diff --git a/doc/scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
index 33d473b005..315f751cd1 100644
--- a/doc/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ macro(REST_TARGET srcDir broInput)
         COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
         ARGS -E remove_directory .state
         # generate the reST documentation using bro
-        COMMAND BROPATH=${BROPATH}:${srcDir} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/bro
+        COMMAND BROPATH=${BROPATH}:${srcDir} BROMAGIC=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/magic ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/bro
         ARGS -b -Z ${broInput} || (rm -rf .state *.log *.rst && exit 1)
         # move generated doc into a new directory tree that
         # defines the final structure of documents