diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 8820ddf..9a61c94 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ build:
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
+
+# Python requirements required to build the documentation
+python:
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8213302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sphinx
+sphinx_rtd_theme