diff --git a/waf.spec b/waf.spec
index 7e691bf..cd9145f 100644
--- a/waf.spec
+++ b/waf.spec
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ done
 
 %if 0%{?with_docs}
 # build html docs
+export WAFDIR=$(pwd)
 pushd docs/sphinx
 %if ! ( 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 7 )
 export SPHINX_BUILD=sphinx-1.0-build
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ rm -f docs/sphinx/build/html/.buildinfo
 - Spec file cleanups.
 - Add unpack_wafdir.py (rhbz#1509550).
 - Fix rpmlint issue (rhbz#1509716).
+- Fix doc building (rhbz#1512232).
 
 * Sat Jul 14 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.9.14-1.3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild