diff --git a/manual/Makefile b/manual/Makefile
index 8e25b91c..f840145f 100644
--- a/manual/Makefile
+++ b/manual/Makefile
@@ -17,5 +17,8 @@ all: $(MANUAL_PDF_FILES)
 freedoom-manual-%.pdf: freedoom-manual-%.adoc
 	-asciidoctor-pdf $(ASCIIDOCTOR_FLAGS) $< -o $@
 
+cover.pdf: cover/cover.svg cover/serpentipede.png cover/minigunner.png
+	inkscape -o $@ $<
+
 clean:
 	$(RM) $(MANUAL_PDF_FILES)
diff --git a/manual/cover/cover.svg b/manual/cover/cover.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1b36233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manual/cover/cover.svg
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+         id="tspan3">Freedoom is an open-content First-Person </tspan><tspan
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+         id="tspan4">Shooter (FPS) game that is Free and Open </tspan><tspan
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+         id="tspan5">Source Software. Developed by volunteers </tspan><tspan
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+         id="tspan6">since 2001, Freedoom is made available </tspan><tspan
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+</tspan><tspan
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+         id="tspan10">including how to play the game, strategy, </tspan><tspan
+         x="144.91855"
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