diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 221ae363..6e09c03a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -115,6 +115,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "os_str_bytes",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_mangen"
+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e503c3058af0a0854668ea01db55c622482a080092fede9dd2e00a00a9436504"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap",
+ "roff",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -440,6 +450,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "build_uuid",
  "clap",
  "clap_complete",
+ "clap_mangen",
  "derive_builder",
  "im",
  "indexmap",
@@ -620,6 +631,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "num_cpus",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "roff"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b833d8d034ea094b1ea68aa6d5c740e0d04bad9d16568d08ba6f76823a114316"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-embed"
 version = "6.4.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c152d094..4800def7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ url = "2.3.1"
 rust-embed = "6.4.2"
 task_partitioner = "0.1.1"
 clap_complete = "4.0.6"
+clap_mangen = "0.2.5"
 
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index d9035f96..0ec6e4de 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -207,4 +207,16 @@ pub fn clap() -> clap::Command {
                 )
                 .hide(true),
         )
+        .subcommand(
+            Command::new("manpages")
+                .about("Generate laze manpages.")
+                .arg(
+                    Arg::new("outdir")
+                        .help("directory in which to create manpage files")
+                        .value_parser(value_parser!(PathBuf))
+                        .value_hint(ValueHint::DirPath)
+                        .required(true),
+                )
+                .hide(true),
+        )
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6f1e298b..ae83b542 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -119,19 +119,54 @@ fn try_main() -> Result<i32> {
 
     // handle completion subcommand here, so the project specific
     // stuff is skipped
-    if let Some(("completion", matches)) = matches.subcommand() {
-        fn print_completions<G: clap_complete::Generator>(gen: G, cmd: &mut clap::Command) {
-            clap_complete::generate(gen, cmd, cmd.get_name().to_string(), &mut std::io::stdout());
+    match matches.subcommand() {
+        Some(("completion", matches)) => {
+            fn print_completions<G: clap_complete::Generator>(gen: G, cmd: &mut clap::Command) {
+                clap_complete::generate(
+                    gen,
+                    cmd,
+                    cmd.get_name().to_string(),
+                    &mut std::io::stdout(),
+                );
+            }
+            if let Some(generator) = matches
+                .get_one::<clap_complete::Shell>("generator")
+                .copied()
+            {
+                let mut cmd = cli::clap();
+                eprintln!("Generating completion file for {}...", generator);
+                print_completions(generator, &mut cmd);
+            }
+            return Ok(0);
         }
-        if let Some(generator) = matches
-            .get_one::<clap_complete::Shell>("generator")
-            .copied()
-        {
-            let mut cmd = cli::clap();
-            eprintln!("Generating completion file for {}...", generator);
-            print_completions(generator, &mut cmd);
+        Some(("manpages", matches)) => {
+            fn create_manpage(cmd: clap::Command, outfile: &Path) -> Result<(), Error> {
+                let man = clap_mangen::Man::new(cmd);
+                let mut buffer: Vec<u8> = Default::default();
+                man.render(&mut buffer)?;
+
+                std::fs::write(outfile, buffer)?;
+                Ok(())
+            }
+            let mut outpath: PathBuf = matches.get_one::<PathBuf>("outdir").unwrap().clone();
+            let cmd = cli::clap();
+
+            outpath.push("laze.1");
+            create_manpage(cmd.clone(), &outpath)?;
+
+            for subcommand in cmd.get_subcommands() {
+                if subcommand.is_hide_set() {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let name = subcommand.get_name();
+                outpath.pop();
+                outpath.push(format!("laze-{}.1", name));
+                create_manpage(subcommand.clone(), &outpath)?;
+            }
+
+            return Ok(0);
         }
-        return Ok(0);
+        _ => (),
     }
 
     if let Some(dir) = matches.get_one::<PathBuf>("chdir") {