diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dd17367b..57eb48fa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,3 +136,33 @@ if (BUILD_TESTS)
                 jsonnet unicode_test parser_test lexer_test libjsonnet++_test libjsonnet_test_locale
     )
 endif()
+
+
+# Man pages
+find_program(HELP2MAN_BINARY NAMES help2man)
+if (HELP2MAN_BINARY)
+    message(STATUS "help2man found, man pages will be generated.")
+    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/man/man1)
+    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR "share/man" CACHE STRING "Directory for man pages")
+
+    add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/man/man1/jsonnet.1
+        COMMAND ${HELP2MAN_BINARY}
+        ARGS --section=1 --name="Jsonnet data templating language interpreter" --output=${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/man/man1/jsonnet.1 ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/jsonnet
+        DEPENDS jsonnet
+    )
+    add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/man/man1/jsonnetfmt.1
+        COMMAND ${HELP2MAN_BINARY}
+        ARGS --section=1 --name="Jsonnet data templating language interpreter" --output=${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/man/man1/jsonnetfmt.1 ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/jsonnetfmt
+        DEPENDS jsonnetfmt
+    )
+
+    add_custom_target(jsonnet-man ALL DEPENDS ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/man/man1/jsonnet.1)
+    add_custom_target(jsonnetfmt-man ALL DEPENDS ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/man/man1/jsonnetfmt.1)
+
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/man/man1/jsonnet.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1)
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/man/man1/jsonnetfmt.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1)
+else()
+    message(STATUS "help2man not found, man pages will not be generated.")
+endif()
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5fbaaa05..46b1f297 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ SHARED_LDFLAGS ?= -shared
 VERSION := $(shell grep '\#define.*LIB_JSONNET_VERSION' include/libjsonnet.h | head -n 1 | cut -f 2 -d '"' | sed 's/^v//g' )
 SOVERSION = 0
 
+# Define the help2man command with appropriate options
+HELP2MAN ?= help2man
+
+MAN1_DIR ?= man/man1
+
 ################################################################################
 # End of user-servicable parts
 ################################################################################
@@ -123,15 +128,17 @@ ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
 	SONAME = -install_name
 endif
 
-default: jsonnet jsonnetfmt
+default: jsonnet jsonnetfmt man
 
-install: bins libs
+install: bins libs man
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp $(BINS) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib
 	cp $(LIBS) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include
 	cp $(INCS) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/$(MAN1_DIR)
+	install -Dm 644 $(addprefix $(MAN1_DIR)/, $(BINS:=.1)) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/$(MAN1_DIR)/
 
 all: $(ALL)
 
@@ -161,6 +168,16 @@ core/desugarer.cpp: core/std.jsonnet.h
 %.o: %.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $< -o $@
 
+# Target to generate the man page
+
+$(MAN1_DIR)/%.1: % | $(MAN1_DIR)
+	$(HELP2MAN) --output=$@ ./$<
+
+man: $(addprefix $(MAN1_DIR)/, $(BINS:=.1))
+
+$(MAN1_DIR):
+	mkdir -p $@
+
 # Commandline executable.
 jsonnet: cmd/jsonnet.cpp cmd/utils.cpp $(LIB_OBJ)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< cmd/utils.cpp $(LIB_SRC:.cpp=.o) -o $@
@@ -224,7 +241,7 @@ $(RELEASE_FILE): bins
 dist: $(RELEASE_FILE)
 
 clean:
-	rm -rvf */*~ *~ .*~ */.*.swp .*.swp $(ALL) *.o core/*.jsonnet.h Makefile.depend *.so.* build jsonnet.egg-info $(RELEASE_FILE)
+	rm -rvf */*~ *~ .*~ */.*.swp .*.swp $(ALL) *.o core/*.jsonnet.h Makefile.depend *.so.* build jsonnet.egg-info $(RELEASE_FILE) man
 
 -include Makefile.depend