diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 81393e6..985268b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -176,4 +176,5 @@ pyrightconfig.json
 
 # End of gignore: github.com/onyx-and-iris/gignore
 
-test-*.py
\ No newline at end of file
+man/*.1
+test-*.py
diff --git a/man/generate.py b/man/generate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f800e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/generate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""script for generating man pages for the CLI."""
+
+import typer
+from click_man.core import write_man_pages
+
+from obsws_cli import app
+from obsws_cli.__about__ import __version__
+
+
+def make_man():
+    """Generate man pages for the CLI."""
+    cli = typer.main.get_command(app)
+    name = 'obsws-cli'
+    version = __version__
+    target_dir = './man'
+    write_man_pages(name, cli, version=version, target_dir=target_dir)
+    return
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    make_man()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 83221d2..57109a3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "pydantic-settings>=2.9.1",
 ]
 
+
 [project.urls]
 Documentation = "https://github.com/onyx-and-iris/obsws-cli#readme"
 Issues = "https://github.com/onyx-and-iris/obsws-cli/issues"
@@ -38,8 +39,12 @@ obsws-cli = "obsws_cli:app"
 [tool.hatch.version]
 path = "obsws_cli/__about__.py"
 
+[tool.hatch.envs.default]
+dependencies = ["click-man>=0.5.1"]
+
 [tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]
 cli = "obsws-cli {args:}"
+man = "python man/generate.py"
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.hatch-test]
 dependencies = ["pytest>=8.3.5"]