---
 Documentation/Makefile | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 3e39e28..f5f9ad5 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -116,7 +116,15 @@ HTML_REPO = ../../git-htmldocs

 MAKEINFO = makeinfo
 INSTALL_INFO = install-info
-DOCBOOK2X_TEXI = docbook2x-texi
+
+DOCBOOK2X_TEXI = $(shell which docbook2x-texi)
+ifeq (, $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI))
+DOCBOOK2X_TEXI = $(shell which db2x_docbook2texi)
+ifeq (, $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI))
+$(error Did not find docbook2x-texi or db2x_docbook2texi, required)
+endif
+endif
+
 DBLATEX = dblatex
 ASCIIDOC_DBLATEX_DIR = /etc/asciidoc/dblatex
 ifndef PERL_PATH