diff --git a/debian/install b/debian/install
index b540ca749..df65fe51e 100644
--- a/debian/install
+++ b/debian/install
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 bin/* /usr/bin/
 sbin/* /usr/sbin/
 data/bash-completion.d/yunohost /etc/bash_completion.d/
+doc/yunohost.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/
 data/actionsmap/* /usr/share/moulinette/actionsmap/
 data/hooks/* /usr/share/yunohost/hooks/
 data/other/yunoprompt.service /etc/systemd/system/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d012c73f3..8afe372b5 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	# Generate bash completion file
 	python data/actionsmap/yunohost_completion.py
+	python doc/generate_manpages.py --gzip --output doc/yunohost.8.gz
 
 override_dh_installinit:
 	dh_installinit -pyunohost --name=yunohost-api --restart-after-upgrade
diff --git a/doc/generate_manpages.py b/doc/generate_manpages.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b1251c28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/generate_manpages.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+"""
+Inspired by yunohost_completion.py (author: Christophe Vuillot)
+=======
+
+This script generates man pages for yunohost.
+Pages are stored in OUTPUT_DIR
+"""
+
+import os
+import yaml
+import gzip
+import argparse
+
+from datetime import date
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+from jinja2 import Template
+
+base_path = os.path.split(os.path.realpath(__file__))[0]
+
+template = Template(open(os.path.join(base_path, "manpage.template")).read())
+
+
+THIS_SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+ACTIONSMAP_FILE = os.path.join(THIS_SCRIPT_DIR, '../data/actionsmap/yunohost.yml')
+
+
+def ordered_yaml_load(stream):
+    class OrderedLoader(yaml.Loader):
+        pass
+    OrderedLoader.add_constructor(
+        yaml.resolver.BaseResolver.DEFAULT_MAPPING_TAG,
+        lambda loader, node: OrderedDict(loader.construct_pairs(node)))
+    return yaml.load(stream, OrderedLoader)
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="generate yunohost manpage based on actionsmap.yml")
+    parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", default="output/yunohost")
+    parser.add_argument("-z", "--gzip", action="store_true", default=False)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if os.path.isdir(args.output):
+        if not os.path.exists(args.output):
+            os.makedirs(args.output)
+
+        output_path = os.path.join(args.output, "yunohost")
+    else:
+        output_dir = os.path.split(args.output)[0]
+
+        if output_dir and not os.path.exists(output_dir):
+            os.makedirs(output_dir)
+
+        output_path = args.output
+
+    # man pages of "yunohost *"
+    with open(ACTIONSMAP_FILE, 'r') as actionsmap:
+
+        # Getting the dictionary containning what actions are possible per domain
+        actionsmap = ordered_yaml_load(actionsmap)
+
+        for i in actionsmap.keys():
+            if i.startswith("_"):
+                del actionsmap[i]
+
+        today = date.today()
+
+        result = template.render(
+            month=today.strftime("%B"),
+            year=today.year,
+            categories=actionsmap,
+            str=str,
+        )
+
+        if not args.gzip:
+            with open(output_path, "w") as output:
+                output.write(result)
+        else:
+            with gzip.open(output_path, mode="w", compresslevel=9) as output:
+                output.write(result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/doc/manpage.template b/doc/manpage.template
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a246e59ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manpage.template
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+.TH YunoHost "1" "{{ month }} {{ year }}" "YunoHost Collectif"
+.SH NAME
+YunoHost \- yunohost server administration command
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+yunohost \fI\,CATEGORY\/\fR \fI\,COMMAND\/\fR [\fI\,SUBCOMMAND\/\fR] [\fI\,ARGUMENTS\/\fR]... [\fI\,OPTIONS\/\fR]...
+
+{# generale command format #}
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+usage: yunohost
+{{ '{' }}{{ ",".join(categories) }}{{ '}' }}
+\&...
+[\-h|\-\-help] [\-\-no\-cache] [\-\-output\-as {json,plain,none}] [\-\-debug]
+[\-\-quiet] [\-\-timeout ==SUPPRESS==] [\-\-admin\-password PASSWORD]
+[\-v|\-\-version]
+
+.SS "optional arguments:"
+.TP
+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
+show this help message and exit
+
+.SS "categories:"
+.IP
+{{ '{' }}{{ ",".join(categories) }}{{ '}' }}
+{% for name, value in categories.items() %}
+.TP
+{{ name }}
+{{ value["category_help"] }}
+{% endfor %}
+
+.SS "global arguments:"
+.TP
+\fB\-\-no\-cache\fR
+Don't use actions map cache
+.TP
+\fB\-\-output\-as\fR {json,plain,none}
+Output result in another format
+.TP
+\fB\-\-debug\fR
+Log and print debug messages
+.TP
+\fB\-\-quiet\fR
+Don't produce any output
+.TP
+\fB\-\-timeout\fR SECONDS
+Number of seconds before this command will timeout
+because it can't acquire the lock (meaning that
+another command is currently running), by default
+there is no timeout and the command will wait until it
+can get the lock
+.TP
+\fB\-\-admin\-password\fR PASSWORD
+The admin password to use to authenticate
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
+Display YunoHost packages versions
+
+{# each categories #}
+{% for name, value in categories.items() %}
+.SH YUNOHOST {{ name.upper() }}
+usage: yunohost {{ name }} {{ '{' }}{{ ",".join(value["actions"].keys()) }}{{ '}' }}
+\&...
+.SS "description:"
+.IP
+{{ value["category_help"] }}
+
+{# each command of each category #}
+{% for action, action_value in value["actions"].items() %}
+.SS "yunohost {{ name }} {{ action }} \
+{% for argument_name, argument_value in action_value.get("arguments", {}).items() %}\
+{% set required=(not str(argument_name).startswith("-")) or argument_value.get("extra", {}).get("required", False) %}\
+{% if not required %}[{% endif %}\
+\fI\,{{ argument_name }}\/\fR{% if argument_value.get("full") %}|\fI\,{{ argument_value["full"] }}\fR{% endif %}\
+{% if str(argument_name).startswith("-") and not argument_value.get("action") == "store_true" %} {{ (argument_value.get("full", argument_name)).lstrip("-") }}{% endif %}\
+{% if not required %}]{% endif %} \
+{% endfor %}"
+
+{# help of the command #}
+{{ action_value["action_help"] }}
+
+{# arguments of the command #}
+{% if "arguments" in action_value %}
+{% for argument_name, argument_value in action_value["arguments"].items() %}
+.TP
+\fB{{ argument_name }}\fR{% if argument_value.get("full") %}, \fB{{ argument_value["full"] }}\fR{% endif %}\
+{% if str(argument_name).startswith("-") and not argument_value.get("action") == "store_true" %} \fI\,{{ (argument_value.get("full", argument_name)).lstrip("-") }}\fR {% if "default" in argument_value %}(default: {{ argument_value["default"] }}){% endif %}{% endif %}
+{{ argument_value.get("help", "")}}
+{% endfor %}
+
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+
+{# each subcategory #}
+{% for subcategory_name, subcategory in value.get("subcategories", {}).items() %}
+{% for action, action_value in subcategory["actions"].items() %}
+.SS "yunohost {{ subcategory_name }} {{ name }} {{ action }} \
+{% for argument_name, argument_value in action_value.get("arguments", {}).items() %}\
+{% set required=(not str(argument_name).startswith("-")) or argument_value.get("extra", {}).get("required", False) %}\
+{% if not required %}[{% endif %}\
+\fI\,{{ argument_name }}\/\fR{% if argument_value.get("full") %}|\fI\,{{ argument_value["full"] }}\fR{% endif %}\
+{% if str(argument_name).startswith("-") and not argument_value.get("action") == "store_true" %} {{ (argument_value.get("full", argument_name)).lstrip("-") }}{% endif %}\
+{% if not required %}]{% endif %} \
+{% endfor %}"
+
+{# help of the command #}
+{{ action_value["action_help"] }}
+
+{# arguments of the command #}
+{% if "arguments" in action_value %}
+{% for argument_name, argument_value in action_value["arguments"].items() %}
+.TP
+\fB{{ argument_name }}\fR{% if argument_value.get("full") %}, \fB{{ argument_value["full"] }}\fR{% endif %}\
+{% if str(argument_name).startswith("-") and not argument_value.get("action") == "store_true" %} \fI\,{{ (argument_value.get("full", argument_name)).lstrip("-") }}\fR {% if "default" in argument_value %}(default: {{ argument_value["default"] }}){% endif %}{% endif %}
+{{ argument_value.get("help", "")}}
+{% endfor %}
+
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}
+
+{% endfor %}