diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 1dd4bfe61d..98a4e0dadb 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -231,12 +231,11 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([linux-syscall-probing],
     ,
     [enable_linux_syscall_probing="maybe"])
     
-
 AC_ARG_WITH([xslt-processor],
 	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-xslt-processor=ARG],
 	[which XSLT processor to use (possible choices are: libxslt, saxon, xalan-j, xsltproc)]),
        	XSLTPROC="$withval",
-       	XSLTPROC="libxslt")
+	AC_CHECK_PROGS([XSLTPROC], [libxslt saxon xalan-j xsltproc], [echo]))
 
 AC_ARG_WITH([html-xsl], 
         AS_HELP_STRING([--with-html-xsl],
@@ -244,6 +243,12 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([html-xsl],
 	HTML_XSL="$withval",
 	HTML_XSL=no)
 
+AC_ARG_WITH([docbook2pdf],
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-docbook2pdf=ARG],
+	[which Docbook to PDF utility to use (possible choices are: docbook2pdf, dblatex)]),
+       	DOCBOOK2PDF="$withval",
+	AC_CHECK_PROGS([DOCBOOK2PDF], [docbook2pdf dblatex], [echo]))
+
 enable_login="no"
 
 dnl weird ass systems
@@ -1428,6 +1433,7 @@ AC_SUBST(DARWIN_INFOFILE)
 AC_SUBST(IRIX_BUILD_IP35)
 AC_SUBST(HTML_XSL)
 AC_SUBST(XSLTPROC)
+AC_SUBST(DOCBOOK2PDF)
 
 OPENAFS_OSCONF
 OPENAFS_FUSE
diff --git a/doc/xml/AdminGuide/Makefile.in b/doc/xml/AdminGuide/Makefile.in
index 76835254e5..d442707fc6 100644
--- a/doc/xml/AdminGuide/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/xml/AdminGuide/Makefile.in
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@ SRCS     = $(BOOK) auagd005.xml auagd006.xml auagd007.xml auagd008.xml \
 	   auagd024.xml auagd025.xml
 HTML_XSL = @HTML_XSL@
 XSLTPROC = @XSLTPROC@
+DOCBOOK2PDF = @DOCBOOK2PDF@
 
 html: $(SRCS) $(VERSFILE).xml
 	$(XSLTPROC) --param navig.graphics 1 \
 	    --stringparam navig.graphics.path ../ $(HTML_XSL) $(BOOK)
 
 pdf: $(SRCS) $(VERSFILE).xml
-	dblatex $(BOOK)
+	$(DOCBOOK2PDF) $(BOOK)
 
 check:
 	xmllint --noout --valid $(BOOK)
diff --git a/doc/xml/QuickStartUnix/Makefile.in b/doc/xml/QuickStartUnix/Makefile.in
index 2c2afb7536..7d82c76f83 100644
--- a/doc/xml/QuickStartUnix/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/xml/QuickStartUnix/Makefile.in
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ SRCS     = $(BOOK) auqbg003.xml auqbg004.xml auqbg005.xml auqbg006.xml \
 	   auqbg007.xml auqbg008.xml appendix.xml appendix_dafs.xml
 HTML_XSL = @HTML_XSL@
 XSLTPROC = @XSLTPROC@
+DOCBOOK2PDF = @DOCBOOK2PDF@
 
 html: $(SRCS) $(VERSFILE).xml
 	$(XSLTPROC) --param navig.graphics 1 \
 	    --stringparam navig.graphics.path ../ $(HTML_XSL) $(BOOK)
 
 pdf: $(SRCS) $(VERSFILE).xml
-	dblatex $(BOOK)
+	$(DOCBOOK2PDF) $(BOOK)
 
 check:
 	xmllint --noout --valid $(BOOK)
diff --git a/doc/xml/UserGuide/Makefile.in b/doc/xml/UserGuide/Makefile.in
index fe4fb91c69..40608a7c4f 100644
--- a/doc/xml/UserGuide/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/xml/UserGuide/Makefile.in
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@ SRCS     = $(BOOK) auusg003.xml auusg004.xml auusg005.xml auusg006.xml \
 	   auusg012.xml
 HTML_XSL = @HTML_XSL@
 XSLTPROC = @XSLTPROC@
+DOCBOOK2PDF = @DOCBOOK2PDF@
 
 html: $(SRCS) $(VERSFILE).xml
 	$(XSLTPROC) --param navig.graphics 1 \
 	    --stringparam navig.graphics.path ../ $(HTML_XSL) $(BOOK)
 
 pdf: $(SRCS) $(VERSFILE).xml
-	dblatex $(BOOK)
+	$(DOCBOOK2PDF) $(BOOK)
 
 check:
 	xmllint --noout --valid $(BOOK)