diff --git a/docs/meson.rst b/docs/meson.rst
index acc289532c7..8166192b9ff 100644
--- a/docs/meson.rst
+++ b/docs/meson.rst
@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ For those coming from autotools be aware of the following:
    are disabled. This is unrelated to the ``buildtype``; setting the
    latter to ``release`` will not turn off assertions.
 
+.. _cross-compilation:
+
 4. Cross-compilation and 32-bit builds
 --------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.rst b/docs/submittingpatches.rst
index 586131df148..8cdebb5b785 100644
--- a/docs/submittingpatches.rst
+++ b/docs/submittingpatches.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Submitting Patches
 ==================
 
+.. _guidelines:
+
 Basic guidelines
 ----------------