diff --git a/docs/manpages/meson.build b/docs/manpages/meson.build
index 0b8a64863..a09db59f0 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/meson.build
+++ b/docs/manpages/meson.build
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ foreach m : daemon_manpages + cli_manpages
     command: [xsltproc,
               '--output', '@OUTPUT@',
               '--stringparam', 'man.authors.section.enabled', '0',
-              '/etc/asciidoc/docbook-xsl/manpage.xsl', '@INPUT@'],
+              '@asciidoc@/etc/asciidoc/docbook-xsl/manpage.xsl', '@INPUT@'],
     input: xml,
     output: manpage,
     install: true,