diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index eee4ac3b29..6b9ea3f956 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile,v 1.6 1996/10/04 20:07:04 scrappy Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile,v 1.7 1996/10/07 23:53:47 scrappy Exp $
 #
 # NOTES
 #	objdir	- location of the objects and generated files (eg. obj)
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ ifeq ($(USE_TCL), true)
 	$(MAKE) -C libpgtcl $@
 endif
 	$(MAKE) -C bin $@
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(MKDIR)/../../doc), )
 	$(MAKE) -C ../doc $@
+endif
 	@-chown -R $(POSTGRESLOGIN) $(POSTGRESDIR) 2>/dev/null
 	@if test $@. = all. -o $@. = .; then \
 	echo All of Postgres95 is successfully made.  Ready to install. ;\