diff --git a/configure/RULES.Db b/configure/RULES.Db
index 6a01ad19b..5d1e0622a 100644
--- a/configure/RULES.Db
+++ b/configure/RULES.Db
@@ -395,6 +395,15 @@ $(foreach file, $(DBD_INSTALLS), $(eval $(call DBD_INSTALLS_template, $(file))))
 
 .PRECIOUS: $(COMMON_DBDS) $(COMMON_DIR)/%Include.dbd
 
+##################################################### HTML files
+
+$(COMMON_DIR)/%.html: %.dbd $(TOOLS)/dbdToHtml.pl
+	@$(RM) $(notdir $@)
+	$(PERL) $(TOOLS)/dbdToHtml.pl $(DBDFLAGS) -o $(notdir $@) $<
+	@$(MV) $(notdir $@) $@
+
+.PRECIOUS: $(COMMON_DIR)/%.html
+
 ##################################################### DB files
 
 $(COMMON_DIR)/%.db$(RAW): $(COMMON_DIR)/%.edf 
diff --git a/configure/RULES_BUILD b/configure/RULES_BUILD
index 711da3434..a0699e5d2 100644
--- a/configure/RULES_BUILD
+++ b/configure/RULES_BUILD
@@ -474,6 +474,10 @@ $(INSTALL_HTML)/$(HTMLS_DIR)/%: ../%
 	$(ECHO) "Installing html $@"
 	@$(INSTALL) -d -m $(INSTALL_PERMISSIONS) $< $(@D)
 
+$(INSTALL_HTML)/$(HTMLS_DIR)/%: $(COMMON_DIR)/%
+	$(ECHO) "Installing html $@"
+	@$(INSTALL) -d -m $(INSTALL_PERMISSIONS) $< $(@D)
+
 $(INSTALL_TEMPLATES_SUBDIR)/%: ../%
 	$(ECHO) "Installing $@"
 	@$(INSTALL) -d -m $(INSTALL_PERMISSIONS) $< $(@D)