diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c3afee1..25c1c2f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ sysconf_DATA = LCDd.conf
 EXTRA_DIST = $(sysconf_DATA) CREDITS README.IRman contrib
 
 
+## convenience targets
+install-html-guides: install-html-developerguide install-html-userguide
+
+install-html-developerguide:
+	$(MAKE) -C docs $@
+
+install-html-userguide:
+	$(MAKE) -C docs $@
+
 dox:
 	$(MAKE) -C docs $@
 
diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index da31ea3..5006f5c 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ EXTRA_DIST = README.dg \
 	LCDd.8 \
 	$(doxygen_input)
 
+
+## convenience targets
+install-html-guides: install-html-developerguide install-html-userguide
+
+install-html-developerguide:
+	$(MAKE) -C lcdproc-dev $@
+
+install-html-userguide:
+	$(MAKE) -C lcdproc-user $@
+
+
 ######################################################################
 # DOXYGEN stuff
 # (stolen from cppunit project (http://cppunit.sourceforge.net/)
diff --git a/docs/lcdproc-dev/Makefile.am b/docs/lcdproc-dev/Makefile.am
index bc062f1..c16750c 100644
--- a/docs/lcdproc-dev/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/lcdproc-dev/Makefile.am
@@ -11,4 +11,13 @@ EXTRA_DIST =	lcdproc-dev.docbook \
 		license.docbook \
 		README.docbook
 
+
+## convenience targets
+xmlto = /usr/bin/xmlto
+developerguidedir = $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)/developer-guide/
+
+install-html-developerguide: $(xmlto) lcdproc-dev.docbook
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(developerguidedir)
+	$(xmlto) html -o $(developerguidedir) lcdproc-dev.docbook
+
 ## EOF
diff --git a/docs/lcdproc-user/Makefile.am b/docs/lcdproc-user/Makefile.am
index e7f214f..22b124c 100644
--- a/docs/lcdproc-user/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/lcdproc-user/Makefile.am
@@ -14,4 +14,13 @@ EXTRA_DIST =	bookinfo.docbook \
 		running.docbook \
 		README.docbook
 
+
+## convenience targets
+xmlto = /usr/bin/xmlto
+userguidedir = $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)/user-guide/
+
+install-html-userguide: $(xmlto) lcdproc-user.docbook
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(userguidedir)
+	$(xmlto) html -o $(userguidedir) lcdproc-user.docbook
+
 ## EOF
diff --git a/scripts/debian/control b/scripts/debian/control
index 524d5a4..c130798 100644
--- a/scripts/debian/control
+++ b/scripts/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: lcdproc
 Section: utils
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Jonathan Oxer <jon@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), automake1.7, autoconf, texinfo, libncurses5-dev, libusb-dev (>= 0.1.8), libsvga1-dev, libxosd-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), automake1.9, autoconf, xmlto, texinfo, libncurses5-dev, libusb-dev (>= 0.1.8), libsvga1-dev, libxosd-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.6.2
 
 Package: lcdproc
diff --git a/scripts/debian/dirs b/scripts/debian/dirs
index 8adb250..80d7668 100644
--- a/scripts/debian/dirs
+++ b/scripts/debian/dirs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ etc/default
 etc/lcdproc
 usr/bin
 usr/sbin
+usr/share/doc/lcdproc/user-guide/
 usr/share/doc/lcdproc/examples
 usr/share/man/man1
 usr/share/man/man8
diff --git a/scripts/debian/rules b/scripts/debian/rules
index a258a6f..fe12566 100755
--- a/scripts/debian/rules
+++ b/scripts/debian/rules
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ install: build
 
 	# Add here commands to install the package into debian/lcdproc.
 	$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/lcdproc
+	$(MAKE) install-html-userguide DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/lcdproc
 
 	# install config file (with some corrections
 	sed -e '/^DriverPath=/s,server/drivers,/usr/lib/lcdproc,' \