diff --git a/awesomeConfig.cmake b/awesomeConfig.cmake
index ade78ede6..15f2f91e9 100644
--- a/awesomeConfig.cmake
+++ b/awesomeConfig.cmake
@@ -408,8 +408,23 @@ add_custom_command(
         ${BUILD_DIR}/script_files/rc.lua
 )
 
-# Create a target for the auto-generated awesomerc.lua
-add_custom_target(generate_awesomerc DEPENDS ${BUILD_DIR}/awesomerc.lua)
+add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${BUILD_DIR}/script_files/theme.lua
+        COMMAND lua ${SOURCE_DIR}/docs/sample_theme.lua ${BUILD_DIR}/script_files/
+)
+
+# Create a target for the auto-generated awesomerc.lua and other files
+add_custom_target(generate_awesomerc DEPENDS
+    ${BUILD_DIR}/awesomerc.lua
+    ${BUILD_DIR}/script_files/theme.lua
+    ${BUILD_DIR}/script_files/rc.lua
+    ${SOURCE_DIR}/awesomerc.lua
+    ${BUILD_DIR}/docs/06-appearance.md
+    ${SOURCE_DIR}/docs/05-awesomerc.md.lua
+    ${SOURCE_DIR}/docs/sample_theme.lua
+    ${SOURCE_DIR}/docs/sample_files.lua
+    ${SOURCE_DIR}/awesomerc.lua
+)
 
 
 #}}}
diff --git a/docs/sample_files.lua b/docs/sample_files.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b86ae3b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/sample_files.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+-- Take a Lua file and add it to the documentation sample files.
+-- Also add \` to generate all links
+
+-- Tell ldoc to generate links
+    local function add_links(line)
+        for _, module in ipairs {
+            "awful", "wibox", "gears", "naughty", "menubar", "beautiful"
+        } do
+            if line:match(module.."%.") then
+                line = line:gsub("("..module.."[.a-zA-Z]+)", "`%1`")
+            end
+        end
+
+        return "--    "..line
+    end
+
+return function(name, input_path, output_path, header)
+    local input = assert(io.open(input_path))
+    local output_script = {header}
+
+    -- Escape all lines
+    for line in input:lines() do
+        table.insert(output_script, add_links(line))
+    end
+
+    -- Add the script name
+    table.insert(output_script, "-- @script "..name)
+
+    output_path = assert(io.open(output_path, "w"))
+    output_path:write(table.concat(output_script, "\n"))
+    output_path:close()
+end
diff --git a/docs/sample_theme.lua b/docs/sample_theme.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a5f6e5a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/sample_theme.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- Take the default theme and add it to ldoc as a sample file.
+local output_path = ...
+
+local path = debug.getinfo(1,"S").source:gsub("sample_theme.*",""):gsub("@","")
+package.path = path .. '?.lua;' .. package.path
+
+require("sample_files")(
+    "theme.lua",
+    path.."../themes/default/theme.lua",
+    output_path.."/theme.lua",
+[[---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--- The default theme file.
+--
+-- If you wish to create a custom theme, copy this file to
+-- `~/.config/awesome/mytheme.lua`
+-- and replace:
+--
+--    beautiful.init(awful.util.get_themes_dir() .. "default/theme.lua")
+--
+-- with
+--
+--    beautiful.init(awful.util.getdir("config") .. "mytheme.lua")
+--
+-- in your `rc.lua`.
+--
+-- Here is the default theme content:
+--
+--]]
+)