diff --git a/cta.spec.in b/cta.spec.in
index 1ff6e14032c457219b39c77aee788705c909f547..72fda5043409a44209cac140b5744cf6e6953afa 100644
--- a/cta.spec.in
+++ b/cta.spec.in
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ The tape server daemon
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/cta-taped
 %attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cta/cta.conf.example
+%attr(0644,root,bin) %doc /usr/share/man/man1/cta-taped.1cta.gz
 
 %package -n cta-frontend
 Summary: CERN Tape Archive: Xrootd plugin
diff --git a/tapeserver/CMakeLists.txt b/tapeserver/CMakeLists.txt
index d7aad618c080419b7245655ee20df7982d410cb6..bb76dba89c86f6725434eabfa87316c25faad7c0 100644
--- a/tapeserver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tapeserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ add_executable (cta-taped cta-taped.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(cta-taped
   ctatapedaemon ctacommon protobuf)
 install (TARGETS cta-taped DESTINATION usr/bin)
+install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cta-taped.1cta DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
 
 # CTA's cta-taped system tests.
 add_library(cta-tapedSystemTests SHARED
diff --git a/tapeserver/cta-taped.man b/tapeserver/cta-taped.1cta
similarity index 100%
rename from tapeserver/cta-taped.man
rename to tapeserver/cta-taped.1cta