diff --git a/manual/Makefile b/manual/Makefile
index 6718085e30..946d3a9006 100644
--- a/manual/Makefile
+++ b/manual/Makefile
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ manual-txt-zip: manual-txt
 manual-zip: manual-html
 	$(SILENT)$(MAKE) -C $(OBJDIR) htmlzip
 
+manual-7zip: manual-html
+	$(SILENT)$(MAKE) -C $(OBJDIR) html7zip
+
 clean: objdir-check
 	$(SILENT)rm -rf $(OBJDIR)/manual $(OBJDIR)/*.pdf
 	$(SILENT)rm -rf $(OBJDIR)/html $(OBJDIR)/txt
diff --git a/manual/Makefile.pdflatex b/manual/Makefile.pdflatex
index cf161a01c7..b0025e195d 100644
--- a/manual/Makefile.pdflatex
+++ b/manual/Makefile.pdflatex
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ htmlzip: buildhtml
 	zip -r $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-manual.zip html; \
 	cp $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-manual.zip $(OBJDIR)/../ )
 
+html7zip: buildhtml
+	@(cd $(OBJDIR); \
+	7z a $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-manual.7z html; \
+	cp $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-manual.7z $(OBJDIR)/../ )
+
+
 txtzip: buildtxt
 	@(cd $(OBJDIR); \
 	zip -r $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-manual-txt.zip txt; \
diff --git a/tools/root.make b/tools/root.make
index 64427d147b..b899915f5e 100644
--- a/tools/root.make
+++ b/tools/root.make
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ RBINFO = $(BUILDDIR)/rockbox-info.txt
 
 .PHONY: all clean tags zip tools manual bin build info langs
 
-ifeq (,$(filter clean veryclean reconf tags voice voicetools manual manual-pdf manual-html manual-zhtml manual-txt manual-ztxt manual-zip help fontzip ,$(MAKECMDGOALS)))
+ifeq (,$(filter clean veryclean reconf tags voice voicetools manual manual-pdf manual-html manual-zhtml manual-txt manual-ztxt manual-zip manual-7zip help fontzip ,$(MAKECMDGOALS)))
 # none of the above
 DEPFILE = $(BUILDDIR)/make.dep
 
@@ -394,6 +394,8 @@ manual-ztxt:
 	$(SILENT)$(MAKE) -C $(MANUALDIR) OBJDIR=$(BUILDDIR)/manual manual-txt-zip
 manual-zip:
 	$(SILENT)$(MAKE) -C $(MANUALDIR) OBJDIR=$(BUILDDIR)/manual manual-zip
+manual-7zip:
+	$(SILENT)$(MAKE) -C $(MANUALDIR) OBJDIR=$(BUILDDIR)/manual manual-7zip
 
 ifdef TTS_ENGINE
 
@@ -452,6 +454,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "manual         - builds a manual (pdf)"
 	@echo "manual-html    - HTML manual"
 	@echo "manual-zip     - HTML manual (zipped)"
+	@echo "manual-7zip    - HTML manual (7zipped)"
 	@echo "manual-txt     - txt manual"
 	@echo "zip            - creates a rockbox.zip of your build (no fonts)"
 	@echo "gzip           - creates a rockbox.tar.gz of your build (no fonts)"