diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -39,16 +39,20 @@ DISTFILES += $(EXTRA_DIST)
 	cat $< | $(SNIPPETS) --process --replace --mode text --key base_dir --value $(base_dir) --cat - >$@
 	test -s $@ || ( rm -f $@ && test 1 = 0 )
 
-%.html: %.txt
+%.html: %.txt docutils.conf
 	cat $< | PYTHONPATH="$$( pwd )" tools/ws_rst2html.py --traceback --cloak-email-addresses >$@
 	test -s $@ || (rm -f $@ && exit 1)
 
-%.pdf: %.txt
+%.pdf: %.txt docutils.conf
 	cat $< | PYTHONPATH="$$( pwd )" tools/ws_rst2pdf -e ws_docutils.raw_role >$@
 	test -s $@ || (rm -f $@ && exit 1)
 
 default: all
 
+index.html: index.txt index-template.txt docutils.conf
+	cat $< | PYTHONPATH="$$( pwd )" tools/ws_rst2html.py --template index-template.txt --traceback --cloak-email-addresses >$@
+	test -s $@ || (rm -f $@ && exit 1)
+
 all: $(DISTFILES) all-local
 
 all-local: