diff --git a/src/stylesheets/tei2eoatex.xsl b/src/stylesheets/tei2eoatex.xsl
index e8d050e..e83aa94 100644
--- a/src/stylesheets/tei2eoatex.xsl
+++ b/src/stylesheets/tei2eoatex.xsl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
                 version="2.0">
 
   <xsl:param name="frontmatter" as="xs:boolean" required="no" select="false()"/>
+  <xsl:param name="frontmattermanual" as="xs:boolean" required="no" select="false()"/>
   <xsl:param name="contributors" as="xs:boolean" required="no" select="false()"/>
   <xsl:param name="strictfloats" as="xs:boolean" required="no" select="false()"/>
   <xsl:param name="indentfloats" as="xs:boolean" required="no" select="false()"/>
@@ -102,8 +103,15 @@ contexts, a double replacement is performed.
 
     <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test="$frontmatter">
-        <xsl:text>\input{texfiles/frontmatter.tex}&#x000a;</xsl:text>
-        <xsl:call-template name="writefrontmatter"/>
+        <xsl:choose>
+          <xsl:when test="$frontmattermanual">
+            <xsl:text>\input{texfiles/frontmatter-manual.tex}&#x000a;</xsl:text>
+          </xsl:when>
+          <xsl:otherwise>
+            <xsl:text>\input{texfiles/frontmatter.tex}&#x000a;</xsl:text>
+            <xsl:call-template name="writefrontmatter"/>
+          </xsl:otherwise>
+        </xsl:choose>
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>
         <xsl:value-of select="eoa:debug(1, 'Not writing the frontmatter.', '')" />