diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
index 861f76d..920871e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
@@ -43,5 +43,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install Python dependencies
       run: pip install -r requirements.txt
 
+    - name: Create empty directories
+      run: |
+        mkdir ./source/_static
+        mkdir ./source/_templates
+        mkdir ./build
+
     - name: Build HTML documentation
       run: make html