diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
index acb4df0..f4df115 100644
--- a/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/man/Makefile.am
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in lrunzip.1 lrztar.1 lrzuntar.1
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in lrunzip.1 lrztar.1 lrzuntar.1 lrz.1
 
-man1_MANS = lrzip.1 lrunzip.1 lrzcat.1 lrztar.1 lrzuntar.1
+man1_MANS = lrzip.1 lrunzip.1 lrzcat.1 lrztar.1 lrzuntar.1 lrz.1
 man5_MANS = lrzip.conf.5
 
-BUILT_SOURCES = lrunzip.1 lrzcat.1 lrztar.1 lrzuntar.1
+BUILT_SOURCES = lrunzip.1 lrzcat.1 lrztar.1 lrzuntar.1 lrz.1
 CLEANFILES = $(BUILT_SOURCES)
 
-EXTRA_DIST = lrzip.1 lrunzip.1.pod lrzcat.1.pod lrztar.1.pod lrzuntar.1.pod $(man5_MANS)
+EXTRA_DIST = lrzip.1 lrunzip.1.pod lrzcat.1.pod lrztar.1.pod lrzuntar.1.pod lrz.1.pod $(man5_MANS)
 
 SUFFIXES = .1 .1.pod
 .1.pod.1:
diff --git a/man/lrunzip.1.pod b/man/lrunzip.1.pod
index f5869e2..53c220e 100644
--- a/man/lrunzip.1.pod
+++ b/man/lrunzip.1.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   Copyright
 #
-#      Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Con Kolivas
+#      Copyright (C) 2010-2015 Con Kolivas
 #      Copyright (C) 2009-2009 Jari Aalto
 #
 #   License
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ lrzip(1),
 lrzcat(1),
 lrztar(1),
 lrzuntar(1),
+lrz(1),
 bzip2(1),
 gzip(1),
 lzop(1),
diff --git a/man/lrz.1.pod b/man/lrz.1.pod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ac4746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/lrz.1.pod
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#   Copyright
+#
+#      Copyright (C) 2015 Con Kolivas
+#
+#   License
+#
+#       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#       it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#       the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#       (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#       but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#       GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#       along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#   Description
+#
+#	To learn what TOP LEVEL section to use in manual pages,
+#	see POSIX/Susv standard and "tility Description Defaults" at
+#	http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap01.html#tag_01_11
+#
+#	This is manual page in Perl POD format. Read more at
+#	http://perldoc.perl.org/perlpod.html or run command:
+#
+#	    perldoc perlpod | less
+#
+#	To check the syntax:
+#
+#	    podchecker *.pod
+#
+#	Create manual page with command:
+#
+#	    pod2man PAGE.N.pod > PAGE.N
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+lrz - gzip compatible command line variant of lrzip
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+  lrz [OPTIONS] <file>
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+lrz is identical to the lrzip application however its command line options are
+made to be as compatible with gzip as possible.
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+lrz differs from lrzip by accepting the following commands:
+
+General options:
+        -c, --stdout            output to STDOUT
+        -C, --check             check integrity of file written on decompression
+        -d, --decompress        decompress
+        -e, --encrypt           password protected sha512/aes128 encryption on compression
+        -h, -?, --help          show help
+        -H, --hash              display md5 hash integrity information
+        -i, --info              show compressed file information
+        -L, --license           display software version and license
+        -P, --progress          show compression progress
+        -t, --test              test compressed file integrity
+        -v[v], --verbose        Increase verbosity
+        -V, --version           show version
+Options affecting output:
+        -f, --force             force overwrite of any existing files
+        -k, --keep              don't delete source files on de/compression
+        -K, --keep-broken       keep broken or damaged output files
+        -o, --outfile filename  specify the output file name and/or path
+        -O, --outdir directory  specify the output directory when -o is not used
+        -S, --suffix suffix     specify compressed suffix (default '.lrz')
+Options affecting compression:
+        -b, --bzip2             bzip2 compression
+        -g, --gzip              gzip compression using zlib
+        -l, --lzo               lzo compression (ultra fast)
+        -n, --no-compress       no backend compression - prepare for other compressor
+        -z, --zpaq              zpaq compression (best, extreme compression, extremely slow)
+Low level options:
+        -1 .. -9                set lzma/bzip2/gzip compression level (1-9, default 7)
+        --fast                  alias for -1
+        --best                  alias for -9
+        -L, --level level       set lzma/bzip2/gzip compression level (1-9, default 7)
+        -N, --nice-level value  Set nice value to value (default 0)
+        -p, --threads value     Set processor count to override number of threads
+        -m, --maxram size       Set maximim available ram in hundreds of MB
+                                overrides detected ammount of available ram
+        -T, --threshold         Disable LZO compressibility testing
+        -U, --unlimited         Use unlimited window size beyond ramsize (potentially much slower)
+        -w, --window size       maximum compression window in hundreds of MB
+                                default chosen by heuristic dependent on ram and chosen compression
+
+See also lrzip(1)
+
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+lrz uses the same environment and configuration files as lrzip(1)
+
+=head1 FILES
+
+See lrzip(1)
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+lrzip.conf(5),
+lrzip(1),
+lrunzip(1),
+lrztar(1),
+lrzuntar(1),
+bzip2(1),
+gzip(1),
+lzop(1),
+rzip(1),
+zip(1)
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+This manual page was written by Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> (but
+may be used by others). Released under license GNU GPL version 2 or (at
+your option) any later version. For more information about license,
+visit <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>.
+
+=cut
diff --git a/man/lrzcat.1.pod b/man/lrzcat.1.pod
index d523f1a..d41de2a 100644
--- a/man/lrzcat.1.pod
+++ b/man/lrzcat.1.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   Copyright
 #
-#      Copyright (C) 2011 Con Kolivas
+#      Copyright (C) 2011-2015 Con Kolivas
 #
 #   License
 #
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ lrzip(1),
 lrunzip(1),
 lrztar(1),
 lrzuntar(1),
+lrz(1),
 bzip2(1),
 gzip(1),
 lzop(1),
diff --git a/man/lrzip.1 b/man/lrzip.1
index 1721ec3..741d461 100644
--- a/man/lrzip.1
+++ b/man/lrzip.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "lrzip" "1" "May 2011" "" ""
+.TH "lrzip" "1" "April 2015" "" ""
 .SH "NAME"
 lrzip \- a large-file compression program
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ lrztar \-d [lrzip options] <directory>
 .br
 lrzuntar [lrzip options] <directory>
 .br
+lrz [lrz options] <directory>
+.br
 LRZIP=NOCONFIG [lrzip|lrunzip] [OPTIONS] <file>
 .PP
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
@@ -331,6 +333,7 @@ lrunzip(1),
 lrzcat(1),
 lrztar(1),
 lrzuntar(1),
+lrz(1),
 bzip2(1),
 gzip(1),
 lzop(1),
diff --git a/man/lrztar.1.pod b/man/lrztar.1.pod
index 9dcca94..dd43e2c 100644
--- a/man/lrztar.1.pod
+++ b/man/lrztar.1.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   Copyright
 #
-#      Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Con Kolivas
+#      Copyright (C) 2010-2015 Con Kolivas
 #      Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Jari Aalto
 #
 #   License
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ lrzuntar(1),
 lrzip(1),
 lrunzip(1),
 lrzcat(1),
+lrz(1),
 bzip2(1),
 gzip(1),
 lzop(1),
diff --git a/man/lrzuntar.1.pod b/man/lrzuntar.1.pod
index a070910..2f1d638 100644
--- a/man/lrzuntar.1.pod
+++ b/man/lrzuntar.1.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   Copyright
 #
-#      Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Con Kolivas
+#      Copyright (C) 2010-2015 Con Kolivas
 #
 #   License
 #
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ lrztar(1),
 lrzip(1),
 lrunzip(1),
 lrzcat(1),
+lrz(1),
 bzip2(1),
 gzip(1),
 lzop(1),