diff -up man-db-2.5.9/src/ult_src.cpom man-db-2.5.9/src/ult_src.c
--- man-db-2.5.9/src/ult_src.cpom	2011-06-16 15:48:00.000000000 +0200
+++ man-db-2.5.9/src/ult_src.c	2011-06-17 09:24:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ const char *ult_src (const char *name, c
 		     struct stat *buf, int flags)
 {
 	static char *base;		/* must be static */
+	char *full_path;
+	char *end;
 	static short recurse; 		/* must be static */
 
 	/* initialise the function */
@@ -311,14 +313,37 @@ const char *ult_src (const char *name, c
 				free (base);
 				base = appendstr (NULL, path, "/", include,
 						  NULL);
-				free (include);
 
 				debug ("ult_src: points to %s\n", base);
+				recurse++;
+				ult = ult_src (base, path, NULL, flags);
+				recurse--;
 
+				if (ult != NULL)
+					goto found;
+
+				/* link to the man page can be relevant to the directory in
+				 * which the man page containing the link is
+				 */
+				free(base);
+
+				full_path = xstrdup (name);
+				end = strrchr(full_path, '/');
+				if (end == NULL)
+					goto clean;
+				end[0] = '\0';
+				base = appendstr (NULL, full_path, "/", include,
+						  NULL);
+
+				debug ("ult_src: points to %s\n", base);
 				recurse++;
 				ult = ult_src (base, path, NULL, flags);
 				recurse--;
 
+clean:
+				free(include);
+				free(full_path);
+found:
 				pipeline_wait (decomp);
 				pipeline_free (decomp);
 				free (decomp_base);