diff --git a/docs/gst/Makefile.am b/docs/gst/Makefile.am
index 3f4c0cdd41..d16192c65b 100644
--- a/docs/gst/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/gst/Makefile.am
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ scanobj: $(srcdir)/$(DOC_MODULE).types
 	rm gstreamer-scan.o; ln -s gstreamer-scan.lo gstreamer-scan.o
 	cd ../../gst/;$(MAKE) libgst.la
 	cd ../../gst/elements/;$(MAKE) libgstelements.la
-	env CC="$(LIBTOOL) $(CC)" CFLAGS="$(LIBGST_CFLAGS) $(GLIB_CFLAGS) $(XML_CFLAGS) -I../../" LDFLAGS="$(GST_LIBS)"\
+	# The LD env-var below is a nasty hack to make this work on versions of gtkdoc-scanobj which don't understand libtool
+	env CC="$(LIBTOOL) $(CC)" LD="cp gstreamer-scan.lo gstreamer-scan.o;$(LIBTOOL) $(CC)" CFLAGS="$(LIBGST_CFLAGS) $(GLIB_CFLAGS) $(XML_CFLAGS) -I../../" LDFLAGS="$(GST_LIBS)"\
 	gtkdoc-scanobj --module=$(DOC_MODULE) 
 	gtkdoc-scan --module=$(DOC_MODULE) --source-dir=$(DOC_SOURCE_DIR)