diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index a89042ba..22cfb7e1 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ sphinx:
 # Optionally, but recommended,
 # declare the Python requirements required to build your documentation
 # See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/guides/reproducible-builds.html
-# python:
-#    install:
-#    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
-      
+python:
+   install:
+   - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2954e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+numpydoc