diff --git a/documentation/template/gloss-permalinks.xsl b/documentation/template/gloss-permalinks.xsl
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+<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
+  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+  xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+
+  <xsl:template match="glossentry/glossterm">
+    <xsl:apply-imports/>
+    <xsl:if test="$generate.permalink != 0">
+      <xsl:call-template name="permalink">
+        <xsl:with-param name="node" select=".."/>
+      </xsl:call-template>
+    </xsl:if>
+  </xsl:template>
+</xsl:stylesheet>