diff --git a/libappindicator.spec b/libappindicator.spec
index 7a4a510..d60a77d 100644
--- a/libappindicator.spec
+++ b/libappindicator.spec
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ This package contains the development files for the appindicator-sharp library.
 %patch0 -p1 -b .monodir
 
 sed -i "s#gmcs#mcs#g" configure.ac
+# fix for gtk-doc 1.26
+sed -i 's/--nogtkinit//' docs/reference/Makefile.am
+gtkdocize --copy
+cp -f gtk-doc.make gtk-doc.local.make
 autoreconf -vif