diff --git a/doc/man/Makefile b/doc/man/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b45a336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/man/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+SUBDIRS = man1 man5
+
+.PHONY: all $(SUBDIRS)
+
+all: $(SUBDIRS)
+
+$(SUBDIRS):
+	$(MAKE) -C $@ force
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/Makefile b/doc/man/man1/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f6d824b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/man/man1/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+SRCDIR = ../../txt
+SOURCES := $(SRCDIR)/clubak.txt \
+           $(SRCDIR)/cluset.txt \
+           $(SRCDIR)/clush.txt \
+           $(SRCDIR)/nodeset.txt
+OBJECTS  := $(SOURCES:$(SRCDIR)/%.txt=%.1)
+
+%.1: ../../txt/%.txt
+	rst2man -v $< $@
+
+all: $(OBJECTS)
+
+force: clean all
+
+clean:
+	@rm -v $(OBJECTS)
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/Makefile b/doc/man/man5/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4438b39e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/man/man5/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+SRCDIR = ../../txt
+SOURCES := $(SRCDIR)/clush.conf.txt \
+           $(SRCDIR)/groups.conf.txt
+OBJECTS  := $(SOURCES:$(SRCDIR)/%.txt=%.5)
+
+%.5: ../../txt/%.txt
+	rst2man -v $< $@
+
+all: $(OBJECTS)
+
+force: clean all
+
+clean:
+	@rm -v $(OBJECTS)