diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fda606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+clean: doc-clean
+	@echo Removing binary files...
+	@rm -f `find feedgenerator -name '*.pyc'`
+	@rm -f `find feedgenerator -name '*.pyo'`
+
+doc: doc-clean doc-html doc-man doc-latexpdf
+
+doc-clean:
+	@echo Removing docs...
+	@make -C doc clean
+	@rm -rf docs
+
+doc-html:
+	@echo 'Generating HTML'
+	@make -C doc html
+	@mkdir -p docs/html
+	@echo 'Copying html to into docs dir'
+	@cp doc/_build/html/*.html docs/html/
+	@cp doc/_build/html/*.js docs/html/
+	@cp -r doc/_build/html/_static/ docs/html/
+
+doc-man:
+	@echo 'Generating manpage'
+	@make -C doc man
+	@mkdir -p docs/man
+	@echo 'Copying manpage to into docs dir'
+	@cp doc/_build/man/*.1 docs/man/
+
+doc-latexpdf:
+	@echo 'Generating pdf'
+	@make -C doc latexpdf
+	@mkdir -p docs/pdf
+	@echo 'Copying pdf to into docs dir'
+	@cp doc/_build/latex/*.pdf docs/pdf/
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 7da781e..4c8c168 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ help:
 	@echo "  doctest    to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)"
 
 clean:
-	-rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
+	@echo 'Cleaning build directory'
+	@rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
 
 html:
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html