diff --git a/hall.scm b/hall.scm
index 7ae9c8a..d65cf77 100644
--- a/hall.scm
+++ b/hall.scm
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
             (text-file "COPYING")
             (directory "doc" ((texi-file "guile-docs")))))
          (infrastructure
-           ((scheme-file "guix")
+           ((scheme-file "manifest")
+            (scheme-file "guix")
             (text-file ".gitignore")
             (scheme-file "hall")))))
diff --git a/manifest.scm b/manifest.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d586f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+;; What follows is a "manifest" equivalent to the command line you gave.
+;; You can store it in a file that you may then pass to any 'guix' command
+;; that accepts a '--manifest' (or '-m') option.
+
+(specifications->manifest (list "guile-hall" "guile"))