diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index abd18bec72..d1c55fdef7 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ SUBDIRS = docs lib src include tests packages perl php
 dist-hook:
 	cp $(srcdir)/Makefile.dist $(distdir)/Makefile
 
+html:
+	cd docs; make html
+
 check: test
 
 test: