diff --git a/doc/config.rst b/doc/config.rst
index b74be3206..36ce25c48 100644
--- a/doc/config.rst
+++ b/doc/config.rst
@@ -1147,6 +1147,9 @@ These options influence LaTeX output.
 
    .. versionadded:: 0.6
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 1.2
+      This overrides the files which is provided from Sphinx such as sphinx.sty.
+
 .. confval:: latex_preamble
 
    Additional LaTeX markup for the preamble.
diff --git a/sphinx/builders/latex.py b/sphinx/builders/latex.py
index dcc3b3603..e72ef2548 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/latex.py
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ class LaTeXBuilder(Builder):
                          path.join(self.outdir, dest))
             self.info()
 
+        # copy TeX support files from texinputs
+        self.info(bold('copying TeX support files...'))
+        staticdirname = path.join(package_dir, 'texinputs')
+        for filename in os.listdir(staticdirname):
+            if not filename.startswith('.'):
+                copyfile(path.join(staticdirname, filename),
+                         path.join(self.outdir, filename))
+
         # copy additional files
         if self.config.latex_additional_files:
             self.info(bold('copying additional files...'), nonl=1)
@@ -171,11 +179,4 @@ class LaTeXBuilder(Builder):
             logobase = path.basename(self.config.latex_logo)
             copyfile(path.join(self.confdir, self.config.latex_logo),
                      path.join(self.outdir, logobase))
-
-        self.info(bold('copying TeX support files... '), nonl=True)
-        staticdirname = path.join(package_dir, 'texinputs')
-        for filename in os.listdir(staticdirname):
-            if not filename.startswith('.'):
-                copyfile(path.join(staticdirname, filename),
-                         path.join(self.outdir, filename))
         self.info('done')