diff --git a/Doc/tools/prechm.py b/Doc/tools/prechm.py
index 99af86f448f..09c2c439df5 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/prechm.py
+++ b/Doc/tools/prechm.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def __init__(self, directory, title, firstpage,
         Book('api','Python/C API','api','contents','genindex'),
         Book('doc','Documenting Python','doc','contents'),
         Book('inst','Installing Python Modules', 'inst', 'index'),
-        Book('dist','Distributing Python Modules', 'dist', 'index'),
+        Book('dist','Distributing Python Modules', 'dist', 'index', 'genindex'),
     ],
 
     '2.3':