diff --git a/documentation/.gitignore b/documentation/.gitignore
index c44580b088..35ead8af66 100644
--- a/documentation/.gitignore
+++ b/documentation/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 _build/
 Pipfile.lock
 .vscode/
+*/svg/*.png
+*/svg/*.pdf
diff --git a/documentation/Makefile b/documentation/Makefile
index 996f01b7d5..f015026562 100644
--- a/documentation/Makefile
+++ b/documentation/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
 SPHINXOPTS    ?= -W --keep-going -j auto
 SPHINXBUILD   ?= sphinx-build
 SOURCEDIR     = .
+IMAGEDIRS     = */svg
 BUILDDIR      = _build
 DESTDIR       = final
+SVG2PNG       = inkscape
+SVG2PDF       = inkscape
 
 ifeq ($(shell if which $(SPHINXBUILD) >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi),0)
 $(error "The '$(SPHINXBUILD)' command was not found. Make sure you have Sphinx installed")
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@ endif
 help:
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
-.PHONY: help Makefile clean publish
+.PHONY: help Makefile clean publish epub latexpdf
 
 publish: Makefile html singlehtml
 	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/$(DESTDIR)/
@@ -26,10 +29,30 @@ publish: Makefile html singlehtml
 	cp $(BUILDDIR)/singlehtml/index.html $(BUILDDIR)/$(DESTDIR)/singleindex.html
 	sed -i -e 's@index.html#@singleindex.html#@g' $(BUILDDIR)/$(DESTDIR)/singleindex.html
 
+# Build a list of SVG files to convert to PDFs
+PDFs := $(foreach dir, $(IMAGEDIRS), $(patsubst %.svg,%.pdf,$(wildcard $(SOURCEDIR)/$(dir)/*.svg)))
+
+# Build a list of SVG files to convert to PNGs
+PNGs := $(foreach dir, $(IMAGEDIRS), $(patsubst %.svg,%.png,$(wildcard $(SOURCEDIR)/$(dir)/*.svg)))
+
+# Pattern rule for converting SVG to PDF
+%.pdf : %.svg
+	$(SVG2PDF) --export-filename=$@ $<
+
+# Pattern rule for converting SVG to PNG
+%.png : %.svg
+	$(SVG2PNG) --export-filename=$@ $<
+
 clean:
-	@rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)
+	@rm -rf $(BUILDDIR) $(PNGs) $(PDFs)
+
+epub: $(PNGs)
+	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
+
+latexpdf: $(PDFs)
+	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
 # Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
 # "make mode" option.  $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
-%: Makefile
+%:
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
diff --git a/documentation/README b/documentation/README
index 1e7b4f0e65..2d9eb887b2 100644
--- a/documentation/README
+++ b/documentation/README
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ To install all required packages run:
 
  $ pip3 install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme pyyaml
 
+Also install the "inkscape" package from your distribution.
+Inkscape is need to convert SVG graphics to PNG (for EPUB
+export) and to PDF (for PDF export).
+
 To build the documentation locally, run:
 
  $ cd documentation