diff --git a/tqdm.1 b/tqdm.1
index d1b05888..762186df 100644
--- a/tqdm.1
+++ b/tqdm.1
@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ If true, will count bytes, ignore \f[C]delim\f[], and default
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
+.B \-\-man_path=\f[I]man_path\f[]
+str, optional.
+Directory in which to install tqdm man pages.
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
 .B \-\-log=\f[I]log\f[]
 str, optional.
 CRITICAL|FATAL|ERROR|WARN(ING)|[default: \[aq]INFO\[aq]]|DEBUG|NOTSET.
diff --git a/tqdm/_main.py b/tqdm/_main.py
index 86b933c6..2d32ac59 100644
--- a/tqdm/_main.py
+++ b/tqdm/_main.py
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ CLI_EXTRA_DOC = r"""
         bytes  : bool, optional
             If true, will count bytes, ignore `delim`, and default
             `unit_scale` to True, `unit_divisor` to 1024, and `unit` to 'B'.
+        man_path  : str, optional
+            Directory in which to install tqdm man pages.
         log  : str, optional
             CRITICAL|FATAL|ERROR|WARN(ING)|[default: 'INFO']|DEBUG|NOTSET.
 """
@@ -189,6 +191,16 @@ Options:
         buf_size = tqdm_args.pop('buf_size', 256)
         delim = tqdm_args.pop('delim', '\n')
         delim_per_char = tqdm_args.pop('bytes', False)
+        man_path = tqdm_args.pop('man_path', None)
+        if man_path is not None:
+            from os import path
+            from shutil import copyfile
+            fi = path.dirname(path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__)))
+            fi = path.join(fi, 'tqdm.1')
+            fo = path.join(man_path, 'tqdm.1')
+            copyfile(fi, fo)
+            log.info("written:" + fo)
+            sys.exit(0)
         if delim_per_char:
             tqdm_args.setdefault('unit', 'B')
             tqdm_args.setdefault('unit_scale', True)