diff --git a/docs/api/Makefile.am b/docs/api/Makefile.am
index 5283f73f72..1b50d02b65 100644
--- a/docs/api/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/api/Makefile.am
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ MKHTML_OPTIONS=--path="$(abs_srcdir)"
 content_files = \
 	version.xml \
 	migrating-to-09.xml \
+	../../COPYING \
 	$(NULL)
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/gtk-doc.make
diff --git a/docs/libnm-util/Makefile.am b/docs/libnm-util/Makefile.am
index f5c44ace85..17022310c1 100644
--- a/docs/libnm-util/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/libnm-util/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE=$(DOC_MODULE)-docs.sgml
 # The directory containing the source code. Relative to $(srcdir).
 # gtk-doc will search all .c & .h files beneath here for inline comments
 # documenting functions and macros.
-DOC_SOURCE_DIR=$(top_srcdir)/libnm-util
+DOC_SOURCE_DIR= \
+	$(top_builddir)/libnm-util \
+	$(top_srcdir)/libnm-util
 
 # Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-scan.
 SCAN_OPTIONS=--rebuild-types --rebuild-sections