srcdir)/include \$(MAINSPEC:%=-w %) \$(C_SRCS)
+htmlpages:: dummy
+	\$(C2MAN) -o \$(top_builddir)/documentation/html -R\$(top_builddir) -C\$(srcdir) \$(PARENTSRC:%=-P%) -I\$(top_srcdir)/include -Th \$(MAINSPEC:%=-w %) \$(C_SRCS)
+sgmlpages:: dummy
+	\$(C2MAN) -o \$(top_builddir)/documentation/api-guide -R\$(top_builddir) -C\$(srcdir) \$(PARENTSRC:%=-P%) -I\$(top_srcdir)/include -Ts \$(MAINSPEC:%=-w %) \$(C_SRCS)
+xmlpages:: dummy
+	\$(C2MAN) -o \$(top_builddir)/documentation/api-guide-xml -R\$(top_builddir) -C\$(srcdir) \$(PARENTSRC:%=-P%) -I\$(top_srcdir)/include -Tx \$(MAINSPEC:%=-w %) \$(C_SRCS)
+.PHONY: manpages htmlpages sgmlpages xmlpages
 "
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 35accb214df3667e93e85e0926d612d844090d8e..9dbfabc5862b01c47a7b07eb5ade50437a629928 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2625,6 +2625,16 @@ IDL_TLB_RES = \$(IDL_TLB_SRCS:.idl=_t.res)
 MODULEFLAGS = -shared \$(srcdir)/\$(MAINSPEC) \$(EXTRADLLFLAGS)
 
 all: $deps
+
+manpages:: dummy
+	\$(C2MAN) -o \$(top_builddir)/documentation/man\$(api_manext) -R\$(top_builddir) -C\$(srcdir) \$(PARENTSRC:%=-P%) -I\$(top_srcdir)/include \$(MAINSPEC:%=-w %) \$(C_SRCS)
+htmlpages:: dummy
+	\$(C2MAN) -o \$(top_builddir)/documentation/html -R\$(top_builddir) -C\$(srcdir) \$(PARENTSRC:%=-P%) -I\$(top_srcdir)/include -Th \$(MAINSPEC:%=-w %) \$(C_SRCS)
+sgmlpages:: dummy
+	\$(C2MAN) -o \$(top_builddir)/documentation/api-guide -R\$(top_builddir) -C\$(srcdir) \$(PARENTSRC:%=-P%) -I\$(top_srcdir)/include -Ts \$(MAINSPEC:%=-w %) \$(C_SRCS)
+xmlpages:: dummy
+	\$(C2MAN) -o \$(top_builddir)/documentation/api-guide-xml -R\$(top_builddir) -C\$(srcdir) \$(PARENTSRC:%=-P%) -I\$(top_srcdir)/include -Tx \$(MAINSPEC:%=-w %) \$(C_SRCS)
+.PHONY: manpages htmlpages sgmlpages xmlpages
 ")
 
 AC_SUBST(MAKE_PROG_RULES,"