diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffdd1d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# .readthedocs.yaml
+# Read the Docs configuration file
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
+
+# Required
+version: 2
+
+# Set the version of Python and other tools you might need
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.8"
+
+python:
+  install:
+    - method: pip
+      path: .
+      extra_requirements:
+        - doc
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 5f5bac6..7456920 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 #
 import os
-# import sys
 import tomli
-from importlib.metadata import version
+import pkg_resources
 
 from datetime import datetime
 # sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@
 copyright = f"2022-{datetime.now().year}, {_author}s <{_email}s>"
 author = f"{_author}s"
 
-_version = version(project)
+_version = pkg_resources.require(project)[0].version
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
 release = _version
 
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@
 # ones.
 extensions = [
     "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
+    "numpydoc",
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e279ffd..2417bae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ dev = [
     "isort == 5.8.0",
     "pre-commit >= 2.9.0",
 ]
+doc = [
+ "sphinx",
+ "sphinx-rtd-theme",
+ "tomli",
+]
 
 [project.scripts]
 ae_bundle_streamlines = "scripts:ae_bundle_streamlines.main"