diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 055967e..bff861a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ fabrication
 
 # panel files
 panel.*
+panel
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 729fd11..81331ae 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ task :bom => boms
 CLEAN.include([ "#{name}.versioned.xml" ])
 CLOBBER.include(boms)
 
+desc "generate panel"
+PANEL_DIR = "panel"
+panels = ["panel.kicad_pcb", "panel.kicad_pro", "panel.top.png", "panel.bot.png"]
+task :panel => panels
+CLOBBER.include(panels)
+CLOBBER.include(PANEL_DIR)
+
 # ===============
 # file generation
 # ===============
@@ -106,3 +113,12 @@ desc "generate BOM"
 rule ".bom.csv" => ".versioned.xml" do |t|
   sh "kibom #{t.source} #{t.name}"
 end
+
+desc "generate panel"
+rule panels[0] => ["#{name}.versioned.kicad_pcb", "#{name}.versioned.kicad_pro", "#{name}.versioned.kicad_sch", "panel.json"] do |t|
+  sh "kikit panelize -p #{t.prerequisites[3]} #{t.prerequisites[0]} #{panels[0]}"
+  sh "pcbdraw --silent #{t.name} --dpi 600 #{panels[2]}"
+  sh "pcbdraw --silent #{t.name} --dpi 600 --back #{panels[3]}"
+  sh "sed --in-place 's/\"missing_courtyard\": \"warning\"/\"missing_courtyard\": \"ignore\"/g' #{panels[1]}" # the mouse bites don't have a courtyard
+  sh "kikit fab jlcpcb --drc --assembly --missingError --schematic #{t.prerequisites[2]} #{panels[0]} #{PANEL_DIR}"
+end