diff --git a/akka-docs/Makefile b/akka-docs/Makefile
index fedddbee17..d56a2fdf1e 100644
--- a/akka-docs/Makefile
+++ b/akka-docs/Makefile
@@ -6,16 +6,19 @@ SPHINXOPTS    =
 SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build
 PAPER         =
 BUILDDIR      = _build
+EASYINSTALL   = easy_install
+PYGMENTSDIR   = pygments
 
 # Internal variables.
 PAPEROPT_a4     = -D latex_paper_size=a4
 PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter
 ALLSPHINXOPTS   = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
 
-.PHONY: help clean html singlehtml latex pdf
+.PHONY: help clean pygments html singlehtml latex pdf
 
 help:
 	@echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
+	@echo "  pygments   to locally install the custom pygments styles"
 	@echo "  html       to make standalone HTML files"
 	@echo "  singlehtml to make a single large HTML file"
 	@echo "  latex      to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter"
@@ -24,7 +27,14 @@ help:
 clean:
 	-rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
 
-html:
+pygments:
+	$(EASYINSTALL) --user $(PYGMENTSDIR)
+	-rm -rf $(PYGMENTSDIR)/*.egg-info $(PYGMENTSDIR)/build $(PYGMENTSDIR)/temp
+	@echo
+	@echo "Custom pygments styles have been installed."
+	@echo
+
+html: pygments
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."
@@ -41,9 +51,8 @@ latex:
 	@echo "Run \`make' in that directory to run these through (pdf)latex" \
 	      "(use \`make latexpdf' here to do that automatically)."
 
-pdf:
+pdf: pygments
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
 	@echo "Running LaTeX files through pdflatex..."
 	make -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex all-pdf
 	@echo "pdflatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
-
diff --git a/akka-docs/conf.py b/akka-docs/conf.py
index 91c7bab0ba..00145ca0fb 100644
--- a/akka-docs/conf.py
+++ b/akka-docs/conf.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ copyright = u'2009-2011, Scalable Solutions AB'
 version = '1.1'
 release = '1.1'
 
-pygments_style = 'akka'
+pygments_style = 'simple'
 highlight_language = 'scala'
 add_function_parentheses = False
 show_authors = True
diff --git a/akka-docs/pygments/setup.py b/akka-docs/pygments/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c86a6a681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-docs/pygments/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+""" 
+Akka syntax styles for Pygments. 
+"""
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+entry_points = """ 
+[pygments.styles]
+simple = styles.simple:SimpleStyle
+"""
+
+setup( 
+    name         = 'akkastyles', 
+    version      = '0.1', 
+    description  = __doc__, 
+    author       = "Akka", 
+    packages     = ['styles'], 
+    entry_points = entry_points 
+) 
diff --git a/akka-docs/pygments/styles/__init__.py b/akka-docs/pygments/styles/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/akka-docs/themes/akka/pygments/akka.py b/akka-docs/pygments/styles/simple.py
similarity index 93%
rename from akka-docs/themes/akka/pygments/akka.py
rename to akka-docs/pygments/styles/simple.py
index af9fe61bf9..bdf3c7878e 100644
--- a/akka-docs/themes/akka/pygments/akka.py
+++ b/akka-docs/pygments/styles/simple.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     pygments.styles.akka
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-    Akka style for Scala highlighting.
+    Simple style for Scala highlighting.
 """
 
 from pygments.style import Style
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ from pygments.token import Keyword, Name, Comment, String, Error, \
      Number, Operator, Generic, Whitespace
 
 
-class AkkaStyle(Style):
+class SimpleStyle(Style):
     """
-    Akka style for Scala highlighting.
+    Simple style for Scala highlighting.
     """
 
     background_color = "#f0f0f0"