diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index c5bf41e9..1489dfaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@master
-
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@master
 
       - name: Query dependencies
@@ -32,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           install.packages("remotes")
+          install.packages("rmarkdown")
           install.packages("ps")
           remotes::install_deps(dependencies = TRUE)
           remotes::install_dev("pkgdown")
@@ -40,6 +39,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install package
         run: R CMD INSTALL .
 
+      - name: Render README
+        run: Rscript -e 'rmarkdown::render("README.Rmd")'
+
+      - name: Commit results
+        run: |
+          git commit README.md -m 'Re-build README.Rmd before pkgdown' || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git push origin || echo "No changes to commit"
+
+
       - name: Deploy package
         run: pkgdown::deploy_to_branch(new_process = FALSE)
         shell: Rscript {0}