diff --git a/doc/arm/Makefile.in b/doc/arm/Makefile.in
index e40a95b3e6..f3dd267dfb 100644
--- a/doc/arm/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/arm/Makefile.in
@@ -39,21 +39,24 @@ maintainer-clean distclean::
 	rm -f pkgversion.xml
 	rm -f noteversion.xml
 
+# use xmllint to process include
 notes.html: notes-wrapper.xml notes.xml releaseinfo.xml pkgversion.xml noteversion.xml
-	expand notes-wrapper.xml | \
+	expand notes-wrapper.xml | ${XMLLINT} --xinclude - | \
 	${XSLTPROC} --stringparam generate.toc "" ../xsl/isc-notes-html.xsl - > notes.html
 
 notes.pdf: notes-wrapper.xml notes.xml releaseinfo.xml pkgversion.xml noteversion.xml
 	${XSLTPROC} ${top_srcdir}/doc/xsl/pre-latex.xsl notes-wrapper.xml | \
 	${DBLATEX} -c notes.conf -Pdoc.layout="mainmatter" -o notes.pdf -
 
+# use xmllint to process include
 Bv9ARM.html: Bv9ARM-book.xml releaseinfo.xml pkgversion.xml noteversion.xml
-	expand Bv9ARM-book.xml | \
+	expand Bv9ARM-book.xml | ${XMLLINT} --xinclude - | \
 	${XSLTPROC} --stringparam root.filename Bv9ARM \
 		${top_srcdir}/doc/xsl/isc-docbook-chunk.xsl -
 
+# use xmllint to process include
 Bv9ARM-all.html: Bv9ARM-book.xml releaseinfo.xml pkgversion.xml noteversion.xml
-	expand Bv9ARM-book.xml | \
+	expand Bv9ARM-book.xml | ${XMLLINT} --xinclude - |\
 	${XSLTPROC} -o Bv9ARM-all.html ../xsl/isc-docbook-html.xsl -
 
 Bv9ARM.pdf: Bv9ARM-book.xml releaseinfo.xml pkgversion.xml noteversion.xml
diff --git a/make/rules.in b/make/rules.in
index 5639af8faa..74b90a6e47 100644
--- a/make/rules.in
+++ b/make/rules.in
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ INSTALL_LIBRARY =	@INSTALL_LIBRARY@
 ###
 
 XSLTPROC =		@XSLTPROC@ --novalid --xinclude --nonet
+XMLLINT =		@XMLLINT@
 PERL =			@PERL@
 LATEX =			@LATEX@
 PDFLATEX =		@PDFLATEX@