diff --git a/doc/Makefile.in b/doc/Makefile.in
index 168222b94..a44051f4d 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ all: fileutils.info
 
 info: fileutils.info
 
-version.texi: $(srcdir)/../src/version.c
+version.texi: ../src/version.c
 	sed -e '/version_string/!d' \
 	    -e 's/[^"]*"\([^"]*\)".*/@set VERSION \1/' \
 	    -e q $(srcdir)/../src/version.c \
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ installdirs:
 	$(srcdir)/../mkinstalldirs $(infodir)
 
 install: all installdirs
+	test -r fileutils.info && dir=. || dir=$(srcdir); \
 	for file in fileutils.info; do \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$file $(infodir)/$$file; \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$dir/$$file $(infodir)/$$file; \
 	done
 
 uninstall: