diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-test-build.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-test-build.yml
index 0847ea4..12753d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-test-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-test-build.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Find docker files
         id: images
         run: |
-          dockerFiles=$(find examples -name Dockerfile | grep -v coverpage | jq -c --raw-input --slurp 'split("\n")| .[0:-1]')
+          dockerFiles=$(find examples -name Dockerfile | grep -v -E '(mergepdf|coverpage)' | jq -c --raw-input --slurp 'split("\n")| .[0:-1]')
           echo "dockerFiles=$dockerFiles" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         env:
           GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build-push]
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        dockerFile: ["examples/coverpage/Dockerfile"]
+        dockerFile: ["examples/coverpage/Dockerfile", "examples/mergepdf/Dockerfile"]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-push.yml
     with:
       dockerFile: ${{ matrix.dockerFile }}
diff --git a/ci/k8s/ingress.yaml b/ci/k8s/ingress.yaml
index 9b28e43..71b5227 100644
--- a/ci/k8s/ingress.yaml
+++ b/ci/k8s/ingress.yaml
@@ -74,3 +74,10 @@ spec:
                 name: islandora-cache-warmer
                 port:
                   number: 8080
+          - path: /mergepdf(/|$)(.*)
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: islandora-mergepdf
+                port:
+                  number: 8080
diff --git a/ci/k8s/mergepdf.yaml b/ci/k8s/mergepdf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c6b27c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/k8s/mergepdf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: islandora-mergepdf
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: islandora-mergepdf
+  ports:
+    - protocol: TCP
+      port: 8887
+      targetPort: 8080
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: islandora-mergepdf
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: islandora-mergepdf
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: islandora-mergepdf
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: scyllaridae-mergepdf
+          image: __DOCKER_REPOSITORY__/scyllaridae-mergepdf:main
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              memory: "128Mi"
+              cpu: "500m"
+            limits:
+              memory: "1Gi"
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 8080
+              hostPort: 8887
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthcheck
+              port: 8080
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 10
diff --git a/examples/mergepdf/Dockerfile b/examples/mergepdf/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edd437b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/mergepdf/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+ARG TAG=main
+ARG DOCKER_REPOSITORY=local
+FROM ${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}/scyllaridae-imagemagick:${TAG} AS scyllaridae
+
+RUN apk update && \
+  apk add --no-cache \
+    ghostscript==10.04.0-r0 \
+    jq==1.7.1-r0 \
+    leptonica-dev==1.84.1-r0 \
+    tesseract-ocr==5.3.4-r0 \
+    tesseract-ocr-data-eng==5.3.4-r0 \
+    tesseract-ocr-data-fra==5.3.4-r0 \
+    tesseract-ocr-data-spa==5.3.4-r0 \
+    tesseract-ocr-data-ita==5.3.4-r0 \
+    tesseract-ocr-data-por==5.3.4-r0 \
+    tesseract-ocr-data-hin==5.3.4-r0 \
+    tesseract-ocr-data-deu==5.3.4-r0 \
+    tesseract-ocr-data-jpn==5.3.4-r0 \
+    tesseract-ocr-data-rus==5.3.4-r0 \
+    poppler-utils==24.02.0-r1
+
+COPY . /app
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/examples/mergepdf/cmd.sh b/examples/mergepdf/cmd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..44ccb65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/mergepdf/cmd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eou pipefail
+
+TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+I=0
+
+# iterate over all images in the IIIF manifest
+curl -s "$1/book-manifest" | jq -r '.sequences[0].canvases[].images[0].resource."@id"' | while read -r URL; do
+  # resize image to max 1000px width
+  curl -s "$URL" | convert -[0] -resize 1000x\> "$TMP_DIR/img_$I" > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+  # make an OCR'd PDF from the image
+  tesseract "$TMP_DIR/img_$I" "$TMP_DIR/img_$I" pdf > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+  I="$(( I + 1))"
+done
+
+mapfile -t FILES < <(ls -rt "$TMP_DIR"/img_*.pdf)
+gs -dBATCH \
+  -dNOPAUSE \
+  -dQUIET \
+  -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \
+  -dPDFA \
+  -dNOOUTERSAVE \
+  -dAutoRotatePages=/None \
+  -sOutputFile="$TMP_DIR/ocr.pdf" \
+  "${FILES[@]}"
+
+cat "$TMP_DIR/ocr.pdf"
+rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"
diff --git a/examples/mergepdf/scyllaridae.yml b/examples/mergepdf/scyllaridae.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12cc2c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/mergepdf/scyllaridae.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+allowedMimeTypes:
+  - "*"
+cmdByMimeType:
+  default:
+    cmd: /app/cmd.sh
+    args:
+      - "%canonical"
diff --git a/examples/parry/scyllaridae.yml b/examples/parry/scyllaridae.yml
index f784813..4b1c553 100644
--- a/examples/parry/scyllaridae.yml
+++ b/examples/parry/scyllaridae.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ queueMiddlewares:
     url: http://cache-warmer:8080
     consumers: 3
     noPut: true
+  - queueName: islandora-merge-pdf
+    url: http://mergepdf:8080
+    consumers: 3