diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index baf8acd61..5e06b0a37 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
 #
-html_theme = 'alabaster'
+html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
 
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
@@ -170,4 +170,4 @@
 # epub_uid = ''
 
 # A list of files that should not be packed into the epub file.
-epub_exclude_files = ['search.html']
\ No newline at end of file
+epub_exclude_files = ['search.html']
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2abac52d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Sphinx==1.7.4
+Pygments==2.2.0
+sphinx-autobuild
+sphinx_rtd_theme==0.2.5b1