diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 2333c272fe..62d14f607a 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -180,3 +180,8 @@ pseudoxml:
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b pseudoxml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/pseudoxml
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The pseudo-XML files are in $(BUILDDIR)/pseudoxml."
+
+livehtml:
+	sphinx-autobuild --poll -p 4000 -H 0.0.0.0 -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
+
+
diff --git a/docs/contributing/developing.rst b/docs/contributing/developing.rst
index 9989ff3889..b48c501a48 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/developing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing/developing.rst
@@ -180,3 +180,13 @@ To clear the built HTML and start fresh, so you can see all warnings thrown when
     $ cd docs/
     $ make clean
     $ make html
+
+Wagtail also provides a way for documentation to be compiled automatically on each change.
+To do this, you can run the following command to see the changes automatically at ``localhost:4000``:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ cd docs/
+    $ make livehtml
+
+