diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df8ef50e89..1e9b9ed919 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## UNRELEASED
 
+### Added
+
+* Suppport `texify` as a native latex backend. This is of peculiar interest for people using MiKTeX on Windows machines, where `latekmk` may not work properly. The selection of the `native` backend is automatic if `texify` or `latexmk` is installed. Otherwise specifying `texify` or `latexmk` is also possible.
+
 ### Changed
 
 * `id` anchors may now start with a numeric digit. ([#744], [#2325])
diff --git a/docs/src/man/other-formats.md b/docs/src/man/other-formats.md
index 794299d0b8..da17d2643a 100644
--- a/docs/src/man/other-formats.md
+++ b/docs/src/man/other-formats.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The `makedocs` argument `authors` should also be specified, it will be used for
 
 The following is required to build the documentation:
 
-* You need `pdflatex` and `latexmk` commands to be installed and available to Documenter.
+* You need `pdflatex` and `latexmk` or `texify` commands to be installed and available to Documenter.
 * You need the [minted](https://ctan.org/pkg/minted) LaTeX package and its backend source
   highlighter [Pygments](https://pygments.org/) installed.
 * You need the [_DejaVu Sans_ and _DejaVu Sans Mono_](https://dejavu-fonts.github.io/) fonts installed.
diff --git a/src/latex/LaTeXWriter.jl b/src/latex/LaTeXWriter.jl
index 8a88411796..fdc8aa7f5d 100644
--- a/src/latex/LaTeXWriter.jl
+++ b/src/latex/LaTeXWriter.jl
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ struct LaTeX <: Documenter.Writer
             platform = "native",
             version  = get(ENV, "TRAVIS_TAG", ""),
             tectonic = nothing)
-        platform ∈ ("native", "tectonic", "docker", "none") || throw(ArgumentError("unknown platform: $platform"))
+        if platform == "native"
+            platform = hastex()
+        end
+        platform ∈ ("latexmk","texify", "tectonic", "docker", "none") || throw(ArgumentError("unknown platform: $platform"))
         return new(platform, string(version), tectonic)
     end
 end
@@ -87,7 +90,15 @@ _hash(x) = string(hash(x))
 const STYLE = joinpath(dirname(@__FILE__), "..", "..", "assets", "latex", "documenter.sty")
 const DEFAULT_PREAMBLE_PATH = joinpath(dirname(@__FILE__), "..", "..", "assets", "latex", "preamble.tex")
 
-hastex() = (try; success(`latexmk -version`); catch; false; end)
+function hastex()
+    try
+        success(`texify --version`) && return "texify"
+        success(`latexmk --version`) && return "latexmk"
+        return ""
+    catch
+        return ""
+    end
+end
 
 const DOCUMENT_STRUCTURE = (
     "part",
@@ -169,7 +180,7 @@ end
 const DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG = "0.1"
 
 function compile_tex(doc::Documenter.Document, settings::LaTeX, fileprefix::String)
-    if settings.platform == "native"
+    if settings.platform == "latexmk"
         Sys.which("latexmk") === nothing && (@error "LaTeXWriter: latexmk command not found."; return false)
         @info "LaTeXWriter: using latexmk to compile tex."
         try
@@ -181,6 +192,18 @@ function compile_tex(doc::Documenter.Document, settings::LaTeX, fileprefix::Stri
                    "Logs and partial output can be found in $(Documenter.locrepr(logs))" exception = err
             return false
         end
+    elseif settings.platform == "texify"
+        @info "LaTeXWriter: using texify to compile tex."
+        texify = Sys.which("texify")
+        isnothing(texify) && (@error "LaTeXWriter: texify command not found."; return false)
+        try
+            piperun(`$(texify) -p -b --engine=luatex --tex-option=--shell-escape $(fileprefix).tex`, clearlogs=true)
+            return true
+        catch err
+            logs = cp(pwd(), mktempdir(; cleanup = false); force = true)
+            @error "LaTeXWriter: failed to compile tex with texify. " * "Logs and partial output can be found in $(Documenter.locrepr(logs))" exception = err
+            return false
+        end
     elseif settings.platform == "tectonic"
         @info "LaTeXWriter: using tectonic to compile tex."
         tectonic = isnothing(settings.tectonic) ? Sys.which("tectonic") : settings.tectonic
diff --git a/test/examples/make.jl b/test/examples/make.jl
index c1e64d7af5..0c34a6c4f1 100644
--- a/test/examples/make.jl
+++ b/test/examples/make.jl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ else
     ["html", "html-meta-custom", "html-mathjax2-custom", "html-mathjax3", "html-mathjax3-custom",
     "html-local", "html-draft", "html-repo-git", "html-repo-nothing", "html-repo-error",
     "html-sizethreshold-defaults-fail", "html-sizethreshold-success", "html-sizethreshold-ignore-success", "html-sizethreshold-override-fail", "html-sizethreshold-ignore-success", "html-sizethreshold-ignore-fail",
-    "latex_texonly", "latex_simple_texonly", "latex_showcase_texonly", "html-pagesonly"]
+        "latex_texonly", "latex_simple_texonly", "latex_showcase_texonly", "html-pagesonly"]
 end
 
 # Modules `Mod` and `AutoDocs`
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ end
 examples_latex_simple_nondocker_doc = if "latex_simple_nondocker" in EXAMPLE_BUILDS
     @info("Building mock package docs: LaTeXWriter/latex_simple_nondocker")
     @quietly makedocs(
-        format = Documenter.LaTeX(version = v"1.2.3"),
+        format = Documenter.LaTeX(platform="native",version = v"1.2.3"),
         sitename = "Documenter LaTeX Simple Non-Docker",
         root  = examples_root,
         build = "builds/latex_simple_nondocker",
@@ -703,7 +703,6 @@ else
     nothing
 end
 
-
 examples_latex_texonly_doc = if "latex_texonly" in EXAMPLE_BUILDS
     @info("Building mock package docs: LaTeXWriter/latex_texonly")
     @quietly makedocs(
diff --git a/test/examples/tests_latex.jl b/test/examples/tests_latex.jl
index f088a73bb6..f893a39547 100644
--- a/test/examples/tests_latex.jl
+++ b/test/examples/tests_latex.jl
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ using Test
 
 # DOCUMENTER_TEST_EXAMPLES can be used to control which builds are performed in
 # make.jl, and we need to set it to the relevant LaTeX builds.
-ENV["DOCUMENTER_TEST_EXAMPLES"] =
+ENV["DOCUMENTER_TEST_EXAMPLES"] = 
     "latex latex_simple latex_cover_page latex_toc_style latex_simple_tectonic " *
-    "latex_showcase"
+    "latex_showcase latex_simple_nondocker"
 
 # When the file is run separately we need to include make.jl which actually builds
 # the docs and defines a few modules that are referred to in the docs. The make.jl
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ else
 end
 
 @testset "Examples/LaTeX" begin
+
+    @testset "PDF/LaTeX: simple nondocker" begin
+        doc = Main.examples_latex_simple_nondocker_doc
+        @test isa(doc, Documenter.Documenter.Document)
+        let build_dir = joinpath(examples_root, "builds", "latex_simple_nondocker")
+            @test joinpath(build_dir, "DocumenterLaTeXSimpleNonDocker-1.2.3.pdf") |> isfile
+        end
+    end
+
     @testset "PDF/LaTeX: simple" begin
         doc = Main.examples_latex_simple_doc
         @test isa(doc, Documenter.Documenter.Document)