diff --git a/R/rd.R b/R/rd.R
index c659761dd..ab11b9d60 100644
--- a/R/rd.R
+++ b/R/rd.R
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ rd_text <- function(x, fragment = TRUE) {
 }
 
 rd_file <- function(path, pkg_path = NULL) {
-  set_classes(tools::parse_Rd(path, encoding = "UTF-8"))
+  macros <- tools::loadPkgRdMacros(pkg_path)
+  set_classes(tools::parse_Rd(path, macros = macros, encoding = "UTF-8"))
 }
 
 #' Translate an Rd string to its HTML output