diff --git a/utils/nxdl2rst.py b/utils/nxdl2rst.py
index 41f305f24..dc88ab65a 100755
--- a/utils/nxdl2rst.py
+++ b/utils/nxdl2rst.py
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ def main(tree, ns):
     print '.. auto-generated by a script: %s' % sys.argv[0]
     print
     print '.. index:: ! class definition -- %s; %s' % (index_cat, name)
+    print '.. index:: ! %s' % name
     print
     print '.. _%s:\n' % name
     print '='*len(title)