diff --git a/man/buildman.sh b/man/buildman.sh
index f1ff96f31..4c91e0ed6 100755
--- a/man/buildman.sh
+++ b/man/buildman.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # To install required tools in debian:
 # sudo apt-get install pandoc texlive-latex-base texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-latex-extra
 
-pandoc manual.md -o manual.pdf -s --number-sections --toc --css manual.css
+pandoc manual.md -o manual.pdf -s --number-sections --toc -f markdown --pdf-engine=xelatex --listings -V mainfont="Segoe UI" -V monofont="Consolas" -V geometry:a4paper -V geometry:margin=2.4cm -H manual-style.tex
+
 pandoc manual.md -o manual.html -s --number-sections --toc --css manual.css
 
 pandoc reference-cfg-format.md -o reference-cfg-format.pdf -s --number-sections --toc
diff --git a/man/manual-style.tex b/man/manual-style.tex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72187c11b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/manual-style.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+\usepackage{titlesec}
+\usepackage{fancyvrb,newverbs,xcolor}
+\usepackage{xcolor}
+
+\titleformat{\chapter}[display]   
+{\normalfont\huge\bfseries}{\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter}{20pt}{\Huge}   
+\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{-20pt}{20pt}
+
+
+\definecolor{Light}{HTML}{EEEEEE}
+\let\oldtexttt\texttt
+\renewcommand{\texttt}[1]{
+  \colorbox{Light}{\oldtexttt{#1}}
+}
+
+\lstset{
+    basicstyle=\ttfamily,
+    backgroundcolor=\color{Light},
+    xleftmargin=10pt,
+    frame=lrtb,
+    framesep=10pt,
+    framerule=0pt,
+    showspaces=false,
+    showstringspaces=false,
+    showtabs=false,
+    tabsize=2,
+    captionpos=b,
+    breaklines=true,
+    breakatwhitespace=true,
+    breakautoindent=true,
+    linewidth=\textwidth
+}