diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-speedup-xhtml.xsl b/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-speedup-xhtml.xsl
index ff08bef..60c9fd4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-speedup-xhtml.xsl
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-speedup-xhtml.xsl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+                xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
                 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
                 version='1.0'>
 
@@ -292,4 +293,189 @@
   </head>
 </xsl:template>
 
+
+<!-- from /usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/docbook-xsl/xhtml/inline.xsl -->
+<xsl:template name="simple.xlink">
+  <xsl:param name="node" select="."/>
+  <xsl:param name="content">
+    <xsl:apply-templates/>
+  </xsl:param>
+  <xsl:param name="linkend" select="$node/@linkend"/>
+  <xsl:param name="xhref" select="$node/@xlink:href"/>
+
+  <!-- Support for @xlink:show -->
+  <xsl:variable name="target.show">
+    <xsl:choose>
+      <xsl:when test="$node/@xlink:show = 'new'">_blank</xsl:when>
+      <xsl:when test="$node/@xlink:show = 'replace'">_top</xsl:when>
+      <xsl:otherwise/>
+    </xsl:choose>
+  </xsl:variable>
+
+  <xsl:variable name="link">
+    <xsl:choose>
+      <xsl:when test="$xhref and                        (not($node/@xlink:type) or                             $node/@xlink:type='simple')">
+
+        <!-- Is it a local idref or a uri? -->
+        <xsl:variable name="is.idref">
+          <xsl:choose>
+            <!-- if the href starts with # and does not contain an "(" -->
+            <!-- or if the href starts with #xpointer(id(, it's just an ID -->
+            <xsl:when test="starts-with($xhref,'#')                             and (not(contains($xhref,'('))                             or starts-with($xhref,                                        '#xpointer(id('))">1</xsl:when>
+            <xsl:otherwise>0</xsl:otherwise>
+          </xsl:choose>
+        </xsl:variable>
+
+        <!-- Is it an olink ? -->
+        <xsl:variable name="is.olink">
+          <xsl:choose>
+            <!-- If xlink:role="http://docbook.org/xlink/role/olink" -->
+            <!-- and if the href contains # -->
+            <xsl:when test="contains($xhref,'#') and                  @xlink:role = $xolink.role">1</xsl:when>
+            <xsl:otherwise>0</xsl:otherwise>
+          </xsl:choose>
+        </xsl:variable>
+
+        <xsl:choose>
+          <xsl:when test="$is.olink = 1">
+            <xsl:call-template name="olink">
+              <xsl:with-param name="content" select="$content"/>
+            </xsl:call-template>
+          </xsl:when>
+
+          <xsl:when test="$is.idref = 1">
+
+            <xsl:variable name="idref">
+              <xsl:call-template name="xpointer.idref">
+                <xsl:with-param name="xpointer" select="$xhref"/>
+              </xsl:call-template>
+            </xsl:variable>
+
+            <xsl:variable name="targets" select="key('id',$idref)"/>
+            <xsl:variable name="target" select="$targets[1]"/>
+
+            <xsl:call-template name="check.id.unique">
+              <xsl:with-param name="linkend" select="$idref"/>
+            </xsl:call-template>
+
+            <xsl:choose>
+              <xsl:when test="count($target) = 0">
+                <xsl:message>
+                  <xsl:text>XLink to nonexistent id: </xsl:text>
+                  <xsl:value-of select="$idref"/>
+                </xsl:message>
+                <xsl:copy-of select="$content"/>
+              </xsl:when>
+
+              <xsl:otherwise>
+                <a>
+                  <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="common.html.attributes"/>
+                  <xsl:call-template name="id.attribute"/>
+
+                  <xsl:attribute name="href">
+                    <xsl:call-template name="href.target">
+                      <xsl:with-param name="object" select="$target"/>
+                    </xsl:call-template>
+                  </xsl:attribute>
+
+                  <xsl:choose>
+                    <xsl:when test="$node/@xlink:title">
+                      <xsl:attribute name="title">
+                        <xsl:value-of select="$node/@xlink:title"/>
+                      </xsl:attribute>
+                    </xsl:when>
+                    <xsl:otherwise>
+                      <xsl:apply-templates select="$target" mode="html.title.attribute"/>
+                    </xsl:otherwise>
+                  </xsl:choose>
+
+                  <xsl:if test="$target.show !=''">
+                    <xsl:attribute name="target">
+                      <xsl:value-of select="$target.show"/>
+                    </xsl:attribute>
+                  </xsl:if>
+
+                  <xsl:copy-of select="$content"/>
+
+                </a>
+              </xsl:otherwise>
+            </xsl:choose>
+          </xsl:when>
+
+          <!-- otherwise it's a URI -->
+          <xsl:otherwise>
+            <a>
+              <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="common.html.attributes"/>
+              <xsl:call-template name="id.attribute"/>
+              <xsl:attribute name="href">
+                <xsl:value-of select="$xhref"/>
+              </xsl:attribute>
+              <xsl:if test="$node/@xlink:title">
+                <xsl:attribute name="title">
+                  <xsl:value-of select="$node/@xlink:title"/>
+                </xsl:attribute>
+              </xsl:if>
+
+              <!-- For URIs, use @xlink:show if defined, otherwise use ulink.target -->
+              <xsl:choose>
+                <xsl:when test="$target.show !=''">
+                  <xsl:attribute name="target">
+                    <xsl:value-of select="$target.show"/>
+                  </xsl:attribute>
+                </xsl:when>
+                <xsl:when test="$ulink.target !=''">
+                  <xsl:attribute name="target">
+                    <xsl:value-of select="$ulink.target"/>
+                  </xsl:attribute>
+                </xsl:when>
+              </xsl:choose>
+              
+              <xsl:copy-of select="$content"/>
+            </a>
+          </xsl:otherwise>
+        </xsl:choose>
+      </xsl:when>
+
+      <xsl:when test="$linkend">
+        <xsl:variable name="targets" select="key('id',$linkend)"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="target" select="$targets[1]"/>
+
+        <xsl:call-template name="check.id.unique">
+          <xsl:with-param name="linkend" select="$linkend"/>
+        </xsl:call-template>
+
+        <a>
+          <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="common.html.attributes"/>
+          <xsl:call-template name="id.attribute"/>
+          <xsl:attribute name="href">
+            <xsl:call-template name="href.target">
+              <xsl:with-param name="object" select="$target"/>
+            </xsl:call-template>
+          </xsl:attribute>
+
+          <xsl:apply-templates select="$target" mode="html.title.attribute"/>
+
+          <xsl:copy-of select="$content"/>
+          
+        </a>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:otherwise>
+        <xsl:copy-of select="$content"/>
+      </xsl:otherwise>
+    </xsl:choose>
+  </xsl:variable>
+
+<!-- in attempt to speed up `make html`
+  <xsl:choose>
+    <xsl:when test="function-available('suwl:unwrapLinks')">
+      <xsl:copy-of select="suwl:unwrapLinks($link)"/>
+    </xsl:when>
+    <xsl:otherwise>
+      <xsl:copy-of select="$link"/>
+    </xsl:otherwise>
+  </xsl:choose>
+-->
+  <xsl:copy-of select="$link"/>
+</xsl:template>
+
 </xsl:stylesheet>