diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/DocBook.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/DocBook.hs
index 6ac1c99f9..a31819ece 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/DocBook.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/DocBook.hs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ List of all DocBook tags, with [x] indicating implemented,
[x] chapterinfo - Meta-information for a Chapter
[ ] citation - An inline bibliographic reference to another published work
[ ] citebiblioid - A citation of a bibliographic identifier
-[ ] citerefentry - A citation to a reference page
+[x] citerefentry - A citation to a reference page
[ ] citetitle - The title of a cited work
[ ] city - The name of a city in an address
[x] classname - The name of a class, in the object-oriented programming sense
@@ -1112,6 +1112,10 @@ parseInline (Elem e) =
"segmentedlist" -> segmentedList
"classname" -> codeWithLang
"code" -> codeWithLang
+ "citerefentry" -> do
+ let title = maybe mempty strContent $ filterChild (named "refentrytitle") e
+ let manvolnum = maybe mempty (\el -> "(" <> strContent el <> ")") $ filterChild (named "manvolnum") e
+ return $ codeWith ("",["citerefentry"],[]) (title <> manvolnum)
"filename" -> codeWithLang
"envar" -> codeWithLang
"literal" -> codeWithLang
diff --git a/test/docbook-reader.docbook b/test/docbook-reader.docbook
index 51e62942b..f021dc8be 100644
--- a/test/docbook-reader.docbook
+++ b/test/docbook-reader.docbook
@@ -725,6 +725,9 @@ These should not be escaped: \$ \\ \> \[ \{
<para>
More code: <classname>Class</classname> and <type>Type</type>
</para>
+ <para>
+ Referencing a man page: <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nix.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
<para>
<emphasis role="strikethrough">This is
<emphasis>strikeout</emphasis>.</emphasis>
diff --git a/test/docbook-reader.native b/test/docbook-reader.native
index 1961949d9..b1f5fd085 100644
--- a/test/docbook-reader.native
+++ b/test/docbook-reader.native
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ Pandoc (Meta {unMeta = fromList [("author",MetaList [MetaInlines [Str "John",Sof
,Para [Str "So",Space,Str "is",Space,Strong [Emph [Str "this"]],Space,Str "word."]
,Para [Str "This",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "code:",Space,Code ("",[],[]) ">",Str ",",Space,Code ("",[],[]) "$",Str ",",SoftBreak,Code ("",[],[]) "\\",Str ",",Space,Code ("",[],[]) "\\$",Str ",",SoftBreak,Code ("",[],[]) "<html>",Str "."]
,Para [Str "More",Space,Str "code:",Space,Code ("",[],[]) "Class",Space,Str "and",Space,Code ("",[],[]) "Type"]
+,Para [Str "Referencing",Space,Str "a",Space,Str "man",Space,Str "page:",Space,Code ("",["citerefentry"],[]) "nix.conf(5)"]
,Para [Strikeout [Str "This",Space,Str "is",SoftBreak,Emph [Str "strikeout"],Str "."]]
,Para [Str "Superscripts:",Space,Str "a",Superscript [Str "bc"],Str "d",SoftBreak,Str "a",Superscript [Emph [Str "hello"]],SoftBreak,Str "a",Superscript [Str "hello\160there"],Str "."]
,Para [Str "Subscripts:",Space,Str "H",Subscript [Str "2"],Str "O,",Space,Str "H",Subscript [Str "23"],Str "O,",SoftBreak,Str "H",Subscript [Str "many\160of\160them"],Str "O."]