diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2c23f0c39..625231656 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -79,3 +79,8 @@ dist-hook: icinga-version.stamp
 		$(SED) -e 's|^#undef GIT_IS_DIST.*|#define GIT_IS_DIST 1|' \
 			"icinga-version.h" > "$(distdir)/icinga-version.h"; \
 	fi
+
+SRC_DOCS = "./docs"
+
+create-docs:
+	cd $(SRC_DOCS) && $(MAKE)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c1cc486cb..5fcce5571 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ components/delegation/Makefile
 components/demo/Makefile
 components/replication/Makefile
 docs/Doxyfile
+docs/Makefile
 etc/Makefile
 etc/icinga2/Makefile
 etc/init.d/Makefile
diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f691f845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+all: create-docs
+
+create-docs:
+	for file in *.txt; \
+	do asciidoc -a toc -a numbered $$file; \
+	done