diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/nbconvertapp.py b/IPython/nbconvert/nbconvertapp.py
index 6aeadd5..3f85d8e 100755
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/nbconvertapp.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/nbconvertapp.py
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ nbconvert_flags.update({
     'stdout' : (
         {'NbConvertApp' : {'writer_class' : "StdoutWriter"}},
         "Write notebook output to stdout instead of files."
+        ),
+
+    'pdf' : (
+        {'NbConvertApp' : {'writer_class' : "PDFWriter"}},
+        "Compile notebook output to a PDF."
         )
 })
 
@@ -99,6 +104,10 @@ class NbConvertApp(BaseIPythonApplication):
         You can also pipe the output to stdout, rather than a file
         
         > ipython nbconvert mynotebook.ipynb --stdout
+
+        or to a PDF
+
+        > ipython nbconvert mynotebook.ipynb --pdf
         
         Multiple notebooks can be given at the command line in a couple of 
         different ways:
@@ -120,6 +129,7 @@ class NbConvertApp(BaseIPythonApplication):
                                     help="""Writer class used to write the 
                                     results of the conversion""")
     writer_aliases = {'FilesWriter': 'IPython.nbconvert.writers.files.FilesWriter',
+                      'PDFWriter': 'IPython.nbconvert.writers.pdf.PDFWriter',
                       'DebugWriter': 'IPython.nbconvert.writers.debug.DebugWriter',
                       'StdoutWriter': 'IPython.nbconvert.writers.stdout.StdoutWriter'}
     writer_factory = Type()
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/latex_basic.tplx b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/latex_basic.tplx
index f04bc20..81412db 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/latex_basic.tplx
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/latex_basic.tplx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ((*- extends 'display_priority.tplx' -*))
 
+\nonstopmode
+
 ((* block in_prompt *))((* endblock in_prompt *))
 
 ((* block output_prompt *))((* endblock output_prompt *))
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/sphinx.tplx b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/sphinx.tplx
index 1fd248b..6df9058 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/sphinx.tplx
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/sphinx.tplx
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Note: For best display, use latex syntax highlighting. =))
 
 ((*- extends 'display_priority.tplx' -*))
 
+\nonstopmode
+
 %==============================================================================
 % Declarations
 %==============================================================================
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/writers/__init__.py b/IPython/nbconvert/writers/__init__.py
index f0bc939..155cf89 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/writers/__init__.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/writers/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 from .files import FilesWriter
 from .stdout import StdoutWriter
+from .pdf import PDFWriter
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/writers/files.py b/IPython/nbconvert/writers/files.py
index f6e1da5..fda1e99 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/writers/files.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/writers/files.py
@@ -100,3 +100,4 @@ class FilesWriter(WriterBase):
             # Write conversion results.
             with io.open(dest, 'w') as f:
                 f.write(output)
+            return dest 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/writers/pdf.py b/IPython/nbconvert/writers/pdf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6cb5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/writers/pdf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+Contains writer for writing nbconvert output to PDF.
+"""
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
+#
+#Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+#
+#The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Imports
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import subprocess
+import os
+
+from IPython.utils.traitlets import Integer
+
+from .files import FilesWriter
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Classes
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class PDFWriter(FilesWriter):
+    """Writer designed to write to PDF files"""
+
+    iteration_count = Integer(3, config=True, help="""
+        How many times pdflatex will be called.
+        """)
+
+    def write(self, output, resources, notebook_name=None, **kw):
+            """
+            Consume and write Jinja output a PDF.  
+            See files.py for more...
+            """        
+            dest = super(PDFWriter, self).write(output, resources, notebook_name=notebook_name, **kw)
+            command = 'pdflatex ' + dest
+            for index in range(self.iteration_count):
+                subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=open(os.devnull, 'wb'))