diff --git a/docs/architecture/.gitignore b/docs/architecture/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23f832b73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/architecture/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.html
+*.pdf
diff --git a/docs/architecture/Makefile b/docs/architecture/Makefile
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index 000000000..4873daeb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/architecture/Makefile
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+PANDOC = pandoc
+
+default: all
+
+all_markdown = \
+	       # This line is intentionally left blank
+
+html: $(all_markdown:.md=.html)
+pdf: $(all_markdown:.md=.pdf)
+all: html pdf
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+.SUFFIXES: .md .html .pdf
+
+.md.html:
+	$(PANDOC) -o $@ $<
+.md.pdf:
+	$(PANDOC) -o $@ $<