diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c1533a2b69..e2cbd19359 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 	id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm' version '1.4.10' apply false
 	id 'org.jetbrains.dokka' version '0.10.1' apply false
 	id 'org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert' version '2.4.0'
+	id 'org.asciidoctor.jvm.pdf' version '2.4.0'
 	id 'de.undercouch.download' version '4.1.1'
 	id "io.freefair.aspectj" version '5.1.1' apply false
 	id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version '0.28.0'
diff --git a/gradle/docs.gradle b/gradle/docs.gradle
index ae69842013..24d994004f 100644
--- a/gradle/docs.gradle
+++ b/gradle/docs.gradle
@@ -130,29 +130,6 @@ asciidoctorj {
 		}
 	}
 	fatalWarnings ".*"
-}
-
-/**
- * Produce the Spring Framework Reference documentation
- * from "src/docs/asciidoc" into  "build/asciidoc/html5"
- */
-asciidoctor {
-	baseDirFollowsSourceDir()
-	configurations 'asciidoctorExt'
-	sources {
-		include '*.adoc'
-	}
-	outputDir "$buildDir/docs/ref-docs/"
-	resources {
-		from(sourceDir) {
-			include 'images/*.png', 'css/**', 'js/**'
-		}
-		from extractDocResources
-	}
-	logDocuments = true
-	outputOptions {
-		backends = ["html5", "pdf"]
-	}
 	options doctype: 'book', eruby: 'erubis'
 	attributes([
 			icons: 'font',
@@ -171,6 +148,41 @@ asciidoctor {
 	])
 }
 
+/**
+ * Generate the Spring Framework Reference documentation from "src/docs/asciidoc"
+ * in "build/docs/ref-docs/html5".
+ */
+asciidoctor {
+	dependsOn asciidoctorPdf
+	baseDirFollowsSourceDir()
+	configurations 'asciidoctorExt'
+	sources {
+		include '*.adoc'
+	}
+	outputDir "$buildDir/docs/ref-docs/html5"
+	logDocuments = true
+	resources {
+		from(sourceDir) {
+			include 'images/*.png', 'css/**', 'js/**'
+		}
+		from extractDocResources
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generate the Spring Framework Reference documentation from "src/docs/asciidoc"
+ * in "build/docs/ref-docs/pdf".
+ */
+asciidoctorPdf {
+	baseDirFollowsSourceDir()
+	configurations 'asciidoctorExt'
+	sources {
+		include '*.adoc'
+	}
+	outputDir "$buildDir/docs/ref-docs/pdf"
+	logDocuments = true
+}
+
 /**
  * Zip all docs (API and reference) into a single archive
  */