diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 500e33af..a79d68cf 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-SUBDIRS = build sk cs ru
+SUBDIRS = build @MANLANGDIRS@
+DIST_SUBDIRS = build cs ru sk
 
 dist_man_MANS = \
 	geticonset.1 \
diff --git a/doc/build/Translations.texi b/doc/build/Translations.texi
index 427aec2c..b2faa437 100644
--- a/doc/build/Translations.texi
+++ b/doc/build/Translations.texi
@@ -448,6 +448,31 @@ You may find some information on working with @code{po} file in the
 @uref{https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Editing.html,GNU gettext documentation}.
 
 
+@c --------------------------------------------------------------------- Translate the Man Pages ---
+@section Translate the Man Pages
+
+You may want to extend the translation to the documentation that is provided to users in the form
+of Unix @i{man pages}.
+The sources of the man pages are located in the @file{doc/} directory;
+the translation should be placed in the directory @file{doc/@i{lang}/} with the same file name.
+
+The directory will also need a file @file{Makefile.am} which provides the list of man pages to be
+included in the distribution package and to be installed.
+You can probably get inspiration from an existing one from another language;
+if you do not feel confident about it do not hesitate to ask on the project's mailing list
+(@value{emailsupport}), either for help or to ask someone to make it for you.
+
+Please note that although most man pages sources are directly in man page format
+(@emph{nroff}, the file extension being a number), a few of them are processed by a script
+(those with the @file{.in} extension, like @file{wmaker.in}).
+This is done because in some case we want the man page to reflect the actual compilation options.
+
+You may not want to bother with this hassle, in which case you can simply name your translation
+file with the @file{.1} and remove the special @code{@@keyword@@} marks.
+If you are sure you want to keep that processing but do not feel confident about hacking the
+@file{Makefile.am} do not hesitate to ask on the project's mailing list (@value{emailsupport}).
+
+
 @c ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Checking the Result ---
 @section Checking the Result
 
diff --git a/m4/wm_i18n.m4 b/m4/wm_i18n.m4
index eb742e6c..307481e3 100644
--- a/m4/wm_i18n.m4
+++ b/m4/wm_i18n.m4
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$LINGUAS" != "x"],
      wmaker_locales=" m4_esyscmd([ls po/ | sed -n '/po$/{s,.po,,;p}' | tr '\n' ' '])"
      wprefs_locales=" m4_esyscmd([ls WPrefs.app/po/ | sed -n '/po$/{s,.po,,;p}' | tr '\n' ' '])"
      util_locales=" m4_esyscmd([ls util/po/ | sed -n '/po$/{s,.po,,;p}' | tr '\n' ' '])"
+     man_locales=" m4_esyscmd([ls doc/ | grep '^[a-z][a-z]\(_[A-Z][A-Z]\)*$' | tr '\n' ' '])"
 
      # If the LINGUAS is specified as a simple '*', then we enable all the languages
      # we know. This is not standard, but it is useful is some cases
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$LINGUAS" != "x"],
      for lang in $LINGUAS; do
          found=0
          wm_missing=""
-         m4_foreach([REGION], [WINGs, wmaker, WPrefs, util],
+         m4_foreach([REGION], [WINGs, wmaker, WPrefs, util, man],
              [AS_IF([echo "$[]m4_tolower(REGION)[]_locales" | grep " $lang " > /dev/null],
                  [m4_toupper(REGION)MOFILES="$[]m4_toupper(REGION)MOFILES $lang.mo"
                   found=1],
@@ -96,12 +97,17 @@ AS_IF([test "x$LINGUAS" != "x"],
                   [AC_MSG_WARN([locale $lang is not supported in $wm_missing])]) ],
              [AC_MSG_WARN([locale $lang is not supported at all, ignoring])])
      done
+     #
+     # Post-processing the names for the man pages because we are not expecting
+     # a "po" file but a directory name in this case
+     MANLANGDIRS="`echo $MANMOFILES | sed -e 's,\.mo,,g' `"
 ],
 [INTLIBS=""
  WINGSMOFILES=""
  WMAKERMOFILES=""
  WPREFSMOFILES=""
  UTILMOFILES=""
+ MANLANGDIRS=""
  supported_locales=" disabled"])
 dnl
 dnl The variables that are used in the Makefiles:
@@ -110,6 +116,7 @@ AC_SUBST([WINGSMOFILES])dnl
 AC_SUBST([WMAKERMOFILES])dnl
 AC_SUBST([WPREFSMOFILES])dnl
 AC_SUBST([UTILMOFILES])dnl
+AC_SUBST([MANLANGDIRS])dnl
 ])