diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 088ba6b..280ffcb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,56 @@ Cargo.lock
 
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
+
+# # Compiled Java class files
+# *.class
+
+# # Compiled Python bytecode
+# *.py[cod]
+
+# # Log files
+# *.log
+
+# # Package files
+# *.jar
+
+# # Maven
+# target/
+# dist/
+
+# # JetBrains IDE
+# .idea/
+
+# # Unit test reports
+# TEST*.xml
+
+# # Generated by MacOS
+# .DS_Store
+
+# # Generated by Windows
+# Thumbs.db
+
+# # Applications
+# *.app
+# *.exe
+# *.war
+
+# # Large media files
+# *.mp4
+# *.tiff
+# *.avi
+# *.flv
+# *.mov
+# *.wmv
+
+# # Data
+# *.csv
+# *.xls
+# *.xlsx
+# *.zip
+
+# # Pickle files
+# .pkl
+
+# # Visualizations
+# .png
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 756271d..0cfbe6d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/sonalake/snmp-sim-rust.git"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["snmp", "simulator"]
 categories = ["command-line-utilities", "simulation", "simulation::snmp"]
-default-run = "snmp_sim"
+default-run = "snmp-sim"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 [lib]
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [[bin]]
 path = "src/main.rs"
-name = "snmp_sim"
+name = "snmp-sim"
 
 [[bin]]
 path = "src/bin/generate_spec.rs"
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ snmp-data-parser = { path = "./crates/snmp-data-parser" }
 rasn-snmp = { path = "./crates/rasn/standards/snmp" }
 rasn-smi  = { path = "./crates/rasn/standards/smi" }
 rasn  = { path = "./crates/rasn" }
+clap = { version = "3.2.6", features = ["derive"] }
 
 actix = "0.13"
 actix-web = { version = "4.1", default_features = false, features = [
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ lazy_static = "1.4"
 static_init = "1.0"
 ctor = "0.1.22"
 signal-child = "1"
+clap = "3.2"
 
 [features]
 integration-tests = ["visibility"]
@@ -133,3 +135,7 @@ members = [
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 paperclip = { git = "https://github.com/sonalake/paperclip", branch = "master" }
+
+[build-dependencies]
+clap_mangen = "0.1"
+clap = "3.2"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index d506869..89fdbd7 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
+use std::ffi::OsString;
+
 // generated by `sqlx migrate build-script`
-fn main() {
+fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     // trigger recompilation when a new migration is added
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=migrations");
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=MAN_DIR");
+
+    let package_name: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME");
+    let man_dir = std::path::PathBuf::from(std::env::var_os("MAN_DIR").map_or(OsString::from("./man"), |v| v));
+
+    let cmd = clap::Command::new(package_name)
+        .arg(clap::arg!(-n --name <NAME>))
+        .arg(clap::arg!(-c --count <NUM>));
+
+    let man = clap_mangen::Man::new(cmd);
+    let mut buffer: Vec<u8> = Default::default();
+    man.render(&mut buffer)?;
+
+    std::fs::write(man_dir.join(format!("{}.1", package_name)), buffer)?;
+
+    Ok(())
 }