diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c4c2eba7a7..4a27be1cde 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1049,7 +1049,6 @@ sphinxdocs: $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/devel/index.html \
 build-manual = $(call quiet-command,CONFDIR="$(qemu_confdir)" $(SPHINX_BUILD) $(if $(V),,-q) -W -b $2 -D version=$(VERSION) -D release="$(FULL_VERSION)" -d .doctrees/$1-$2 $(SRC_PATH)/docs/$1 $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/$1 ,"SPHINX","$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/$1")
 # We assume all RST files in the manual's directory are used in it
 manual-deps = $(wildcard $(SRC_PATH)/docs/$1/*.rst) \
-              $(wildcard $(SRC_PATH)/docs/$1/*.rst.inc) \
               $(SRC_PATH)/docs/$1/conf.py $(SRC_PATH)/docs/conf.py
 # Macro to write out the rule and dependencies for building manpages
 # Usage: $(call define-manpage-rule,manualname,manpage1 manpage2...[,extradeps])
@@ -1063,7 +1062,7 @@ endef
 $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/devel/index.html: $(call manual-deps,devel)
 	$(call build-manual,devel,html)
 
-$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/interop/index.html: $(call manual-deps,interop) $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx
+$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/interop/index.html: $(call manual-deps,interop) $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx $(SRC_PATH)/docs/qemu-option-trace.rst.inc
 	$(call build-manual,interop,html)
 
 $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/specs/index.html: $(call manual-deps,specs)
@@ -1078,7 +1077,7 @@ $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/tools/index.html: $(call manual-deps,tools)
 $(call define-manpage-rule,interop,\
        qemu-ga.8 qemu-img.1 qemu-nbd.8 qemu-trace-stap.1\
        virtiofsd.1 virtfs-proxy-helper.1,\
-       $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx)
+       $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx $(SRC_PATH)/docs/qemu-option-trace.rst.inc)
 
 $(call define-manpage-rule,system,qemu-block-drivers.7)
 
diff --git a/docs/interop/qemu-img.rst b/docs/interop/qemu-img.rst
index 5f40137c10..0080f83a76 100644
--- a/docs/interop/qemu-img.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/qemu-img.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Standard options:
 
 .. option:: -T, --trace [[enable=]PATTERN][,events=FILE][,file=FILE]
 
-  .. include:: qemu-option-trace.rst.inc
+  .. include:: ../qemu-option-trace.rst.inc
 
 The following commands are supported:
 
diff --git a/docs/interop/qemu-nbd.rst b/docs/interop/qemu-nbd.rst
index e548403100..667861cb22 100644
--- a/docs/interop/qemu-nbd.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/qemu-nbd.rst
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ driver options if ``--image-opts`` is specified.
 
 .. option:: -T, --trace [[enable=]PATTERN][,events=FILE][,file=FILE]
 
-  .. include:: qemu-option-trace.rst.inc
+  .. include:: ../qemu-option-trace.rst.inc
 
 Examples
 --------
diff --git a/docs/interop/qemu-option-trace.rst.inc b/docs/qemu-option-trace.rst.inc
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/interop/qemu-option-trace.rst.inc
rename to docs/qemu-option-trace.rst.inc