diff --git a/doc/scsh-manual/Makefile b/doc/scsh-manual/Makefile
index 98d2a63..3ada2a3 100644
--- a/doc/scsh-manual/Makefile
+++ b/doc/scsh-manual/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 TEX=	front.tex intro.tex procnotation.tex syscalls.tex network.tex \
 	strings.tex awk.tex miscprocs.tex running.tex
 
+TEX2PAGE=tex2page
 
 man.dvi: $(TEX) man.ind
 man.ind: man.idx
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ tar:
 	tar cf - *.tex sty | gzip > man.tar.gz
 
 html: $(TEX)
-	tex2page man && tex2page man
+	$(TEX2PAGE) man && $(TEX2PAGE) man
 
 install: man.ps
 	@echo WARNING: