diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 27b08c8b..69b823c0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ if(GENERATE_DOC)
     # Copy the images to the build directory
     file(COPY ${SOURCE_DIR}/docs/images DESTINATION ${BUILD_DIR}/doc)
 
+    # Copy the aliases to the build directory
+    file(COPY ${SOURCE_DIR}/docs/aliases DESTINATION ${BUILD_DIR}/docs)
+
     # Run ldoc and make it fail if any warnings are generated. The
     # redirection-magic swaps stdout and stderr and awk exits with a non-zero
     # status if it sees at least one line of input.
diff --git a/docs/config.ld b/docs/config.ld
index bec83fd4..b220b720 100644
--- a/docs/config.ld
+++ b/docs/config.ld
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ file = {
     -- LUA libraries
     '../lib/',
     -- Old APIs the user should not longer use directly
-    '../../docs/aliases/awful_client.lua',
-    '../../docs/aliases/awful_screen.lua',
-    '../../docs/aliases/awful_tag.lua',
+    '../docs/aliases/awful_client.lua',
+    '../docs/aliases/awful_screen.lua',
+    '../docs/aliases/awful_tag.lua',
     exclude = {
         -- exclude these modules, as they do not contain any written
         -- documentation