diff --git a/classes/resilient/book.lua b/classes/resilient/book.lua
index a9d468f..64f8b68 100644
--- a/classes/resilient/book.lua
+++ b/classes/resilient/book.lua
@@ -48,8 +48,19 @@ function class:_init (options)
   self:loadPackage("labelrefs")
   self:loadPackage("struts")
   self:loadPackage("resilient.headers")
+
   self:loadPackage("markdown")
   self:loadPackage("djot")
+  -- Once Djot is loaded, we can register custom pre-defined symbols
+  self.packages["markdown.commands"]:registerSymbol("_BIBLIOGRAPHY_", true, function (opts)
+    if not self.packages.bibtex then
+      SU.warn("Bibliography support is not available")
+      return {}
+    end
+    return {
+      createCommand("printbibliography", opts)
+    }
+  end)
 
   -- Override document.parindent default to this author's taste
   SILE.settings:set("document.parindent", "1.25em")
diff --git a/examples/manual-masterdoc/bibliographies.dj b/examples/manual-masterdoc/bibliographies.dj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08d183c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/manual-masterdoc/bibliographies.dj
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Using bibliographies
+
+For scholarly works, you may want to include bibliographic references in your book.
+The master document is where you can configure the bibliography style, language, and files to use.
+
+## Configuring the bibliography
+
+In you master document, you can set up the global bibliography configuration as follows:
+
+```yaml
+bibliography:
+  style: chicago-author-date
+  language: en-US
+  files:
+    - somebibfile.bib
+```
+
+The `style` key specifies the citation style to use.
+It should be referring to a CSL (Citation Style Language) file, located where SILE expects to find it.[^csl-location]
+If left absent, the default style is whatever SILE has set as default, normally `chicago-author-date` (Chicago Manual of Style author-date format).
+
+The `language` key specifies the language to use for the bibliography.
+By default, it is the same as the main language as defined in your master document, but you can override it here if needed.
+Why would you need to do that?
+CSL locale files are not always available for all languages and variants, or may need to be specified as a specific BCP 47 language tag (i.e. `en-US`), possibly diffent from the main language set in your master document.
+
+The `files` key is a list of bibliography files to use.
+You can specify multiple files, which will be merged into a single bibliography.
+The files must be in BibTeX format (in the subset supported by SILE), and located relative to your working directory.
+
+[^csl-location]: Whatever CSL files are bundled with SILE, any style supported by the Citation Style Language can be used.
+You can find lots of styles for a wide range of journals and publishers on the [CSL Styles Repository](https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles).
+The same applies to language files, which are used to localize the style to a specific language, see the [CSL Locales Repository](https://github.com/citation-style-language/locales).
+You will need to download the files you want to use and place them in a location where SILE can find them.
+Refer to _The SILE Book_ for more information on how to do this.
+
+## Printing the bibliography
+
+The **resilient.book** class registers a Djot symbol, `_BIBLIOGRAPHY_`, which you can use in a standalone paragraph to print the bibliography.[^bibliography-symbol]
+Attributes are passed through to the underlying implementation.
+For example, to print all the bibliography including uncited references, you can use:
+
+```
+:_BIBLIOGRAPHY_:{cited=false}
+```
+
+By default, only cited references (up to the point where the bibliography is printed) are included.
+After printing the bibliography, the list of cited entries will be cleared.
+This allows you to start fresh for subsequent uses (e.g., in a different chapter).
+
+## Citing references
+
+This is not covered here.
+Refer to the _Markdown and Djot to PDF with SILE_ user guide, or to _The SILE Book_ for more information on how to cite references depending on the format you are using to author your content.
+
+
+[^bibliography-symbol]: Obviously, this needs to be used in a Djot content file.
+If you are using Markdown, you will need to switch to Djot for this part.
+In SIL, you can use the `\printbibliography` command.
diff --git a/examples/sile-resilient-manual.silm b/examples/sile-resilient-manual.silm
index a07c960..9d4af7c 100644
--- a/examples/sile-resilient-manual.silm
+++ b/examples/sile-resilient-manual.silm
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ parts:
     content:
       - manual-masterdoc/masterdoc.dj
       - manual-masterdoc/bookmatters.dj
+      - manual-masterdoc/bibliographies.dj
   - file: manual-parts/part-layouts.dj
     content:
       - manual-layouts/layouts.sil
diff --git a/inputters/silm.lua b/inputters/silm.lua
index 0cf177b..b7bdbae 100644
--- a/inputters/silm.lua
+++ b/inputters/silm.lua
@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ local BookSchema = {
   }
 }
 
+local BibliographySchema = {
+  type = "object",
+  properties = {
+    style = { type = "string" },
+    language = { type = "string" },
+    files = {
+      type = { -- oneOf
+        { type = "string" },
+        { type = "array", items = { type = "string" } },
+      },
+    },
+  }
+}
+
 local MasterSchema = {
   type = "object",
   additionalProperties = true, -- Allow unknown property for extensibility
@@ -208,6 +222,7 @@ local MasterSchema = {
       }
     },
     book = BookSchema,
+    bibliography = BibliographySchema,
     -- parts and chapters are exclusive, but we don't enforce it here.
     -- We will check it later in the inputter
     parts = ContentSchema,
@@ -509,6 +524,28 @@ function inputter:parse (doc)
     if metadata.title then
       content[#content+1] = createCommand("has:book-title-support", {}, { metadata.title })
     end
+    if master.bibliography then
+      local bibfiles = master.bibliography.files
+      if type(bibfiles) == "string" then
+        bibfiles = { bibfiles }
+      end
+      content[#content+1] = createCommand("use", {
+        module = "packages.bibtex"
+      })
+      if #bibfiles > 0 then
+        local lang = master.bibliography.language or master.language or "en-US"
+        local style = master.bibliography.style or "chicago-author-date"
+        content[#content+1] = createCommand("bibliographystyle", {
+          style = style,
+          lang = lang
+        })
+        for _, bibfile in ipairs(bibfiles) do
+          content[#content+1] = createCommand("loadbibliography", {
+            file = bibfile
+          })
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   local metadataOptions = handleDjotMetadata(metadata)