diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed10d8a..6c1fb36 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ help:
 	@echo 'Makefile for a pelican Web site                                           '
 	@echo '                                                                          '
 	@echo 'Usage:                                                                    '
+	@echo '   make resume                         (re)generate the resume            '
 	@echo '   make html                           (re)generate the web site          '
 	@echo '   make clean                          remove the generated files         '
 	@echo '   make regenerate                     regenerate files upon modification '
@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@ help:
 	@echo 'Set the RELATIVE variable to 1 to enable relative urls                    '
 	@echo '                                                                          '
 
+resume:
+	rst2pdf $(INPUTDIR)/pages/russell.ballestrini.resume.rst --stylesheets $(INPUTDIR)/pages/russell.ballestrini.resume.style -o $(OUTPUTDIR)/uploads/russell.ballestrini.resume.pdf
+
 html:
 	$(PELICAN) $(INPUTDIR) -o $(OUTPUTDIR) -s $(CONFFILE) $(PELICANOPTS)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f18b8ac..18ea47b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pelican
 ago
+rst2pdf