diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1f9639aff7..618715514e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ __pycache__
 !/docker-compose.saml2.yml
 !/docker-compose.syslog.yml
 !/mkdocs.yml
+!/.readthedocs.yaml
 
 /conf/*
 !/conf/start
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..720c795d44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+version: 2
+
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.11"
+
+mkdocs:
+  configuration: mkdocs.yml