diff --git a/makefile.locale b/makefile.locale
index 087d5c4c55fc321fb9b13dc40483a87471ca710d..88d964ddf6867300b5396bf889583f922691dc17 100644
--- a/makefile.locale
+++ b/makefile.locale
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ mandir = $(prefix)/share/man/$(lang)
 endif
 
 include ../../Makefile
-ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -I../..
+
 XMLTO_EXTRA += --searchpath ../..
+ASCIIDOC_CONF = -f ../../asciidoc.conf
 
 doc-l10n: all