diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce6d43c..9ae7edb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,23 @@ Makefile.in
 /po/insert-header.sin
 /po/quot.sed
 /po/remove-potcdate.sin
+
+#Documentation related files
+/docs/reference/*/*.args
+/docs/reference/*/*.hierarchy
+/docs/reference/*/*.interfaces
+/docs/reference/*/*.prerequisites
+/docs/reference/*/*.signals
+/docs/reference/*/*.stamp
+/docs/reference/*/*.types
+/docs/reference/*/*-decl-list.txt
+/docs/reference/*/*-decl.txt
+/docs/reference/*/*-overrides.txt
+/docs/reference/*/*-undeclared.txt
+/docs/reference/*/*-docs.xml
+/docs/reference/*/*-sections.txt
+/docs/reference/*/*-undocumented.txt
+/docs/reference/*/*-unused.txt
+/docs/reference/*/xml/
+/docs/reference/*/html/
+/gtk-doc.make
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 45314ca..1fc842c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
-SUBDIRS = swe/src src po
+SUBDIRS = swe/src src po docs/reference/astrognome
 
 EXTRA_DIST = config.rpath m4/ChangeLog
+
+DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-gtk-doc
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9ae09ee..ba3a022 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([m], [pow])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([m], [log10])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([m], [sqrt])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([m], [floor])
+GTK_DOC_CHECK([1.19], [--flavour no-tmpl])
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTK], [gtk+-3.0])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
@@ -43,9 +44,10 @@ LIBSWE_LIBS='$(top_builddir)/swe/src/libswe-1.75.la'
 AC_SUBST(LIBSWE_LIBS)
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
-	Makefile
-	swe/src/Makefile
-	src/Makefile
-	po/Makefile.in
+    Makefile
+    swe/src/Makefile
+    src/Makefile
+    po/Makefile.in
+    docs/reference/astrognome/Makefile
 ])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/docs/reference/astrognome/Makefile.am b/docs/reference/astrognome/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..953eac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/astrognome/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
+
+# We require automake 1.6 at least.
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.6
+
+# This is a blank Makefile.am for using gtk-doc.
+# Copy this to your project's API docs directory and modify the variables to
+# suit your project. See the GTK+ Makefiles in gtk+/docs/reference for examples
+# of using the various options.
+
+# The name of the module, e.g. 'glib'.
+DOC_MODULE=astrognome
+
+# Uncomment for versioned docs and specify the version of the module, e.g. '2'.
+DOC_MODULE_VERSION=0
+
+
+# The top-level XML file (SGML in the past). You can change this if you want to.
+DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE=$(DOC_MODULE)-docs.xml
+
+# Directories containing the source code.
+# gtk-doc will search all .c and .h files beneath these paths
+# for inline comments documenting functions and macros.
+# e.g. DOC_SOURCE_DIR=$(top_srcdir)/gtk $(top_srcdir)/gdk
+DOC_SOURCE_DIR=$(top_srcdir)/src
+
+# Extra options to pass to gtkdoc-scangobj. Not normally needed.
+SCANGOBJ_OPTIONS=
+
+# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-scan.
+# e.g. SCAN_OPTIONS=--deprecated-guards="GTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED"
+SCAN_OPTIONS=--rebuild-sections --rebuild-types
+
+# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-mkdb.
+# e.g. MKDB_OPTIONS=--xml-mode --output-format=xml
+MKDB_OPTIONS=--xml-mode --output-format=xml
+
+# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-mktmpl
+# e.g. MKTMPL_OPTIONS=--only-section-tmpl
+MKTMPL_OPTIONS=
+
+# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-mkhtml
+MKHTML_OPTIONS=
+
+# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-fixref. Not normally needed.
+# e.g. FIXXREF_OPTIONS=--extra-dir=../gdk-pixbuf/html --extra-dir=../gdk/html
+FIXXREF_OPTIONS=
+
+# Used for dependencies. The docs will be rebuilt if any of these change.
+# e.g. HFILE_GLOB=$(top_srcdir)/gtk/*.h
+# e.g. CFILE_GLOB=$(top_srcdir)/gtk/*.c
+HFILE_GLOB=
+CFILE_GLOB=
+
+# Extra header to include when scanning, which are not under DOC_SOURCE_DIR
+# e.g. EXTRA_HFILES=$(top_srcdir}/contrib/extra.h
+EXTRA_HFILES=
+
+# Header files or dirs to ignore when scanning. Use base file/dir names
+# e.g. IGNORE_HFILES=gtkdebug.h gtkintl.h private_code
+IGNORE_HFILES=
+
+# Images to copy into HTML directory.
+# e.g. HTML_IMAGES=$(top_srcdir)/gtk/stock-icons/stock_about_24.png
+HTML_IMAGES=
+
+# Extra SGML files that are included by $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE).
+# e.g. content_files=running.sgml building.sgml changes-2.0.sgml
+content_files=
+
+# SGML files where gtk-doc abbrevations (#GtkWidget) are expanded
+# These files must be listed here *and* in content_files
+# e.g. expand_content_files=running.sgml
+expand_content_files=
+
+# CFLAGS and LDFLAGS for compiling gtkdoc-scangobj with your library.
+# Only needed if you are using gtkdoc-scangobj to dynamically query widget
+# signals and properties.
+# e.g. GTKDOC_CFLAGS=-I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_builddir) $(GTK_DEBUG_FLAGS)
+# e.g. GTKDOC_LIBS=$(top_builddir)/gtk/$(gtktargetlib)
+GTKDOC_CFLAGS=
+GTKDOC_LIBS=$(LIBSWE_LIBS) $(LIBSWE_GLIB_LIBS)
+
+# This includes the standard gtk-doc make rules, copied by gtkdocize.
+include $(top_srcdir)/gtk-doc.make
+
+# Other files to distribute
+# e.g. EXTRA_DIST += version.xml.in
+EXTRA_DIST +=
+
+# Files not to distribute
+# for --rebuild-types in $(SCAN_OPTIONS), e.g. $(DOC_MODULE).types
+# for --rebuild-sections in $(SCAN_OPTIONS) e.g. $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt
+#DISTCLEANFILES +=
+
+# Comment this out if you want 'make check' to test you doc status
+# and run some sanity checks
+if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
+TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = cd $(srcdir) && \
+  DOC_MODULE=$(DOC_MODULE) DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE=$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) \
+  SRCDIR=$(abs_srcdir) BUILDDIR=$(abs_builddir)
+#TESTS = $(GTKDOC_CHECK)
+endif
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk