diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+
+# we need xelatex for utf-8 support
+tex = xelatex
+
+all: userguide.pdf
+
+.PHONY: all clean
+
+userguide.pdf: userguide/userguide.tex
+	$(tex) $^
+
+userguide/userguide.tex: rest-api.tex host-management.tex console.tex code-update.tex
+
+%.tex: %.md
+	pandoc -o $@ $^
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.aux *.tex *.out *.pdf
diff --git a/userguide/userguide.tex b/userguide/userguide.tex
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+\documentclass[]{article}
+
+% fonts: libertine for roman text, inconsolata for monospace
+\usepackage{fontspec}
+\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}
+\setmonofont{Inconsolata}
+
+% page layout: full page, no paragraph indent
+\usepackage{fullpage}
+\usepackage{parskip}
+
+% document metadata
+\usepackage{hyperref}
+\hypersetup{
+  pdftitle={OpenBMC User’s Guide},
+  colorlinks=true,
+  urlcolor=blue
+}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\title{OpenBMC User's Guide}
+\maketitle
+
+\input{rest-api}
+\input{host-management}
+\input{console}
+\input{code-update}
+
+\end{document}