diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 7833294675a..35e5f2fd879 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ xslt/figures/%.pdf: xslt/figures/%.eps
 # Fo
 $(FODIR)/%.fo: $(DOCBOOKDIR)/%.xml
 	mkdir -p $(@D)
-	$(XSLTPROC) --output $@ http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/fo/docbook.xsl $<
+	$(XSLTPROC) --output $@ xslt/fo.xsl $<
 
 # PDF thru Fo
 $(FOPDFDIR)/%.pdf: $(FODIR)/%.fo
diff --git a/docs/xslt/fo.xsl b/docs/xslt/fo.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9a78395da3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/xslt/fo.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!-- vim:set sts=2 shiftwidth=2 syntax=xml: -->
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+                version='1.0'>
+
+<xsl:import href="../settings.xsl"/>
+<xsl:import href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/fo/docbook.xsl"/>
+
+<xsl:param name="paper.type">
+  <xsl:choose>
+	<xsl:when test="$papersize = 'a4paper'">
+	  <xsl:text>A4</xsl:text>
+	</xsl:when>
+	<xsl:when test="$papersize = 'letter'">
+	  <xsl:text>USletter</xsl:text>
+	</xsl:when>
+  </xsl:choose>
+</xsl:param>
+
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>