diff --git a/man/custom-html.xsl b/man/custom-html.xsl
index 84c23014e4b..e89d73e7f1d 100644
--- a/man/custom-html.xsl
+++ b/man/custom-html.xsl
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 <xsl:template match="citerefentry[not(@project)]">
   <a>
     <xsl:attribute name="href">
-      <xsl:value-of select="refentrytitle"/><xsl:text>.html</xsl:text>
+      <xsl:value-of select="refentrytitle"/><xsl:text>.html#</xsl:text>
+      <xsl:value-of select="refentrytitle/@target"/>
     </xsl:attribute>
     <xsl:call-template name="inline.charseq"/>
   </a>
diff --git a/tools/make-directive-index.py b/tools/make-directive-index.py
index 17b1325bba6..8091683feed 100755
--- a/tools/make-directive-index.py
+++ b/tools/make-directive-index.py
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ def _make_section(template, name, directives, formatting):
             b = tree.SubElement(para, 'citerefentry')
             c = tree.SubElement(b, 'refentrytitle')
             c.text = manpage
+            c.attrib['target'] = varname
             d = tree.SubElement(b, 'manvolnum')
             d.text = manvolume
         entry.tail = '\n\n'