diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/PublicApiScannerTests.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/PublicApiScannerTests.cs
index 4e682e83..00a8ff0f 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/PublicApiScannerTests.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/PublicApiScannerTests.cs
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
                 "UglyToad.PdfPig.Util.Adler32Checksum",
                 "UglyToad.PdfPig.Util.IWordExtractor",
                 "UglyToad.PdfPig.Util.DefaultWordExtractor",
+                "UglyToad.PdfPig.Writer.PdfAStandard",
                 "UglyToad.PdfPig.Writer.PdfDocumentBuilder",
                 "UglyToad.PdfPig.Writer.PdfMerger",
                 "UglyToad.PdfPig.Writer.PdfPageBuilder",
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Writer/PdfDocumentBuilderTests.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Writer/PdfDocumentBuilderTests.cs
index 887cd3c6..b1d1e6a2 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Writer/PdfDocumentBuilderTests.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Writer/PdfDocumentBuilderTests.cs
@@ -494,6 +494,34 @@
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void CanGeneratePdfA1BFile()
+        {
+            var builder = new PdfDocumentBuilder
+            {
+                ArchiveStandard = PdfAStandard.A1B
+            };
+
+            var page = builder.AddPage(PageSize.A4);
+
+            var font = builder.AddTrueTypeFont(TrueTypeTestHelper.GetFileBytes("Roboto-Regular.ttf"));
+
+            page.AddText("Howdy!", 12, new PdfPoint(25, 670), font);
+
+            var bytes = builder.Build();
+
+            WriteFile(nameof(CanGeneratePdfA1BFile), bytes);
+
+            using (var pdf = PdfDocument.Open(bytes, ParsingOptions.LenientParsingOff))
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(1, pdf.NumberOfPages);
+
+                Assert.True(pdf.TryGetXmpMetadata(out var xmp));
+
+                Assert.NotNull(xmp.GetXDocument());
+            }
+        }
+
         private static void WriteFile(string name, byte[] bytes)
         {
             try
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Resources/ICC/sRGB2014.icc b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Resources/ICC/sRGB2014.icc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49afbfef
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Resources/ICC/sRGB2014.icc differ
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/UglyToad.PdfPig.csproj b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/UglyToad.PdfPig.csproj
index e537c748..c624a058 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/UglyToad.PdfPig.csproj
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/UglyToad.PdfPig.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net45;net451;net452;net46;net461;net462;net47</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Remove="Resources\CMap\*" />
+    <None Remove="Resources\ICC\*" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\CMap\*" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\ICC\*" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0">
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/Colors/OutputIntentsFactory.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/Colors/OutputIntentsFactory.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a785af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/Colors/OutputIntentsFactory.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+namespace UglyToad.PdfPig.Writer.Colors
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.Collections.Generic;
+    using Tokens;
+
+    internal static class OutputIntentsFactory
+    {
+        private const string SrgbIec61966OutputCondition = "sRGB IEC61966-2.1";
+        private const string RegistryName = "http://www.color.org";
+
+        public static ArrayToken GetOutputIntentsArray(Func<IToken, ObjectToken> objectWriter)
+        {
+            var rgbColorCondition = new StringToken(SrgbIec61966OutputCondition);
+
+            var profileBytes = ProfileStreamReader.GetSRgb2014();
+
+            var compressedBytes = DataCompresser.CompressBytes(profileBytes);
+
+            var profileStreamDictionary = new Dictionary<NameToken, IToken>
+            {
+                {NameToken.Length, new NumericToken(compressedBytes.Length)},
+                {NameToken.N, new NumericToken(3)},
+                {NameToken.Filter, NameToken.FlateDecode}
+            };
+
+            var stream = new StreamToken(new DictionaryToken(profileStreamDictionary), compressedBytes);
+
+            var written = objectWriter(stream);
+
+            return new ArrayToken(new IToken[]
+            {
+                new DictionaryToken(new Dictionary<NameToken, IToken>
+                {
+                    {NameToken.Type, NameToken.OutputIntent },
+                    {NameToken.S, NameToken.GtsPdfa1},
+                    {NameToken.OutputCondition, rgbColorCondition},
+                    {NameToken.OutputConditionIdentifier, rgbColorCondition},
+                    {NameToken.RegistryName, new StringToken(RegistryName)},
+                    {NameToken.Info, rgbColorCondition},
+                    {NameToken.DestOutputProfile, new IndirectReferenceToken(written.Number)}
+                }), 
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/Colors/ProfileStreamReader.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/Colors/ProfileStreamReader.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43389164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/Colors/ProfileStreamReader.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+namespace UglyToad.PdfPig.Writer.Colors
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.IO;
+    using System.Linq;
+    using PdfFonts.Parser;
+
+    internal static class ProfileStreamReader
+    {
+        public static byte[] GetSRgb2014()
+        {
+            var resources = typeof(ProfileStreamReader).Assembly.GetManifestResourceNames();
+
+            var resource = resources.FirstOrDefault(x =>
+                x.EndsWith("sRGB2014.icc", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase));
+
+            if (resource == null)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("Could not find the sRGB ICC color profile stream.");
+            }
+
+            byte[] bytes;
+            using (var stream = typeof(CMapParser).Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resource))
+            using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                stream?.CopyTo(memoryStream);
+
+                bytes = memoryStream.ToArray();
+            }
+
+            return bytes;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/PdfAStandard.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/PdfAStandard.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b22f28ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/PdfAStandard.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+namespace UglyToad.PdfPig.Writer
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The standard of PDF/A compliance for generated documents.
+    /// </summary>
+    public enum PdfAStandard
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// No PDF/A compliance.
+        /// </summary>
+        None = 0,
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Compliance with PDF/A1-B. Level B (basic) conformance are standards necessary for the reliable reproduction of a document's visual appearance.
+        /// </summary>
+        A1B = 1
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/PdfDocumentBuilder.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/PdfDocumentBuilder.cs
index 280ea91b..c1a79ed4 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/PdfDocumentBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/PdfDocumentBuilder.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-namespace UglyToad.PdfPig.Writer
+
+namespace UglyToad.PdfPig.Writer
 {
     using System;
     using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@
     using PdfPig.Fonts.Standard14Fonts;
     using PdfPig.Fonts.TrueType.Parser;
     using Tokens;
+    using Colors;
+    using Xmp;
+
     using Util.JetBrains.Annotations;
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -24,6 +28,11 @@
         private readonly Dictionary<Guid, FontStored> fonts = new Dictionary<Guid, FontStored>();
         private readonly Dictionary<Guid, ImageStored> images = new Dictionary<Guid, ImageStored>();
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The standard of PDF/A compliance of the generated document. Defaults to <see cref="PdfAStandard.None"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public PdfAStandard ArchiveStandard { get; set; } = PdfAStandard.None;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether to include the document information dictionary in the produced document.
         /// </summary>
@@ -128,6 +137,11 @@
         /// <returns>An identifier which can be passed to <see cref="PdfPageBuilder.AddText"/>.</returns>
         public AddedFont AddStandard14Font(Standard14Font type)
         {
+            if (ArchiveStandard != PdfAStandard.None)
+            {
+                throw new NotSupportedException($"PDF/A {ArchiveStandard} requires the font to be embedded in the file, only {nameof(AddTrueTypeFont)} is supported.");
+            }
+
             var id = Guid.NewGuid();
             var name = NameToken.Create($"F{fonts.Count}");
             var added = new AddedFont(id, name);
@@ -321,11 +335,21 @@
 
                 var pagesRef = context.WriteObject(memory, pagesDictionary, reserved);
 
-                var catalog = new DictionaryToken(new Dictionary<NameToken, IToken>
+                var catalogDictionary = new Dictionary<NameToken, IToken>
                 {
-                    { NameToken.Type, NameToken.Catalog },
-                    { NameToken.Pages, new IndirectReferenceToken(pagesRef.Number) }
-                });
+                    {NameToken.Type, NameToken.Catalog},
+                    {NameToken.Pages, new IndirectReferenceToken(pagesRef.Number)}
+                };
+
+                if (ArchiveStandard != PdfAStandard.None)
+                {
+                    catalogDictionary[NameToken.OutputIntents] = OutputIntentsFactory.GetOutputIntentsArray(x => context.WriteObject(memory, x));
+                    var xmpStream = XmpWriter.GenerateXmpStream(DocumentInformation, 1.7m, ArchiveStandard);
+                    var xmpObj = context.WriteObject(memory, xmpStream);
+                    catalogDictionary[NameToken.Metadata] = new IndirectReferenceToken(xmpObj.Number);
+                }
+
+                var catalog = new DictionaryToken(catalogDictionary);
 
                 var catalogRef = context.WriteObject(memory, catalog);
 
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/Xmp/XmpWriter.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/Xmp/XmpWriter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84fd9d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/Xmp/XmpWriter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokens;
+
+namespace UglyToad.PdfPig.Writer.Xmp
+{
+    internal static class XmpWriter
+    {
+        private const string Xmptk = "Adobe XMP Core 5.6-c014 79.156797, 2014/08/20-09:53:02        ";
+        private const string RdfNamespace = "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#";
+
+        private const string XmpMetaPrefix = "x";
+        private const string XmpMetaNamespace = "adobe:ns:meta/";
+
+
+        private const string DublinCorePrefix = "dc";
+        private const string DublinCoreNamespace = "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";
+
+        private const string XmpBasicPrefix = "xmp";
+        private const string XmpBasicNamespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/";
+
+        // ReSharper disable UnusedMember.Local
+        private const string XmpRightsManagementPrefix = "xmpRights";
+        private const string XmpRightsManagementNamespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/";
+
+        private const string XmpMediaManagementPrefix = "xmpMM";
+        private const string XmpMediaManagementNamespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/";
+        // ReSharper restore UnusedMember.Local
+
+        private const string AdobePdfPrefix = "pdf";
+        private const string AdobePdfNamespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/";
+
+        private const string PdfAIdentificationExtensionPrefix = "pdfaid";
+        private const string PdfAIdentificationExtensionNamespace = "http://www.aiim.org/pdfa/ns/id/";
+        
+        public static StreamToken GenerateXmpStream(PdfDocumentBuilder.DocumentInformationBuilder builder, decimal version,
+            PdfAStandard standard)
+        {
+            XNamespace xmpMeta = XmpMetaNamespace;
+            XNamespace rdf = RdfNamespace;
+
+            var emptyRdfAbout = new XAttribute(rdf + "about", string.Empty);
+
+            var rdfDescriptionElement = new XElement(rdf + "Description", emptyRdfAbout);
+
+            // Dublin Core Schema
+            AddElementsForSchema(rdfDescriptionElement, DublinCorePrefix, DublinCoreNamespace, builder,
+                new List<SchemaMapper>
+                {
+                    new SchemaMapper("format", b => "application/pdf"),
+                    new SchemaMapper("creator", b => b.Author),
+                    new SchemaMapper("description", b => b.Subject),
+                    new SchemaMapper("title", b => b.Title)
+                });
+
+            // XMP Basic Schema
+            AddElementsForSchema(rdfDescriptionElement, XmpBasicPrefix, XmpBasicNamespace, builder,
+                new List<SchemaMapper>
+                {
+                    new SchemaMapper("CreatorTool", b => b.Creator)
+                });
+
+            // Adobe PDF Schema
+            AddElementsForSchema(rdfDescriptionElement, AdobePdfPrefix, AdobePdfNamespace, builder,
+                new List<SchemaMapper>
+                {
+                    new SchemaMapper("PDFVersion", b => "1.7"),
+                    new SchemaMapper("Producer", b => b.Producer)
+                });
+
+            var pdfAIdContainer = GetVersionAndConformanceLevelIdentificationElement(rdf, emptyRdfAbout, standard);
+            
+            var document = new XDocument(
+                new XElement(xmpMeta + "xmpmeta", GetNamespaceAttribute(XmpMetaPrefix, XmpMetaNamespace),
+                    new XAttribute(xmpMeta + "xmptk", Xmptk),
+                    new XElement(rdf + "RDF",
+                        GetNamespaceAttribute("rdf", rdf),
+                        rdfDescriptionElement,
+                        pdfAIdContainer
+                    )
+                )
+            );
+
+            var xml = document.ToString(SaveOptions.None).Replace("\r\n", "\n");
+            xml = $"<?xpacket begin=\"\ufeff\" id=\"W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d\"?>\n{xml}\n<?xpacket end=\"r\"?>";
+
+            var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml);
+
+            return new StreamToken(new DictionaryToken(new Dictionary<NameToken, IToken>
+            {
+                {NameToken.Type, NameToken.Metadata},
+                {NameToken.Subtype, NameToken.Xml},
+                {NameToken.Length, new NumericToken(bytes.Length)}
+            }), bytes);
+        }
+
+        private static XAttribute GetNamespaceAttribute(string prefix, XNamespace ns) => new XAttribute(XNamespace.Xmlns + prefix, ns);
+
+        private static void AddElementsForSchema(XElement parent, string prefix, string ns, PdfDocumentBuilder.DocumentInformationBuilder builder,
+            List<SchemaMapper> mappers)
+        {
+            var xns = XNamespace.Get(ns);
+            parent.Add(GetNamespaceAttribute(prefix, xns));
+
+            foreach (var mapper in mappers)
+            {
+                var value = mapper.ValueFunc(builder);
+
+                if (value == null)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                parent.Add(new XElement(xns + mapper.Name, value));
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static XElement GetVersionAndConformanceLevelIdentificationElement(XNamespace rdf, XAttribute emptyRdfAbout, PdfAStandard standard)
+        {
+            /*
+             * The only mandatory XMP entries are those which indicate that the file is a PDF/A-1 file and its conformance level. 
+             * The PDF/A version and conformance level of a file shall be specified using the PDF/A Identification extension schema. 
+             */
+            XNamespace pdfaid = PdfAIdentificationExtensionNamespace;
+            var pdfAidContainer = new XElement(rdf + "Description", emptyRdfAbout, GetNamespaceAttribute(PdfAIdentificationExtensionPrefix, pdfaid));
+
+            int part;
+            string conformance;
+            switch (standard)
+            {
+                case PdfAStandard.A1B:
+                    part = 1;
+                    conformance = "B";
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(standard), standard, null);
+            }
+
+            pdfAidContainer.Add(new XElement(pdfaid + "part", part));
+            pdfAidContainer.Add(new XElement(pdfaid + "conformance", conformance));
+
+            return pdfAidContainer;
+        }
+
+        // Potentially required for further PDF/A versions.
+        // ReSharper disable once UnusedMember.Local
+        private static XElement GetExtensionSchemasElement(XNamespace rdf, XAttribute emptyRdfAbout)
+        {
+            const string pdfAExtensionSchemaContainerSchemaPrefix = "pdfaExtension";
+            const string pdfAExtensionSchemaContainerSchemaUri = "http://www.aiim.org/pdfa/ns/extension/";
+            const string pdfASchemaValueTypePrefix = "pdfaSchema";
+            const string pdfASchemaValueTypeUri = "http://www.aiim.org/pdfa/ns/schema#";
+            const string pdfAPropertyValueTypePrefix = "pdfaProperty";
+            const string pdfAPropertyValueTypeUri = "http://www.aiim.org/pdfa/ns/property#";
+
+            XNamespace pdfaExtension = pdfAExtensionSchemaContainerSchemaUri;
+            XNamespace pdfaSchema = pdfASchemaValueTypeUri;
+            XNamespace pdfaProperty = pdfAPropertyValueTypeUri;
+
+            var pdfaSchemaContainer = new XElement(rdf + "Description", emptyRdfAbout, 
+                GetNamespaceAttribute(pdfAExtensionSchemaContainerSchemaPrefix, pdfaExtension),
+                GetNamespaceAttribute(pdfASchemaValueTypePrefix, pdfaSchema),
+                GetNamespaceAttribute(pdfAPropertyValueTypePrefix, pdfaProperty));
+
+            var schemaBag = new XElement(pdfaExtension + "schemas",
+                new XElement(rdf + "Bag"));
+
+            var individualSchemaContainer = new XElement(rdf + "li", new XAttribute(rdf + "parseType", "Resource"));
+
+            individualSchemaContainer.Add(new XElement(pdfaSchema + "namespaceURI", PdfAIdentificationExtensionNamespace));
+            individualSchemaContainer.Add(new XElement(pdfaSchema + "prefix", PdfAIdentificationExtensionPrefix));
+            individualSchemaContainer.Add(new XElement(pdfaSchema + "schema", "PDF/A ID Schema"));
+
+            var seqContainer = new XElement(pdfaSchema + "property", new XElement(rdf + "Seq"));
+
+            var seq = seqContainer.Elements().Last();
+
+            seq.Add(GetSchemaPropertyListItem(rdf, pdfaProperty, "part", "Part of PDF/A standard", "internal", "Integer"));
+            seq.Add(GetSchemaPropertyListItem(rdf, pdfaProperty, "amd", "Amendment of PDF/A standard"));
+            seq.Add(GetSchemaPropertyListItem(rdf, pdfaProperty, "conformance", "Conformance level of PDF/A standard"));
+
+            individualSchemaContainer.Add(seqContainer);
+
+            schemaBag.Elements().Last().Add(individualSchemaContainer);
+
+            pdfaSchemaContainer.Add(schemaBag);
+
+            return pdfaSchemaContainer;
+        }
+
+        private static XElement GetSchemaPropertyListItem(XNamespace rdfNs,
+            XNamespace pdfaPropertyNs, string name, string description, string category = "internal", string valueType = "Text")
+        {
+            var li = new XElement(rdfNs + "li", new XAttribute(rdfNs + "parseType", "Resource"));
+
+            li.Add(new XElement(pdfaPropertyNs + "category", category));
+            li.Add(new XElement(pdfaPropertyNs + "description", description));
+            li.Add(new XElement(pdfaPropertyNs + "name", name));
+            li.Add(new XElement(pdfaPropertyNs + "valueType", valueType));
+
+            return li;
+        }
+
+        private class SchemaMapper
+        {
+            public string Name { get; }
+
+            public Func<PdfDocumentBuilder.DocumentInformationBuilder, string> ValueFunc { get; }
+
+            public SchemaMapper(string name, Func<PdfDocumentBuilder.DocumentInformationBuilder, string> valueFunc)
+            {
+                Name = name;
+                ValueFunc = valueFunc;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}