diff --git a/docs/manpages/meson.build b/docs/manpages/meson.build
index e9d9ac8069..97133adf3a 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/meson.build
+++ b/docs/manpages/meson.build
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ foreach data : docs_man_files
     html_in_file,
     input: rst_file,
     output: html_in_file,
-    command: [ rst2html_prog, '--strict', '@INPUT@' ],
+    command: [ rst2html_prog, '--stylesheet=', '--strict', '@INPUT@' ],
     capture: true,
   )
 
diff --git a/docs/meson.build b/docs/meson.build
index aaa3040598..59d5f7bd4e 100644
--- a/docs/meson.build
+++ b/docs/meson.build
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ docs_admin_api_xml = docs_api_generated[3]
 docs_rst2html_gen = generator(
   rst2html_prog,
   output: '@BASENAME@.html.in',
-  arguments: [ '--strict', '@INPUT@' ],
+  arguments: [ '--stylesheet=', '--strict', '@INPUT@' ],
   capture: true,
 )