diff --git a/coreapi/help/Makefile.am b/coreapi/help/Makefile.am
index d9320afd3..9d35b40a4 100644
--- a/coreapi/help/Makefile.am
+++ b/coreapi/help/Makefile.am
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ if HAVE_DOXYGEN
 # docdir & pkgdocdir are not always defined by automake
 pkgdocdir=$(docdir)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 doc_htmldir=$(pkgdocdir)/html
+doc_xmldir=$(pkgdocdir)/xml
 
 doc_html_DATA = $(top_builddir)/coreapi/help/doc/html/html.tar
 
@@ -20,11 +21,21 @@ $(top_builddir)/coreapi/help/doc/html/index.html: $(SOURCES) Doxyfile Makefile.a
 	rm -rf doc
 	$(DOXYGEN) Doxyfile
 
+doc_xml_DATA = $(top_builddir)/coreapi/help/doc/xml/xml.tar
+
+$(doc_xml_DATA): $(top_builddir)/coreapi/help/doc/xml/index.xml
+	cd $(top_builddir)/coreapi/help/doc/xml/ && tar cf xml.tar *
+
+$(top_builddir)/coreapi/help/doc/xml/index.xml: $(top_builddir)/coreapi/help/doc/html/index.html
+
+
 install-data-hook:
 	cd $(DESTDIR)$(doc_htmldir) && tar xf html.tar && rm -f html.tar
+	cd $(DESTDIR)$(doc_xmldir) && tar xf xml.tar && rm -f xml.tar
 
 uninstall-hook:
 	cd $(DESTDIR)$(doc_htmldir) && rm -f *
+	cd $(DESTDIR)$(doc_xmldir) && rm -f *
 
 endif