diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/docbook-xml/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/docbook-xml/package.py
index 8434340af1..c5d4900ea5 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/docbook-xml/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/docbook-xml/package.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
 
     @property
     def catalog(self):
-        return join_path(self.prefix, "catalog")
+        return join_path(self.prefix, "xml-catalog")
 
     @run_after("install")
     def config_docbook(self):
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/docbook-xsl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/docbook-xsl/package.py
index 51a8c9a8e4..a98f0d05dc 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/docbook-xsl/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/docbook-xsl/package.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
 
     @property
     def catalog(self):
-        return join_path(self.prefix, "catalog")
+        return join_path(self.prefix, "xsl-catalog")
 
     @run_after("install")
     def config_docbook(self):