diff --git a/doc/niminst.txt b/doc/niminst.txt
index 450732cd34..59a46268e9 100755
--- a/doc/niminst.txt
+++ b/doc/niminst.txt
@@ -86,10 +86,13 @@ will be installed into the OS's configuration directory.
 Documentation section
 ---------------------
 
-The ``documentation`` section currently only supports the ``files`` key. 
+The ``documentation`` section supports the ``files`` key. 
 Listed files will be installed into the OS's native documentation directory 
 (which might be ``$appdir/doc``).
 
+There is a ``start`` key which determines whether the Windows installer 
+generates a link to e.g. the ``index.html`` of your documentation.
+
 
 Other section
 -------------
diff --git a/rod/nimrod.ini b/rod/nimrod.ini
index 8491a46acf..b6dcf08e16 100644
--- a/rod/nimrod.ini
+++ b/rod/nimrod.ini
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Files: "doc/*.txt"
 Files: "doc/*.html"
 Files: "doc/*.cfg"
 Files: "doc/*.pdf"
+Start: "doc/overview.html"
 
 [Other]
 Files: "readme.txt;install.txt;contributors.txt"
diff --git a/tools/inno.tmpl b/tools/inno.tmpl
index 2121e40ce4..df1460e42a 100755
--- a/tools/inno.tmpl
+++ b/tools/inno.tmpl
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ Name: {group}\Console for $c.displayName; Filename: {cmd}
   #else:
 Name: {group}\$c.displayName; Filename: {app}\${c.name}.exe
   #end if
-Name: {group}\Documentation; Filename: {app}\doc\overview.html
+  #for f in items(c.cat[fcDocStart]):
+Name: {group}\Documentation; Filename: {app}\$f
+  #end for
 Name: {group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,$c.displayName}; Filename: {uninstallexe}
 
   #if c.binPaths.len > 0:
diff --git a/tools/niminst.nim b/tools/niminst.nim
index 292ea4a9eb..77cdfa16bf 100755
--- a/tools/niminst.nim
+++ b/tools/niminst.nim
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ type
     fcOther,      # other files; will not be copied on UNIX
     fcWindows,    # files only for Windows
     fcUnix,       # files only for Unix; must be after ``fcWindows``
-    fcUnixBin     # binaries for Unix
+    fcUnixBin,    # binaries for Unix
+    fcDocStart    # links to documentation for Windows installer
 
   TConfigData = object of TObject
     actions: set[TAction]
@@ -227,7 +228,11 @@ proc parseIniFile(c: var TConfigData) =
         of "winbin": filesOnly(p, k.key, v, c.cat[fcWinBin])
         of "config": filesOnly(p, k.key, v, c.cat[fcConfig])
         of "data": filesOnly(p, k.key, v, c.cat[fcData])
-        of "documentation": filesOnly(p, k.key, v, c.cat[fcDoc])
+        of "documentation": 
+          case normalize(k.key)
+          of "files": addFiles(c.cat[fcDoc], split(v, {';'}))
+          of "start": addFiles(c.cat[fcDocStart], split(v, {';'}))
+          else: quit(errorStr(p, "unknown variable: " & k.key))
         of "lib": filesOnly(p, k.key, v, c.cat[fcLib])
         of "other": filesOnly(p, k.key, v, c.cat[fcOther])
         of "windows":