diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e2fc6624c..cfb18f1525 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ distclean: clean
 	rm -rf .doctrees
 	$(call clean-manual,devel)
 	$(call clean-manual,interop)
+	$(call clean-manual,specs)
 	for d in $(TARGET_DIRS); do \
 	rm -rf $$d || exit 1 ; \
         done
@@ -781,6 +782,7 @@ endef
 .PHONY: install-sphinxdocs
 install-sphinxdocs: sphinxdocs
 	$(call install-manual,interop)
+	$(call install-manual,specs)
 
 install-doc: $(DOCS) install-sphinxdocs
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_docdir)"
@@ -962,7 +964,7 @@ docs/version.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/VERSION config-host.mak
 # and handles "don't rebuild things unless necessary" itself.
 # The '.doctrees' files are cached information to speed this up.
 .PHONY: sphinxdocs
-sphinxdocs: $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/devel/index.html $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/interop/index.html
+sphinxdocs: $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/devel/index.html $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/interop/index.html $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/specs/index.html
 
 # Canned command to build a single manual
 build-manual = $(call quiet-command,sphinx-build $(if $(V),,-q) -W -n -b html -D version=$(VERSION) -D release="$(FULL_VERSION)" -d .doctrees/$1 $(SRC_PATH)/docs/$1 $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/$1 ,"SPHINX","$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/$1")
@@ -975,6 +977,9 @@ $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/devel/index.html: $(call manual-deps,devel)
 $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/interop/index.html: $(call manual-deps,interop)
 	$(call build-manual,interop)
 
+$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/specs/index.html: $(call manual-deps,specs)
+	$(call build-manual,specs)
+
 qemu-options.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-options.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
 	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
diff --git a/docs/specs/conf.py b/docs/specs/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d56f3ae13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/specs/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# QEMU documentation build configuration file for the 'specs' manual.
+#
+# This includes the top level conf file and then makes any necessary tweaks.
+import sys
+import os
+
+qemu_docdir = os.path.abspath("..")
+parent_config = os.path.join(qemu_docdir, "conf.py")
+exec(compile(open(parent_config, "rb").read(), parent_config, 'exec'))
+
+# This slightly misuses the 'description', but is the best way to get
+# the manual title to appear in the sidebar.
+html_theme_options['description'] = \
+    u'System Emulation Guest Hardware Specifications'