diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 493f7919b5..a6cb02ef75 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 *~
 \#*#
 masterdir
+doc/manual.html
+doc/docbook-xsl.css
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64b18303ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+all:
+	a2x -f xhtml manual.txt
+
+clean:
+	-rm -f *.css *.html