diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b0cf8fed..0a7e7ced 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ EXT_OBJS = $(foreach obj,$(EXT_SRCS:.c=.o),$(obj))
 # Must be kept in sync with doc/docgen.ld
 DOC_SRCS = $(filter-out lib/markdown.lua lib/lousy/init.lua,$(shell for d in doc/luadoc lib common/clib; do find $$d -type f; done)) tests/lib.lua
 
-all: options newline luakit luakit.1 luakit.so apidoc
+all: options newline luakit luakit.1.gz luakit.so apidoc
 
 options:
 	@echo luakit build options:
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ luakit.so: $(EXT_OBJS)
 luakit.1: luakit.1.in
 	@sed "s|LUAKITVERSION|$(VERSION)|" $< > $@
 
+luakit.1.gz: luakit.1
+	@gzip -c $< > $@
+
 doc/apidocs/index.html: $(DOC_SRCS) $(wildcard build-utils/docgen/*)
 	rm -rf doc/apidocs
 	mkdir doc/apidocs
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ doc: buildopts.h $(THEAD) $(TSRC)
 	doxygen -s doc/luakit.doxygen
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf doc/apidocs doc/html luakit $(OBJS) $(EXT_OBJS) $(TSRC) $(THEAD) buildopts.h luakit.1 luakit.so
+	rm -rf doc/apidocs doc/html luakit $(OBJS) $(EXT_OBJS) $(TSRC) $(THEAD) buildopts.h luakit.1.gz luakit.so
 
 install: all
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(DOCDIR)/classes
@@ -115,13 +118,13 @@ install: all
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(APPDIR)
 	install -m644 extras/luakit.desktop $(DESTDIR)$(APPDIR)
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man1/
-	install -m644 luakit.1 $(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man1/
+	install -m644 luakit.1.gz $(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man1/
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/luakit/resources/icons
 	for i in resources/icons/*; do install -m644 "$$i" "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/luakit/resources/icons"; done
 
 uninstall:
 	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/luakit $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/luakit $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/luakit
-	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man1/luakit.1 $(DESTDIR)$(XDGPREFIX)/luakit
+	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man1/luakit.1.gz $(DESTDIR)$(XDGPREFIX)/luakit
 	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(APPDIR)/luakit.desktop $(DESTDIR)$(PIXMAPDIR)/luakit.png
 
 tests/util.so: tests/util.c Makefile