diff --git a/doc/manual/Makefile.am b/doc/manual/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ebfbfdab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/Makefile.am
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+EXTRA_DIST = source
+
+SRC = $(wildcard src/source/*.rst)
+
+html-local: build/html/index.html
+
+build/html/index.html: $(SRC) source/conf.py
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -M html source build
+
+pdf-local: build/latex/dynare-manual.pdf
+
+build/latex/dynare-manual.pdf: $(SRC) source/conf.py
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -M latexpdf source build
+
+clean-local:
+	rm -rf build
diff --git a/doc/manual/utils/version.py.in b/doc/manual/utils/version.py.in
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/doc/manual/utils/version.py.in
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+version = u'@PACKAGE_VERSION@'
+release = u'@PACKAGE_VERSION@'