diff --git a/contrib/src/svg/makedocs.vc b/contrib/src/svg/makedocs.vc
index d8030316e0..3b55a265fe 100644
--- a/contrib/src/svg/makedocs.vc
+++ b/contrib/src/svg/makedocs.vc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ DOCSOURCEDIR=$(WXDIR)\contrib\docs\latex\$(NAME)
 DOCDIR=$(WXDIR)\docs
 THISDIR = $(WXDIR)\contrib\src\$(NAME)
 DOCSOURCES=$(DOCSOURCEDIR)\dc$(NAME).tex \
-
+WAITFLAG=/WAIT
 
 alldocs: mkdirs html htmlhelp htb hlp pdfrtf
 html: touchmanual $(DOCDIR)\html\$(NAME)\$(NAME).htm