diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet.xsl b/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet.xsl
index 09d8981e56..da82b63c62 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet.xsl
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet.xsl
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 <xsl:param name="link.mailto.url">pgsql-docs@postgresql.org</xsl:param>
 <xsl:param name="chunker.output.indent" select="'yes'"/>
 <xsl:param name="chunk.quietly" select="1"></xsl:param>
+<xsl:param name="toc.max.depth">2</xsl:param>
 
 
 <!-- Change display of some elements -->
@@ -38,4 +39,27 @@
   </span><br/>
 </xsl:template>
 
+
+<!-- table of contents configuration -->
+
+<xsl:param name="generate.toc">
+appendix  toc,title
+article/appendix  nop
+article   toc,title
+book      toc,title
+chapter   toc,title
+part      toc,title
+preface   toc,title
+qandadiv  toc
+qandaset  toc
+reference toc,title
+sect1     toc
+sect2     toc
+sect3     toc
+sect4     toc
+sect5     toc
+section   toc
+set       toc,title
+</xsl:param>
+
 </xsl:stylesheet>