diff --git a/make/tex.mk b/make/tex.mk
index 0040aba3..2ef748a9 100644
--- a/make/tex.mk
+++ b/make/tex.mk
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ xdvi: $(LATEX_INPUT)
 xpdf: $(LATEX_INPUT)
 	@echo "-- running latex just once ..."
 	pdflatex $(MAIN).tex
-	acroread $(MAIN).pdf
+	kpdf $(MAIN).pdf
 
 $(OUT).tex.zip: cfgtest $(LATEX_INPUT)
 	@echo "-- creating zipfile with tex source files"