diff --git a/documentation/.gitignore b/documentation/.gitignore
index 69fa449dd9..21bb72530a 100644
--- a/documentation/.gitignore
+++ b/documentation/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 _build/
+Pipfile.lock
diff --git a/documentation/Pipfile b/documentation/Pipfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ee1d22905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/Pipfile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[[source]]
+name = "pypi"
+url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
+verify_ssl = true
+
+[dev-packages]
+
+[packages]
+sphinx = "*"
+sphinx-rtd-theme = "*"
+pyyaml = "*"
+
+[requires]
+python_version = "3"
diff --git a/documentation/README b/documentation/README
index 534ae66f86..28d5c4be8e 100644
--- a/documentation/README
+++ b/documentation/README
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ The resulting HTML index page will be _build/html/index.html, and you
 can browse your own copy of the locally generated documentation with
 your browser.
 
+Alternatively, you can use Pipenv to automatically install all required
+dependencies in a virtual environment:
+
+ $ cd documentation
+ $ pipenv install
+ $ pipenv run make html
+
 Sphinx theme and CSS customization
 ==================================