diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index c92959e15..10bc25037 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 sphinx>=1.8
 sphinx_rtd_theme
 recommonmark>=0.6.0
+sphinxcontrib-googleanalytics>=0.4
 sphinx-markdown-tables>=0.0.16
 sphinx-version-warning
 markdown>=3.4.1
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index d2d4c845c..baa69803e 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 extensions = [
     "sphinx_rtd_theme",
     "recommonmark",
+    "sphinxcontrib.googleanalytics",
     "sphinx_markdown_tables",
     "versionwarning.extension",
 ]
@@ -81,9 +82,7 @@
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
 # documentation.
-html_theme_options = {
-    "analytics_id": "UA-169426804-1",
-}
+googleanalytics_id = "UA-169426804-1"
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,