diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 405aebfbf3..6ec209b644 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 *.DS_Store
 .xmlrpc_test/
 .sconsign.dblite
-share/man/*.gz
+share/man/*
+!share/man/build.sh
 src/im_mad/collectd/collectd
 src/scheduler/src/sched/.xmlrpc_test/
 src/scheduler/src/sched/mm_sched
diff --git a/share/man/build.sh b/share/man/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1c139a8e0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/man/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Copyright 2002-2018, OpenNebula Project, OpenNebula Systems                #
+#                                                                            #
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may    #
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain    #
+# a copy of the License at                                                   #
+#                                                                            #
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                 #
+#                                                                            #
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software        #
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,          #
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.   #
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and        #
+# limitations under the License.                                             #
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+set -e
+
+# COMMANDS: array of pairs
+# 'command' 'description'
+# we want to generate the manual pages for
+COMMANDS=(
+    'oneacct'           'OpenNebula Accounting Tool'
+    'oneacl'            'manages OpenNebula ACLs'
+    'onedb'             'OpenNebula database migration tool'
+    'onegroup'          'manages OpenNebula groups'
+    'onehost'           'manages OpenNebula hosts'
+    'oneimage'          'manages OpenNebula images'
+    'onetemplate'       'manages OpenNebula templates'
+    'oneuser'           'manages OpenNebula users'
+    'onevm'             'manages OpenNebula virtual machines'
+    'onevnet'           'manages OpenNebula networks'
+    'onezone'           'manages OpenNebula zones'
+    'onevdc'            'manages OpenNebula Virtual DataCenters'
+    'onecluster'        'manages OpenNebula clusters'
+    'onedatastore'      'manages OpenNebula datastores'
+    'onevcenter'        'vCenter import tool'
+    'oneshowback'       'OpenNebula Showback Tool'
+    'onesecgroup'       'manages OpenNebula security groups'
+    'onevrouter'        'manages OpenNebula Virtual Routers'
+    'onemarket'         'manages internal and external Marketplaces'
+    'onemarketapp'      'manages appliances from Marketplaces'
+    'onevmgroup'        'manages VM groups'
+
+    'oneflow'           'Manage oneFlow Services'
+    'oneflow-template'  'Manage oneFlow Templates'
+
+    'econe-allocate-address'     'Allocates a new elastic IP address for the user'
+    'econe-associate-address'    'Associates a publicIP of the user with a given instance'
+    'econe-attach-volume'        'Attaches a DATABLOCK to an instance'
+    'econe-create-keypair'       'Creates the named keypair'
+    'econe-create-volume'        'Creates a new DATABLOCK in OpenNebula'
+    'econe-delete-keypair'       'Deletes the named keypair, removes the associated keys'
+    'econe-delete-volume'        'Deletes an existing DATABLOCK'
+    'econe-describe-addresses'   'Lists elastic IP addresses'
+    'econe-describe-images'      'Lists all registered images belonging to one particular user'
+    'econe-describe-instances'   'Outputs a list of launched images belonging to one particular user'
+    'econe-describe-keypairs'    'List and describe the key pairs available to the user'
+    'econe-describe-volumes'     'Describe all available DATABLOCKs for this user'
+    'econe-detach-volume'        'Detaches a DATABLOCK from an instance'
+    'econe-disassociate-address' 'Disasociate a publicIP of the user currently associated with an instance'
+    'econe-reboot-instances'     'Reboots a set of virtual machines'
+    'econe-register'             'Registers an image'
+    'econe-release-address'      'Releases a publicIP of the user'
+    'econe-run-instances'        'Runs an instance of a particular image (that needs to be referenced)'
+    'econe-start-instances'      'Starts a set of virtual machines'
+    'econe-stop-instances'       'Stops a set of virtual machines'
+    'econe-terminate-instances'  'Shutdowns a set of virtual machines (or cancel, depending on its state)'
+    'econe-upload'               'Uploads an image to OpenNebula'
+)
+
+DIR_BUILD=$(mktemp -d)
+trap "rm -rf ${DIR_BUILD}" EXIT
+
+ONE_MAN=$(dirname $0)
+ONE_INSTALL="${ONE_MAN}/../../install.sh"
+ONE_REPO=$(dirname "${ONE_INSTALL}")
+
+###
+
+(
+    cd "${ONE_REPO}"
+    ./install.sh -l -d "${DIR_BUILD}"
+)
+
+export ONE_LOCATION="${DIR_BUILD}"
+
+INDEX=0
+while [ -n "${COMMANDS[${INDEX}]}" ]; do
+    MAN_CMD="${COMMANDS[${INDEX}]}"
+    MAN_DESC="${MAN_CMD}(1) -- ${COMMANDS[$((INDEX + 1))]}"
+
+    echo "${MAN_DESC}"
+
+    # base document
+    echo "# ${MAN_DESC}" >"${MAN_CMD}.1.ronn"
+    echo >>"${MAN_CMD}.1.ronn"
+    "${DIR_BUILD}/bin/${MAN_CMD}" --help >>"${MAN_CMD}.1.ronn" || :
+
+    # manual pages/html
+    ronn --style toc --manual="${MAN_DESC}" "${MAN_CMD}.1.ronn"
+    gzip -c "${MAN_CMD}.1" >>"${MAN_CMD}.1.gz"
+
+    unlink "${MAN_CMD}.1.ronn"
+
+    INDEX=$((INDEX + 2))
+done