diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c31e4567e..3a2cae205 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ stage/
 *.out
 *.app
 
+# Compiled man page
+btop.1
+
 build
 bin
 btop
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 03aea89d2..fd57f98d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ endif
 
 #? Default Make
 .ONESHELL:
-all: | info rocm_smi info-quiet directories config.h btop
+all: | info rocm_smi info-quiet directories config.h btop # btop.1 (man page disabled from default build until CI has lowdown added)
 
 ifneq ($(QUIET),true)
 info:
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ info:
 	 @true
 endif
 
-
 info-quiet: | info rocm_smi
 	@printf "\n\033[1;92mBuilding btop++ \033[91m(\033[97mv$(BTOP_VERSION)\033[91m) \033[93m$(PLATFORM) \033[96m$(ARCH)\033[0m\n"
 
@@ -311,7 +310,9 @@ install:
 	@printf "\033[1;92mInstalling SVG icon to: \033[1;97m$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/btop.svg\n"
 	@mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
 	@cp -p Img/icon.svg $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/btop.svg
-
+	#@printf "\033[1;92mInstalling man page to: \033[1;97m$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/btop.1/\n"
+	#@mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
+	#@cp -p btop.1 $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/btop.1
 
 #? Set SUID bit for btop as $SU_USER in $SU_GROUP
 setuid:
@@ -332,6 +333,11 @@ uninstall:
 	@rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/btop.png
 	@printf "\033[1;91mRemoving: \033[1;97m$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/btop.svg\033[0m\n"
 	@rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/btop.svg
+	#@printf "\033[1;91mRemoving: \033[1;97m$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/btop.1\033[0m\n"
+	#@rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/btop.1
+
+btop.1: manpage.md
+	lowdown -s -Tman -o $@ $<
 
 #? Pull in dependency info for *existing* .o files
 -include $(OBJECTS:.$(OBJEXT)=.$(DEPEXT))
diff --git a/manpage.md b/manpage.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..105a7c547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manpage.md
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+% btop(1) | User Commands
+%
+% "January  4 2024"
+
+# NAME
+
+btop - Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network, and processes.
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+
+**btop** [**-lc**] [**-t** | **+t**] [**-p** _id_] [**\-\-utf-force**]
+         [**\-\-debug**] [{**-h** | **\-\-help**} | {**-v** | **\-\-version**}]
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+**btop** is a program that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network, and processes.
+
+# OPTIONS
+
+The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options
+starting with two dashes ('-'). A summary of options is included below.
+
+**-lc**, **\-\-low-color**
+:   Disable truecolor, converts 24-bit colors to 256-color.
+
+**-t**, **\-\-tty_on**
+:   Force (ON) tty mode, max 16 colors and tty-friendly graph symbols.
+
+**+t**, **\-\-tty_off**
+:   Force (OFF) tty mode.
+
+**-p**, **\-\-preset _id_**
+:   Start with preset, integer value between 0-9.
+
+**\-\-utf-force**
+:   Force start even if no UTF-8 locale was detected.
+
+**\-\-debug**
+:   Start in DEBUG mode: shows microsecond timer for information collect and screen draw functions and sets loglevel to DEBUG.
+
+**-h**, **\-\-help**
+:   Show summary of options.
+
+**-v**, **\-\-version**
+:   Show version of program.
+
+# BUGS
+
+The upstream bug tracker can be found at https://github.com/aristocratos/btop/issues.
+
+# SEE ALSO
+
+**top**(1), **htop**(1)
+
+# AUTHOR
+
+**btop** was written by Jakob P. Liljenberg a.k.a. "Aristocratos".