diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ec7ca103c2..ef7e79fae7d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -287,6 +287,37 @@
     </resources>
 
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+          <groupId>com.agilejava.docbkx</groupId>
+          <artifactId>docbkx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0.10</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>generate-html</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>pre-site</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.docbook</groupId>
+            <artifactId>docbook-xml</artifactId>
+            <version>4.4</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+        <configuration>
+          <xincludeSupported>true</xincludeSupported>
+          <chunkedOutput>true</chunkedOutput>
+          <useIdAsFilename>true</useIdAsFilename>
+          <targetDirectory>
+
+          ${basedir}/target/site/
+
+          </targetDirectory>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
         <!-- THIS might not be doable
diff --git a/src/docbkx/book.xml b/src/docbkx/book.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80fb4210a4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/docbkx/book.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<book version="5.0" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+      xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+      xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+      xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+      xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
+      xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+      xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+  <info>
+    <title>HBase Book
+<?eval ${project.version}?>
+
+    </title>
+  </info>
+
+  <chapter xml:id="getting_started">
+    <title >Getting Started</title>
+
+    <section>
+      <title>Requirements</title>
+
+      <para>First...</para>
+    </section>
+  </chapter>
+
+  <chapter xml:id="datamodel">
+    <title>Data Model</title>
+
+    <para></para>
+  </chapter>
+
+  <chapter xml:id="implementation">
+    <title>Implementation</title>
+
+    <para></para>
+  </chapter>
+
+  <chapter xml:id="mapreduce">
+    <title>MapReduce</title>
+
+    <para></para>
+  </chapter>
+
+  <chapter xml:id="schema">
+    <title>Schema Design</title>
+
+    <para></para>
+  </chapter>
+
+  <chapter xml:id="shell">
+    <title>Shell</title>
+
+    <para></para>
+  </chapter>
+
+  <chapter xml:id="thrift">
+    <title>Thrift</title>
+
+    <para></para>
+  </chapter>
+
+  <chapter xml:id="rest">
+    <title>REST</title>
+
+    <para></para>
+  </chapter>
+</book>
diff --git a/src/docbkx/sample_article.xml b/src/docbkx/sample_article.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..00ba855e809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/docbkx/sample_article.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<article version="5.0" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+         xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+         xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
+         xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+         xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+  <info>
+    <title>Wah-wah
+<?eval ${project.version}?>
+    </title>
+
+
+  </info>
+
+  <section xml:id="wahwah">
+    <title>Wah-Wah changed my life</title>
+
+    <para>I was born very young...</para>
+
+    <para>This is a sample docbook article.</para>
+    <para>
+    <?eval ${project.version}?>
+    </para>
+
+    <section xml:id="then">
+      <title>Then</title>
+
+      <para></para>
+    </section>
+
+    <section xml:id="and">
+      <title>And</title>
+
+      <para></para>
+    </section>
+
+    <section xml:id="later">
+      <title>Later</title>
+
+      <para></para>
+    </section>
+  </section>
+
+  <section xml:id="good_books">
+    <title>Good books</title>
+
+    <para></para>
+  </section>
+
+  <section xml:id="rainy_days">
+    <title>Rainy days</title>
+
+    <para>Today it was raining</para>
+  </section>
+</article>
diff --git a/src/site/site.xml b/src/site/site.xml
index 716932b6a3c..2b9e41b93d3 100644
--- a/src/site/site.xml
+++ b/src/site/site.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
       <item name="HBase on Windows"      href="cygwin.html" />
       <item name="Cluster replication"      href="replication.html" />
       <item name="Pseudo-Distributed HBase"      href="pseudo-distributed.html" />
+      <item name="HBase Book"      href="book.html" />
+      <item name="Example Docbook Article"      href="sample_article.html" />
     </menu>
   </body>
     <skin>