diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b358e26e..3b07e0c9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1738,6 +1738,7 @@ doc/dbus-send.1.xml
doc/dbus-test-tool.1.xml
doc/dbus-update-activation-environment.1.xml
doc/dbus-uuidgen.1.xml
+doc/index.html
dbus-1.pc
dbus-1-uninstalled.pc
cmake/DBus1Config.cmake:cmake/DBus1Config.pkgconfig.in
diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index 7bb610fa..f0fc838f 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ docbook(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dbus-update-activation-environment.1.xml htm
#
# handle html index file
#
-configure_file(../cmake/doc/index.html.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/index.html )
+configure_file(index.html.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/index.html)
install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/index.html DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/doc/dbus)
set (EXTRA_DIST
diff --git a/cmake/doc/index.html.cmake b/doc/index.html.in
similarity index 91%
rename from cmake/doc/index.html.cmake
rename to doc/index.html.in
index ffb1f0fb..feca9fc8 100644
--- a/cmake/doc/index.html.cmake
+++ b/doc/index.html.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
D-Bus Documentation Index
-Version @DBUS_VERSION_STRING@
+Version @DBUS_VERSION@