diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index e2a3e90d76d1..64884e69a6f4 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -3668,13 +3668,13 @@ automatically assigned a unique identifier based on the heading text.
 This extension can be enabled/disabled for the following formats:
 
 input formats
-:  `markdown`, `latex`, `rst`, `mediawiki`, `textile`
+:  `markdown`, `latex`, `rst`, `mediawiki`, `textile`, `man`
 
 output formats
 :  `markdown`, `muse`
 
 enabled by default in
-:  `markdown`, `muse`
+:  `markdown`, `muse`, `man`
 
 The default algorithm used to derive the identifier from the
 heading text is:
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Extensions.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Extensions.hs
index 7fcb214cdbf4..71b5da799d51 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Extensions.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Extensions.hs
@@ -664,4 +664,5 @@ getAllExtensions f = universalExtensions <> getAll f
     [ Ext_smart ]
   getAll "typst"           = extensionsFromList [Ext_citations, Ext_smart]
   getAll "djot"            = extensionsFromList [Ext_sourcepos]
+  getAll "man"             = autoIdExtensions
   getAll _                 = mempty
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Man.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Man.hs
index 50586daf87c0..0b5d58d69b04 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Man.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Man.hs
@@ -26,23 +26,40 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Builder as B
 import Text.Pandoc.Class.PandocMonad (PandocMonad(..), report)
 import Text.Pandoc.Logging (LogMessage(..))
 import Text.Pandoc.Options
+import Text.Pandoc.Parsing.Capabilities
 import Text.Pandoc.Parsing
 import Text.Pandoc.Walk (query)
 import Text.Pandoc.Readers.Roff  -- TODO explicit imports
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Parsing as P
 import qualified Data.Foldable as Foldable
+import qualified Data.Set as Set
 import Text.Pandoc.Shared (extractSpaces)
 
 data ManState = ManState { readerOptions   :: ReaderOptions
+                         , manLogMessages  :: []LogMessage
+                         , manIdentifiers  :: Set.Set T.Text
                          , metadata        :: Meta
                          , tableCellsPlain :: Bool
                          } deriving Show
 
 instance Default ManState where
   def = ManState { readerOptions   = def
+                 , manLogMessages  = []
+                 , manIdentifiers  = Set.empty
                  , metadata        = nullMeta
                  , tableCellsPlain = True }
 
+instance HasReaderOptions ManState where
+  extractReaderOptions = readerOptions
+
+instance HasLogMessages ManState where
+  addLogMessage msg st = st{ manLogMessages = msg : manLogMessages st }
+  getLogMessages st = reverse $ manLogMessages st
+
+instance HasIdentifierList ManState where
+  extractIdentifierList = manIdentifiers
+  updateIdentifierList f st = st{ manIdentifiers = f $ manIdentifiers st }
+
 type ManParser m = P.ParsecT [RoffToken] ManState m
 
 
@@ -74,6 +91,7 @@ parseMan = do
   bs <- many parseBlock <* eof
   meta <- metadata <$> getState
   let (Pandoc _ blocks) = doc $ mconcat bs
+  reportLogMessages
   return $ Pandoc meta blocks
 
 parseBlock :: PandocMonad m => ManParser m Blocks
@@ -417,7 +435,9 @@ parseHeader = do
                  else return $ mconcat $ intersperse B.space
                              $ map linePartsToInlines args
   let lvl = if name == "SH" then 1 else 2
-  return $ header lvl contents
+  attr <- registerHeader nullAttr contents
+
+  return $ B.headerWith attr lvl contents
 
 parseBlockQuote :: PandocMonad m => ManParser m Blocks
 parseBlockQuote = blockQuote <$>
diff --git a/test/command/11635.md b/test/command/11635.md
index 1639c82f68ca..cf067493514e 100644
--- a/test/command/11635.md
+++ b/test/command/11635.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ another \
 one;123456
 .TE
 ^D
-<h1>HEADING</h1>
+<h1 id="heading">HEADING</h1>
 <table>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
diff --git a/test/command/11668.md b/test/command/11668.md
index 664d992f3d3e..6fbb1d134612 100644
--- a/test/command/11668.md
+++ b/test/command/11668.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ This should still be indented, until some other macro is called to change it.
 Like this.
 ^D
 <p>TH "TEST" "1" "2026-05-25" "test v1.0.0" "test manual"</p>
-<h1>HEADING</h1>
+<h1 id="heading">HEADING</h1>
 <dl>
 <dt>This is the unindented tag.</dt>
 <dd>
diff --git a/test/command/8852.md b/test/command/8852.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9e9b7522289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/8852.md
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+Github Formatted Markdown Identifiers
+```
+% pandoc -f man+gfm_auto_identifiers -t html
+.TH "TEST" "1" "2026-05-08"  "test v1.0.0" "test manual"
+.SH 1st HEADING
+.SH C++ & Rust
+.SH HEADING
+.SH HEADING
+^D
+<h1 id="1st-heading">1st HEADING</h1>
+<h1 id="c--rust">C++ &amp; Rust</h1>
+<h1 id="heading">HEADING</h1>
+<h1 id="heading-1">HEADING</h1>
+```
+
+Ascii Identifiers test
+```
+% pandoc -f man+ascii_identifiers -t html
+.TH "TEST" "1" "2026-05-08"  "test v1.0.0" "test manual"
+.SH Über den Flüssen
+^D
+<h1 id="uber-den-flussen">Über den Flüssen</h1>
+```
+
+Headers without Auto Identifiers test
+```
+% pandoc -f man-auto_identifiers -t native
+.TH "TEST" "1" "2026-05-08"  "test v1.0.0" "test manual"
+.SS Level 2
+.SS different styles:
+.SS Ordered
+.SS Ordered
+^D
+[ Header
+    2 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Level" , Space , Str "2" ]
+, Header
+    2
+    ( "" , [] , [] )
+    [ Str "different" , Space , Str "styles:" ]
+, Header 2 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Ordered" ]
+, Header 2 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Ordered" ]
+]
+```
diff --git a/test/man-reader.native b/test/man-reader.native
index e0d14ca792ee..117793fcd07a 100644
--- a/test/man-reader.native
+++ b/test/man-reader.native
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ Pandoc
       , Space
       , Str "*"
       ]
-  , Header 1 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Headers" ]
+  , Header 1 ( "headers" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Headers" ]
   , Header
-      1 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Level" , Space , Str "1" ]
+      1 ( "level-1" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Level" , Space , Str "1" ]
   , Header
-      2 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Level" , Space , Str "2" ]
+      2 ( "level-2" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Level" , Space , Str "2" ]
   , Para
       [ Str "*"
       , Space
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Pandoc
       , Space
       , Str "*"
       ]
-  , Header 1 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Paragraphs" ]
+  , Header 1 ( "paragraphs" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Paragraphs" ]
   , Para
       [ Str "Here's"
       , Space
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ Pandoc
       , Str "*"
       ]
   , Header
-      1 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Block" , Space , Str "Quotes" ]
+      1
+      ( "block-quotes" , [] , [] )
+      [ Str "Block" , Space , Str "Quotes" ]
   , Para
       [ Str "Code"
       , Space
@@ -182,7 +184,9 @@ Pandoc
       , [ Para [ Str "item" , Space , Str "two" ] ]
       ]
   , Header
-      1 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Code" , Space , Str "Blocks" ]
+      1
+      ( "code-blocks" , [] , [] )
+      [ Str "Code" , Space , Str "Blocks" ]
   , Para [ Str "Code:" ]
   , CodeBlock
       ( "" , [] , [] )
@@ -201,22 +205,22 @@ Pandoc
       , Space
       , Str "*"
       ]
-  , Header 1 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Lists" ]
-  , Header 2 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Unordered" ]
+  , Header 1 ( "lists" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Lists" ]
+  , Header 2 ( "unordered" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Unordered" ]
   , Para [ Str "Asterisks:" ]
   , BulletList
       [ [ Para [ Str "asterisk" , Space , Str "1" ] ]
       , [ Para [ Str "asterisk" , Space , Str "2" ] ]
       , [ Para [ Str "asterisk" , Space , Str "3" ] ]
       ]
-  , Header 2 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Ordered" ]
+  , Header 2 ( "ordered" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Ordered" ]
   , OrderedList
       ( 1 , Decimal , Period )
       [ [ Para [ Str "First" ] ]
       , [ Para [ Str "Second" ] ]
       , [ Para [ Str "Third" ] ]
       ]
-  , Header 2 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Nested" ]
+  , Header 2 ( "nested" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Nested" ]
   , BulletList
       [ [ Para [ Str "Tab" ]
         , BulletList
@@ -254,7 +258,7 @@ Pandoc
       ]
   , Header
       2
-      ( "" , [] , [] )
+      ( "different-styles" , [] , [] )
       [ Str "different" , Space , Str "styles:" ]
   , OrderedList
       ( 1 , UpperAlpha , Period )
@@ -292,7 +296,7 @@ Pandoc
             ]
         ]
       ]
-  , Header 2 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Ordered" ]
+  , Header 2 ( "ordered-1" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Ordered" ]
   , Para [ Str "Definition" , Space , Str "lists" ]
   , DefinitionList
       [ ( [ Strong [ Str "term1" ] ]
@@ -323,7 +327,7 @@ Pandoc
       ]
   , Header
       1
-      ( "" , [] , [] )
+      ( "special-characters" , [] , [] )
       [ Str "Special" , Space , Str "Characters" ]
   , Para
       [ Str "AT&T"
@@ -364,7 +368,7 @@ Pandoc
   , Para [ Str "Bang:" , Space , Str "!" ]
   , Para [ Str "Plus:" , Space , Str "+" ]
   , Para [ Str "Minus:" , Space , Str "-" ]
-  , Header 1 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Links" ]
+  , Header 1 ( "links" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Links" ]
   , Para
       [ Link
           ( "" , [] , [] )
@@ -379,7 +383,7 @@ Pandoc
           ( "mailto:me@example.com" , "" )
       , Str "."
       ]
-  , Header 1 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Macros" ]
+  , Header 1 ( "macros" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Macros" ]
   , Para
       [ Strong [ Str "Me" , Space , Str "Myself" ]
       , Space
@@ -406,7 +410,7 @@ Pandoc
       , Strong [ Str "Author" ]
       , Str "."
       ]
-  , Header 1 ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Tables" ]
+  , Header 1 ( "tables" , [] , [] ) [ Str "Tables" ]
   , Table
       ( "" , [] , [] )
       (Caption Nothing [])