diff --git a/scripts/basic/docproc.c b/scripts/basic/docproc.c
index 35bdc68..4c9523e 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/docproc.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/docproc.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 #define NOFUNCTION    "-nofunction"
 #define NODOCSECTIONS "-no-doc-sections"
 
-char *srctree;
+static char *srctree, *kernsrctree;
 
 void usage (void)
 {
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@
 	fprintf(stderr, "Input is read from file.tmpl. Output is sent to stdout\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "doc: frontend when generating kernel documentation\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "depend: generate list of files referenced within file\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "Environment variable SRCTREE: absolute path to kernel source tree.\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "Environment variable SRCTREE: absolute path to sources.\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "                     KBUILD_SRC: absolute path to kernel source tree.\n");
 }
 
 /*
@@ -96,8 +97,8 @@
 			exit(1);
 		case  0:
 			memset(real_filename, 0, sizeof(real_filename));
-			strncat(real_filename, srctree, PATH_MAX);
-			strncat(real_filename, KERNELDOCPATH KERNELDOC,
+			strncat(real_filename, kernsrctree, PATH_MAX);
+			strncat(real_filename, "/" KERNELDOCPATH KERNELDOC,
 					PATH_MAX - strlen(real_filename));
 			execvp(real_filename, svec);
 			fprintf(stderr, "exec ");
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@
 		char real_filename[PATH_MAX + 1];
 		memset(real_filename, 0, sizeof(real_filename));
 		strncat(real_filename, srctree, PATH_MAX);
+		strncat(real_filename, "/", PATH_MAX - strlen(real_filename));
 		strncat(real_filename, filename,
 				PATH_MAX - strlen(real_filename));
 		sym = add_new_file(filename);
@@ -382,6 +384,9 @@
 	srctree = getenv("SRCTREE");
 	if (!srctree)
 		srctree = getcwd(NULL, 0);
+	kernsrctree = getenv("KBUILD_SRC");
+	if (!kernsrctree)
+		kernsrctree = srctree;
 	if (argc != 3) {
 		usage();
 		exit(1);