diff --git a/make/htdocs.mk b/make/htdocs.mk
index eeee78b6..caa47093 100644
--- a/make/htdocs.mk
+++ b/make/htdocs.mk
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ BUILD_HTMLDIR                = $(TOPDIR)/htdocs
 LOCAL_HTML                  += $(filter-out $(DONT_INSTALL),$(wildcard *.html *.css *.php *.js) $(FONTS) $(IMAGES))
 DONT_LINT_HTML              += $(shell $(ECHO) $(wildcard *.html) | xargs --no-run-if-empty $(GREP) -l '<?php')
 LOCAL_HTML_LINT             ?= $(addprefix .,$(addsuffix .lint,$(filter-out $(DONT_LINT_HTML),$(wildcard *.html *.php *.css *.js))))
+HTML_STOPDIR_NAME           ?= htdocs
 ifeq ($(HTML_SUBDIR),)
-  HTML_SUBDIR               := $(shell $(PWD) | $(SED) '/.*\/htdocs\(\/\|$$\)/!d; s%.*/htdocs\(/\|$$\)%%')
+  HTML_SUBDIR               := $(shell $(PWD) | $(SED) '/.*\/$(HTML_STOPDIR_NAME)\(\/\|$$\)/!d; s%.*/$(HTML_STOPDIR_NAME)\(/\|$$\)%%')
 endif
 ifeq ($(HTML_SUBDIR),)
   INSTALL_HTMLDIR           ?= $(PROJECT_HTMLDIR)