diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8f349790c..5572ebd62 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	* TODO: Added microtek2 problem. Updated sane.tex and desc sections.
 	  Added scanimage width/height problem. Added possible solution to po
 	  file mess.
+	* doc/Makefile.in doc/sane-config.man: Added man page for sane-config.
 
 2002-10-15  Peter Kirchgessner <peter@kirchgessner.net>
 
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.in b/doc/Makefile.in
index 7d5a77860..c8339efdc 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DISTCLEAN_FILES = @DISTCLEAN_FILES@
 
 @SET_MAKE@
 
-SECT1	= saned.1 scanimage.1 sane-find-scanner.1 gamma4scanimage.1
+SECT1	= saned.1 scanimage.1 sane-config.1 sane-find-scanner.1 gamma4scanimage.1
 SECT5	= sane-abaton.5 sane-agfafocus.5 sane-apple.5 sane-as6e.5 sane-dll.5 \
           sane-dc25.5 sane-dmc.5 sane-epson.5 sane-hp.5 sane-gphoto2.5 \
           sane-leo.5 sane-matsushita.5 sane-microtek.5 \
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ DISTFILES = Makefile.in backend-writing.txt descriptions.txt \
   doxygen-sanei.conf html.sty net.tex \
   releases.txt sane-abaton.man sane-agfafocus.man sane-apple.man \
   sane-artec.man sane-as6e.man sane-avision.man sane-bh.man \
-  sane-canon.man sane-canon630u.man sane-coolscan.man sane-coolscan2.man \
-  sane-dc210.man sane-dc240.man \
+  sane-canon.man sane-canon630u.man sane-config.man sane-coolscan.man \
+  sane-coolscan2.man sane-dc210.man sane-dc240.man \
   sane-dc25.man sane-dll.man sane-dmc.man sane-epson.man \
   sane-find-scanner.man sane-fujitsu.man sane-gphoto2.man sane-hp.man \
   sane-logo.png sane-logo2.jpg sane-matsushita.man sane-microtek.man \
diff --git a/doc/sane-config.man b/doc/sane-config.man
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a2fe14ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/sane-config.man
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+.TH sane-config 1 "15 October 2002"
+.SH NAME
+sane-config - get information about the installed version of libsane
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B  sane-config [\-\-prefix] [\-\-exec\-prefix] [\-\-libs] [\-\-cflags] [\-\-ldflags] [\-\-version] [\-\-help \fI[OPTION]\fP]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+\fIsane-config\fP is a tool that is used to determine the compiler and linker
+flags that should be used to compile and link \fISANE\fP frontends to a
+\fISANE\fP backend library (libsane).
+.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.l
+\fIsane-config\fP accepts the following options:
+.TP 8
+.B  \-\-version
+Print the currently installed version of libsane on the standard output.
+.TP 8
+.B  \-\-help OPTION
+Print a short usage message. If OPTION is specified, help for that option
+(e.g. --libs) is printed (if available).
+.TP 8
+.B  \-\-libs
+Print the additional libraries that are necessary to link a \fISANE\fP
+frontend to libsane.
+.TP 8
+.B  \-\-ldflags
+Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a \fISANE\fP frontend to
+libsane.
+.TP 8
+.B  \-\-cflags
+Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a \fISANE\fP frontend. 
+.TP 8
+.B  \-\-prefix
+Print the prefix used during compilation of libsane.
+.TP 8
+.B  \-\-exec\-prefix
+Print the exec-prefix used during compilation of libsane.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+sane(7)
+.SH AUTHOR
+This manual page was written by Julien BLACHE <jblache@debian.org>, for the
+Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).