diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index ff6e92c6e2..edc2bf8fcb 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ needs_sphinx = '1.6'
 extensions = ['kerneldoc', 'qmp_lexer', 'hxtool', 'depfile', 'qapidoc']
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
-templates_path = ['_templates']
+templates_path = [os.path.join(qemu_docdir, '_templates')]
 
 # The suffix(es) of source filenames.
 # You can specify multiple suffix as a list of string:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/depfile.py b/docs/sphinx/depfile.py
index 99539adb48..afdcbcec6e 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/depfile.py
+++ b/docs/sphinx/depfile.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def get_infiles(env):
             if mod.__file__:
                 yield mod.__file__
     # this is perhaps going to include unused files:
-    for static_path in env.config.html_static_path:
+    for static_path in env.config.html_static_path + env.config.templates_path:
         for path in Path(static_path).rglob('*'):
             yield str(path)