diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3eac214..c0c2d47 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ALLSPHINXOPTS   = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) sou
 # the i18n builder cannot share the environment and doctrees with the others
 I18NSPHINXOPTS  = $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) source
 
-.PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp qthelp devhelp epub latex latexpdf text man changes linkcheck doctest coverage gettext
+.PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp qthelp devhelp epub latex latexpdf xelatex text man changes linkcheck doctest coverage gettext
 
 help:
 	@echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "  epub       to make an epub"
 	@echo "  latex      to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter"
 	@echo "  latexpdf   to make LaTeX files and run them through pdflatex"
+	@echo "  xelatex    to make LaTeX files and run them through xelatex"
 	@echo "  latexpdfja to make LaTeX files and run them through platex/dvipdfmx"
 	@echo "  text       to make text files"
 	@echo "  man        to make manual pages"
@@ -126,6 +127,13 @@ latexpdf:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex all-pdf
 	@echo "pdflatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
 
+xelatex:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
+	@echo "Running XeLaTeX files through xelatex..."
+	sed -i s/pdflatex/xelatex/ $(BUILDDIR)/latex/Makefile
+	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex all-pdf
+	@echo "xelatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
+
 latexpdfja:
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
 	@echo "Running LaTeX files through platex and dvipdfmx..."