diff --git a/build/build.sh b/build/build.sh
index 9d0b4e0f..c7a09fdc 100755
--- a/build/build.sh
+++ b/build/build.sh
@@ -116,4 +116,12 @@ if [ "${SPELLCHECK:-}" = "true" ]; then
   rm output/expanded-spelling-errors.txt
 fi
 
+if [ "${BUILD_JATS:-}" != "false" ]; then
+  echo >&2 "Exporting JATS XML manuscript"
+  pandoc --verbose \
+    --data-dir="$PANDOC_DATA_DIR" \
+    --defaults=common.yaml \
+    --defaults=jats.yaml
+fi
+
 echo >&2 "Build complete"
diff --git a/build/pandoc/defaults/jats.yaml b/build/pandoc/defaults/jats.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efb68e23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pandoc/defaults/jats.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Pandoc --defaults for JATS XML output.
+# Load on top of common defaults.
+to: jats
+output-file: output/manuscript.xml
+resource-path:
+ - '.'
+ - content