diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5ac128337e8a544cc0689504482793433330aa51..a0be556d3c730e307310b639b9664efec36e6563 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -88,5 +88,30 @@ dist_pkgdata_DATA       = data/capsule-shim.h     \
 CLEANFILES    = $(shim_files) $(shim_srcs)
 BUILT_SOURCES = $(shim_srcs)
 
-include documentation.mk
-include disabled.mk
+include $(top_srcdir)/disabled.mk
+
+# ============================================================================
+# standalone man pages
+include  $(top_srcdir)/documentation.mk
+
+# ============================================================================
+# gtk-doc configuration: see /usr/share/doc/gtk-doc-tools/examples/Makefile.am
+DOC_MODULE           = libcapsule
+DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE   = $(DOC_MODULE)-docs.xml
+DOC_SOURCE_DIR       = capsule
+SCAN_OPTIONS         =
+MKDB_OPTIONS         = --xml-mode --output-format=xml
+MKTMPL_OPTIONS       =
+MKHTML_OPTIONS       =
+FIXXREF_OPTIONS      =
+HFILE_GLOB           =
+CFILE_GLOB           =
+EXTRA_HFILES         =
+IGNORE_HFILES        =
+HTML_IMAGES          =
+content_files        =
+expand_content_files =
+GTKDOC_CFLAGS        =
+GTKDOC_LIBS          =
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/gtk-doc.make
diff --git a/documentation.mk b/documentation.mk
index b093a27b9940458f0167c0672d76fa225dd74041..3bfc6f225e713fcf58d4b542d5284ad8e6548a87 100644
--- a/documentation.mk
+++ b/documentation.mk
@@ -15,28 +15,6 @@ XSLT_MAN = http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.x
 
 %.3: xml/%.xml docs
 	$(AM_V_GEN) $(XSLTPROC) $(XSLTPROC_FLAGS) $(XSLT_MAN) $<
-# ============================================================================
-# gtk-doc configuration: see /usr/share/doc/gtk-doc-tools/examples/Makefile.am
-DOC_MODULE           = libcapsule
-DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE   = $(DOC_MODULE)-docs.xml
-DOC_SOURCE_DIR       = capsule
-SCAN_OPTIONS         =
-MKDB_OPTIONS         = --xml-mode --output-format=xml
-MKTMPL_OPTIONS       =
-MKHTML_OPTIONS       =
-FIXXREF_OPTIONS      =
-HFILE_GLOB           =
-CFILE_GLOB           =
-EXTRA_HFILES         =
-IGNORE_HFILES        =
-HTML_IMAGES          =
-content_files        =
-expand_content_files =
-GTKDOC_CFLAGS        =
-GTKDOC_LIBS          =
-
--include gtk-doc.make
 
-# ============================================================================
 man_MANS    = capsule-init-project.1 capsule-mkstublib.1
 CLEANFILES += $(man_MANS)