diff --git a/doc/make_qbk.py b/doc/make_qbk.py
index 0152539d4..a37d97c4d 100755
--- a/doc/make_qbk.py
+++ b/doc/make_qbk.py
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@ else:
 
 if 'DOXYGEN_XML2QBK' in os.environ:
     doxygen_xml2qbk_cmd = os.environ['DOXYGEN_XML2QBK']
+elif '--doxygen-xml2qbk' in sys.argv:
+    doxygen_xml2qbk_cmd = sys.argv[sys.argv.index('--doxygen-xml2qbk')+1]
 else:
     doxygen_xml2qbk_cmd = 'doxygen_xml2qbk'
+os.environ['PATH'] = os.environ['PATH']+os.pathsep+os.path.dirname(doxygen_xml2qbk_cmd)
+doxygen_xml2qbk_cmd = os.path.basename(doxygen_xml2qbk_cmd)
 
 cmd = doxygen_xml2qbk_cmd
 cmd = cmd + " --xml doxy/doxygen_output/xml/%s.xml"