diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 3e317b8c1c..2057a35363 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -174,6 +174,18 @@ ifdef GNU_ROFF
 XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-quote-apos.xsl
 endif
 
+ifdef USE_ASCIIDOCTOR
+ASCIIDOC = asciidoctor
+ASCIIDOC_CONF =
+ASCIIDOC_HTML = xhtml5
+ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK = docbook45
+ifdef ASCIIDOCTOR_EXTENSIONS_LAB
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA = -I$(ASCIIDOCTOR_EXTENSIONS_LAB) -rasciidoctor/extensions -rman-inline-macro
+endif
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -alitdd='&\#x2d;&\#x2d;'
+DBLATEX_COMMON =
+endif
+
 SHELL_PATH ?= $(SHELL)
 # Shell quote;
 SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f53fcc90d7..24e35dd74f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -250,6 +250,12 @@ all::
 # apostrophes to be ASCII so that cut&pasting examples to the shell
 # will work.
 #
+# Define USE_ASCIIDOCTOR to use Asciidoctor instead of AsciiDoc to build the
+# documentation.
+#
+# Define ASCIIDOCTOR_EXTENSIONS_LAB to point to the location of the Asciidoctor
+# Extensions Lab if you have it available.
+#
 # Define PERL_PATH to the path of your Perl binary (usually /usr/bin/perl).
 #
 # Define NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER if you cannot use Makefiles generated by perl's