diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 7115dd8164e..c4a595b6185 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [alias]
-unpublished = "run --package xtask-unpublished --"
+build-man = "run --package xtask-build-man --"
 stale-label = "run --package xtask-stale-label --"
+unpublished = "run --package xtask-unpublished --"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a3080c26aae..73d5add9f4f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3712,6 +3712,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "xtask-build-man"
+version = "0.0.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "xtask-stale-label"
 version = "0.0.0"
diff --git a/crates/xtask-build-man/Cargo.toml b/crates/xtask-build-man/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d02aa2c33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/xtask-build-man/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "xtask-build-man"
+version = "0.0.0"
+edition = "2021"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/xtask-build-man/src/main.rs b/crates/xtask-build-man/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6680c3783cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/xtask-build-man/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+//! ```text
+//! NAME
+//!         build-man
+//!
+//! SYNOPSIS
+//!         build-man
+//!
+//! DESCRIPTION
+//!         Build the man pages for packages `mdman` and `cargo`.
+//!         For more, read their doc comments.
+//! ```
+
+use std::fs;
+use std::io;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
+    build_mdman()?;
+    build_cargo()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Builds the man pages for `mdman`.
+fn build_mdman() -> io::Result<()> {
+    cwd_to_workspace_root()?;
+
+    let src_paths = &["crates/mdman/doc/mdman.md".into()];
+    let dst_path = "crates/mdman/doc/out";
+    let outs = [("md", dst_path), ("txt", dst_path), ("man", dst_path)];
+
+    build_man("mdman", src_paths, &outs, &[])
+}
+
+/// Builds the man pages for Cargo.
+///
+/// The source for the man pages are located in src/doc/man/ in markdown format.
+/// These also are handlebars templates, see crates/mdman/README.md for details.
+///
+/// The generated man pages are placed in the src/etc/man/ directory. The pages
+/// are also expanded into markdown (after being expanded by handlebars) and
+/// saved in the src/doc/src/commands/ directory. These are included in the
+/// Cargo book, which is converted to HTML by mdbook.
+fn build_cargo() -> io::Result<()> {
+    // Find all `src/doc/man/cargo-*.md`
+    let src_paths = {
+        let mut src_paths = Vec::new();
+        for entry in fs::read_dir("src/doc/man")? {
+            let entry = entry?;
+            let file_name = entry.file_name();
+            let file_name = file_name.to_str().unwrap();
+            if file_name.starts_with("cargo-") && file_name.ends_with(".md") {
+                src_paths.push(entry.path());
+            }
+        }
+        src_paths
+    };
+    let outs = [
+        ("md", "src/doc/src/commands"),
+        ("txt", "src/doc/man/generated_txt"),
+        ("man", "src/etc/man"),
+    ];
+    let args = [
+        "--url",
+        "https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/commands/",
+        "--man",
+        "rustc:1=https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/index.html",
+        "--man",
+        "rustdoc:1=https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc/index.html",
+    ];
+    build_man("cargo", &src_paths[..], &outs, &args)
+}
+
+/// Change to workspace root.
+///
+/// Assumed this xtask is located in `[WORKSPACE]/crates/xtask-build-man`.
+fn cwd_to_workspace_root() -> io::Result<()> {
+    let pkg_root = std::env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR");
+    let ws_root = format!("{pkg_root}/../..");
+    std::env::set_current_dir(ws_root)
+}
+
+/// Builds the man pages.
+fn build_man(
+    pkg_name: &str,
+    src_paths: &[PathBuf],
+    outs: &[(&str, &str)],
+    extra_args: &[&str],
+) -> io::Result<()> {
+    for (format, dst_path) in outs {
+        eprintln!("Start converting `{format}` for package `{pkg_name}`...");
+        let mut cmd = Command::new(std::env!("CARGO"));
+        cmd.args(["run", "--package", "mdman", "--"])
+            .args(["-t", format, "-o", dst_path])
+            .args(src_paths)
+            .args(extra_args);
+
+        let status = cmd.status()?;
+        if !status.success() {
+            eprintln!("failed to build the man pages for package `{pkg_name}`");
+            eprintln!("failed command: `{cmd:?}`");
+            process::exit(status.code().unwrap_or(1));
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}