diff --git a/bfd/Makefile.in b/bfd/Makefile.in
index a781e2b8959..15931461694 100644
--- a/bfd/Makefile.in
+++ b/bfd/Makefile.in
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ REGEN_TEXI = \
 	$(MKDOC) -f $(srcdir)/doc/doc.str < $< > $@.tmp; \
 	texi=$@; \
 	texi=$${texi%.stamp}.texi; \
-	test -e $$texi || test ! -f $(srcdir)/$$texi || $(LN_S) $(srcdir)/$$texi $$texi; \
+	test -e $$texi || test ! -f $(srcdir)/$$texi || $(LN_S) $(abs_srcdir)/$$texi $$texi; \
 	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../move-if-change $@.tmp $$texi; \
 	touch $@; \
 	)
diff --git a/bfd/doc/local.mk b/bfd/doc/local.mk
index 346dba36b03..d8950d1b0d6 100644
--- a/bfd/doc/local.mk
+++ b/bfd/doc/local.mk
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ REGEN_TEXI = \
 	$(MKDOC) -f $(srcdir)/%D%/doc.str < $< > $@.tmp; \
 	texi=$@; \
 	texi=$${texi%.stamp}.texi; \
-	test -e $$texi || test ! -f $(srcdir)/$$texi || $(LN_S) $(srcdir)/$$texi $$texi; \
+	test -e $$texi || test ! -f $(srcdir)/$$texi || $(LN_S) $(abs_srcdir)/$$texi $$texi; \
 	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../move-if-change $@.tmp $$texi; \
 	touch $@; \
 	)