diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1f6c3ea900..bf2cef2ab5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -230,15 +230,18 @@ cscope:
 	cscope -b
 
 # documentation
+MAKEINFO=makeinfo
+MAKEINFOFLAGS=--no-headers --no-split --number-sections
 TEXIFLAG=$(if $(V),,--quiet)
 %.dvi: %.texi
 	$(call quiet-command,texi2dvi $(TEXIFLAG) -I . $<,"  GEN   $@")
 
 %.html: %.texi
-	$(call quiet-command,texi2html -I=. -monolithic -number $<,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKEINFO) $(MAKEINFOFLAGS) --html $< -o $@, \
+	"  GEN   $@")
 
 %.info: %.texi
-	$(call quiet-command,makeinfo -I . $< -o $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKEINFO) $< -o $@,"  GEN   $@")
 
 %.pdf: %.texi
 	$(call quiet-command,texi2pdf $(TEXIFLAG) -I . $<,"  GEN   $@")
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8eb5f5be9d..f55baf09f3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ fi
 
 # Check if tools are available to build documentation.
 if test "$docs" != "no" ; then
-  if has texi2html && has pod2man; then
+  if has makeinfo && has pod2man; then
     docs=yes
   else
     if test "$docs" = "yes" ; then