diff --git a/doc/dev-reference/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/dev-reference/CMakeLists.txt
index 449589f6..6f48e2e4 100644
--- a/doc/dev-reference/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/dev-reference/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ else()
 set(SPHINX_BUILD_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/_build")
 set(SPHINX_CACHE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/_doctrees")
 set(SPHINX_HTML_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/html")
+set(SPHINX_MAN_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/man")
 
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conf.py.in"
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/conf.py" @ONLY)
@@ -32,4 +33,14 @@ add_custom_target(dev-reference
         "${SPHINX_HTML_DIR}"
     DEPENDS dev-reference-doxygen
     COMMENT "Building HTML dev reference with Sphinx")
+
+add_custom_target(dev-reference-man
+    ${SPHINX_BUILD}
+        -b man
+        -c "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+        -d "${SPHINX_CACHE_DIR}"
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+        "${SPHINX_MAN_DIR}"
+    DEPENDS dev-reference-doxygen
+    COMMENT "Building man page reference with Sphinx")
 endif()
diff --git a/doc/dev-reference/conf.py.in b/doc/dev-reference/conf.py.in
index d0ef371b..ad97f088 100644
--- a/doc/dev-reference/conf.py.in
+++ b/doc/dev-reference/conf.py.in
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ latex_documents = [
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
 man_pages = [
     ('index', 'hyperscan', u'Hyperscan Documentation',
-     [u'Intel Corporation'], 1)
+     [u'Intel Corporation'], 7)
 ]
 
 # If true, show URL addresses after external links.