diff --git a/asciidoc.conf b/asciidoc.conf
index 90fdb6ad7..9848b8e09 100644
--- a/asciidoc.conf
+++ b/asciidoc.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+[macros]
+(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>manpage):(?P<target>\S*?)\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\]=
+
 ifdef::backend-docbook[]
 [manpage-inlinemacro]
 {0%{target}}