diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 82f343f18c0ca0ee01ff0561fdd588beac18de67..9dec9292abee1dd565b96627fc64e270c18474c7 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ paper.bbl: paper.tex paper.bib
 	bibtex paper.aux
 
 paper.tex: paper.md revtex.template
-	pandoc -s --filter pandoc-fignos --filter pandoc-citeproc --filter pandoc-crossref --natbib paper.md -o paper.tex --bibliography paper.bib --listings --template revtex.template
+	pandoc -s --filter pandoc-fignos --filter pandoc-citeproc --filter pandoc-crossref --natbib paper.md -o paper.tex --bibliography paper.bib --abbreviations=abbreviations.txt --listings --template revtex.template
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
diff --git a/abbreviations.txt b/abbreviations.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ae73b4a01cb8c760aed10fbeb86393dbdfc7895c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abbreviations.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fig.
+Eq.