diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..470e0f56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+version: 2
+jobs:
+  # Define a "build_docs" job to be run with Circle
+  build_docs:
+    # This is the base environment that Circle will use
+    docker:
+      - image: circleci/python:3.6-stretch
+    steps:
+      # Get our data and merge with upstream
+      - run: sudo apt-get update
+      - checkout
+      # Update our path
+      - run: echo "export PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH" >> $BASH_ENV
+      # Restore cached files to speed things up
+      - restore_cache:
+          keys:
+            - cache-pip
+      # Install the packages needed to build our documentation
+      # This will depend on your particular package!
+      - run: pip install --user -r docs/doc-requirements.txt
+      # Cache some files for a speedup in subsequent builds
+      - save_cache:
+          key: cache-pip
+          paths:
+            - ~/.cache/pip
+      # Build the docs
+      - run:
+          name: Build docs to store
+          command: |
+            cd docs
+            make html
+      # Tell Circle to store the documentation output in a folder that we can access later
+      - store_artifacts:
+          path: docs/build/html/
+          destination: html
+
+# Tell CircleCI to use this workflow when it builds the site
+workflows:
+  version: 2
+  default:
+    jobs:
+      - build_docs
diff --git a/docs/doc-requirements.txt b/docs/doc-requirements.txt
index fe185f28..dea73e15 100644
--- a/docs/doc-requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/doc-requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 sphinx>=1.4, !=1.5.4
 recommonmark
+alabaster
+alabaster_jupyterhub
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index af81bb96..cc48fea0 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ html_favicon = '_static/images/favicon.ico'
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
 #
-html_theme = 'alabaster'
+import alabaster_jupyterhub
+html_theme = 'alabaster_jupyterhub'
+html_theme_path = [alabaster_jupyterhub.get_html_theme_path()]
 
 # 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