diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4583ebcd50..6afac4df1b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ kwargs = {
     ],
     'extras_require': {
         'depletion-mpi': ['mpi4py'],
+        'docs': ['sphinx', 'sphinxcontrib-katex', 'sphinx-numfig', 'jupyter',
+                 'sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter', 'sphinx-rtd-theme'],
         'test': ['pytest', 'pytest-cov', 'colorama'],
         'vtk': ['vtk'],
     },