diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 64a7384..948d048 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ VERSION=$(shell sed -rn '1s/.*[[:blank:]]\((.*)\)[[:blank:]].*/\1/p' doc/Changel
 
 all install clean distclean:
 	@rm -f $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.xz $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.xz.sig
+	$(MAKE) VERSION=$(VERSION) -C man $@
 	$(MAKE) VERSION=$(VERSION) -C src $@
 
 GITLOGIN=$(shell git remote -v | head -n 1 | cut -f 1 -d '@' | sed 's/origin\t//g')
@@ -42,3 +43,4 @@ $(TMP)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION): distclean
 	@cp -R $(SOURCES) $(TMP)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/ 
 	@chmod -R a+r,u+w,og-w $@
 	@find $@ -type d | xargs -r chmod a+rx,u+w,og-w
+
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 1165375..46e099b 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
     * Applied fixes for markup and spacing in manual pages.
       Patch provided by Mario Blattermann.
     * Added translation framework (po4a) from Mario Blttermann.
-
+    * Added Makefile for man/ directory. Will handle translations
+      and substitutions.
 
 sysvinit (3.01) released; urgency=low
     * Default to showing processes in the uninterruptable state (D).
diff --git a/man/Makefile b/man/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c13142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+MANPAGES=bootlogd.8 fstab-decode.8 halt.8 init.8 initctl.5 initscript.5 inittab.5 \
+killall5.8 last.1 lastb.1 logsave.8 mesg.1 mountpoint.1 pidof.8 poweroff.8 \
+readbootlog.1 reboot.8 runlevel.8 shutdown.8 sulogin.8 telinit.8 utmpdump.1 \
+wall.1
+
+all install:
+	sed --in-place=.orig --separate 's/\@VERSION\@/$(VERSION)/g' $(MANPAGES)
+
+clean distclean:
+	for man in $(MANPAGES) ; do \
+	   if [ -f "$$man.orig" ] ; then mv "$$man.orig" "$$man" ; fi \
+	done
+