diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index b6a6a2e..8aea45a 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ installmandocs: mandocs
 
 ###
 #External programs used
-KERNELDOC = $(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc
-DOCPROC   = $(objtree)/scripts/docproc
+KERNELDOCXMLREF = $(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc-xml-ref
+KERNELDOC       = $(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc
+DOCPROC         = $(objtree)/scripts/docproc
 
 XMLTOFLAGS = -m $(srctree)/$(src)/stylesheet.xsl
 XMLTOFLAGS += --skip-validation
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ define rule_docproc
         ) > $(dir $@).$(notdir $@).cmd
 endef
 
-%.xml: %.tmpl $(KERNELDOC) $(DOCPROC) FORCE
+%.xml: %.tmpl $(KERNELDOC) $(DOCPROC) $(KERNELDOCXMLREF) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_rule,docproc)
 
 # Tell kbuild to always build the programs
@@ -139,8 +140,12 @@ quiet_cmd_db2html = HTML    $@
       cmd_db2html = xmlto html $(XMLTOFLAGS) -o $(patsubst %.html,%,$@) $< && \
 		echo '<a HREF="$(patsubst %.html,%,$(notdir $@))/index.html"> \
 		$(patsubst %.html,%,$(notdir $@))</a><p>' > $@
+%.aux.xml: %.xml
+	@rm -rf $@
+	(cat $< | egrep "^<refentry id" | egrep -o "\".*\"" | cut -f 2 -d \" > $<.db)
+	$(KERNELDOCXMLREF) -db $<.db $< > $@
 
-%.html:	%.xml
+%.html:	%.aux.xml
 	@(which xmlto > /dev/null 2>&1) || \
 	 (echo "*** You need to install xmlto ***"; \
 	  exit 1)
@@ -209,15 +214,18 @@ dochelp:
 ###
 # Temporary files left by various tools
 clean-files := $(DOCBOOKS) \
-	$(patsubst %.xml, %.dvi,  $(DOCBOOKS)) \
-	$(patsubst %.xml, %.aux,  $(DOCBOOKS)) \
-	$(patsubst %.xml, %.tex,  $(DOCBOOKS)) \
-	$(patsubst %.xml, %.log,  $(DOCBOOKS)) \
-	$(patsubst %.xml, %.out,  $(DOCBOOKS)) \
-	$(patsubst %.xml, %.ps,   $(DOCBOOKS)) \
-	$(patsubst %.xml, %.pdf,  $(DOCBOOKS)) \
-	$(patsubst %.xml, %.html, $(DOCBOOKS)) \
-	$(patsubst %.xml, %.9,    $(DOCBOOKS)) \
+	$(patsubst %.xml, %.dvi,     $(DOCBOOKS)) \
+	$(patsubst %.xml, %.aux,     $(DOCBOOKS)) \
+	$(patsubst %.xml, %.tex,     $(DOCBOOKS)) \
+	$(patsubst %.xml, %.log,     $(DOCBOOKS)) \
+	$(patsubst %.xml, %.out,     $(DOCBOOKS)) \
+	$(patsubst %.xml, %.ps,      $(DOCBOOKS)) \
+	$(patsubst %.xml, %.pdf,     $(DOCBOOKS)) \
+	$(patsubst %.xml, %.html,    $(DOCBOOKS)) \
+	$(patsubst %.xml, %.9,       $(DOCBOOKS)) \
+	$(patsubst %.xml, %.aux.xml, $(DOCBOOKS)) \
+	$(patsubst %.xml, %.xml.db,  $(DOCBOOKS)) \
+	$(patsubst %.xml, %.xml,     $(DOCBOOKS)) \
 	$(index)
 
 clean-dirs := $(patsubst %.xml,%,$(DOCBOOKS)) man
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc-xml-ref b/scripts/kernel-doc-xml-ref
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..756e897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc-xml-ref
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict;
+
+## Copyright (C) 2015  Intel Corporation                         ##
+#                                                                ##
+## This software falls under the GNU General Public License.     ##
+## Please read the COPYING file for more information             ##
+#
+#
+# This software reads a XML file and a list of valid interal
+# references to replace Docbook tags with links.
+#
+# usage:
+# kernel-doc-xml-ref -db filename
+#		     xml filename > outputfile
+
+# read arguments
+if ($#ARGV != 2) {
+	usage();
+}
+
+#Holds the database filename
+my $databasefile;
+my @database;
+
+#holds the inputfile
+my $inputfile;
+my $errors = 0;
+
+my %highlights = (
+	"<function>(.*?)</function>",
+	    "\"<function>\" . convert_function(\$1) . \"</function>\"",
+	"<structname>(.*?)</structname>",
+	    "\"<structname>\" . convert_struct(\$1) . \"</structname>\"",
+	"<paramdef>(.*?)<parameter>(.*?)</parameter></paramdef>",
+	    "\"<paramdef>\" . convert_param(\$1) . \"<parameter>\$2</parameter></paramdef>\"");
+
+while($ARGV[0] =~ m/^-(.*)/) {
+	my $cmd = shift @ARGV;
+	if ($cmd eq "-db") {
+		$databasefile = shift @ARGV
+	}
+}
+$inputfile = shift @ARGV;
+
+sub open_database {
+	open my $handle, '<', $databasefile;
+	chomp(my @lines = <$handle>);
+	close $handle;
+
+	@database = @lines;
+}
+
+sub process_file {
+	open_database();
+
+	my $dohighlight;
+	foreach my $pattern (keys %highlights) {
+		$dohighlight .=  "\$line =~ s:$pattern:$highlights{$pattern}:eg;\n";
+	}
+
+	open(FILE, $inputfile) or die("Could not open $inputfile");
+	foreach my $line (<FILE>)  {
+		eval $dohighlight;
+		print $line;
+	}
+}
+
+sub trim($_)
+{
+	my $str = $_[0];
+	$str =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+	return $str
+}
+
+sub has_key_defined($_)
+{
+	if ( grep( /^$_[0]$/, @database)) {
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+sub convert_function($_)
+{
+	my $arg = $_[0];
+	my $key = $_[0];
+
+	$key = trim($key);
+
+	$key =~ s/[^A-Za-z0-9]/-/g;
+	$key = "API-" . $key;
+
+	if (!has_key_defined($key)) {
+		return $arg;
+	}
+
+	my $head = $arg;
+	my $tail = "";
+	if ($arg =~ /(.*?)( ?)$/) {
+		$head = $1;
+		$tail = $2;
+	}
+	return "<link linkend=\"$key\">$head</link>$tail";
+}
+sub convert_struct($_)
+{
+	my $arg = $_[0];
+	my $key = $_[0];
+	$key =~ s/(struct )?(\w)/$2/g;
+	$key =~ s/[^A-Za-z0-9]/-/g;
+	$key = "API-struct-" . $key;
+
+	if (!has_key_defined($key)) {
+		return $arg;
+	}
+
+	my ($head, $tail) = split_pointer($arg);
+	return "<link linkend=\"$key\">$head</link>$tail";
+}
+
+sub split_pointer($_)
+{
+	my $arg = $_[0];
+	if ($arg =~ /(.*?)( ?\* ?)/) {
+		return ($1, $2);
+	}
+	return ($arg, "");
+}
+
+sub convert_param($_)
+{
+	my $type = $_[0];
+	my $keyname = convert_key_name($type);
+
+	if (!has_key_defined($keyname)) {
+		return $type;
+	}
+
+	my ($head, $tail) = split_pointer($type);
+	return "<link linkend=\"$keyname\">$head</link>$tail";
+
+}
+
+sub convert_key_name($_)
+{
+	#Pattern $2 is optional and might be uninitialized
+	no warnings 'uninitialized';
+
+	my $str = $_[0];
+	$str =~ s/(const|static)? ?(struct)? ?([a-zA-Z0-9_]+) ?(\*|&)?/$2 $3/g ;
+
+	# trim
+	$str =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+
+	# spaces and _ to -
+	$str =~ s/[^A-Za-z0-9]/-/g;
+
+	return "API-" . $str;
+}
+
+sub usage {
+	print "Usage: $0 -db database filename ]\n";
+	print "         xml source file(s) > outputfile\n";
+	exit 1;
+}
+
+# starting point
+process_file();
+
+if ($errors) {
+	print STDERR "$errors errors\n";
+}
+
+exit($errors);
