diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 9538dd108b..3b3cdd82fa 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - Backport transaction handling to document model events.
 - Update example LDAP authentication settings file.
 - Update FAQ entry about the LDAP file.
+- Automate documentation building dependencies.
 
 3.2.10 (2019-11-19)
 ===================
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 194df3a46f..110d56b5a8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ generate-setup: generate-requirements
 generate-requirements: ## Generate all requirements files from the project depedency declarations.
 	@./manage.py generaterequirements build > requirements/build.txt
 	@./manage.py generaterequirements development > requirements/development.txt
+	@./manage.py generaterequirements documentation > requirements/documentation.txt
 	@./manage.py generaterequirements testing > requirements/testing-base.txt
 	@./manage.py generaterequirements production --exclude=django > requirements/base.txt
 	@./manage.py generaterequirements production --only=django > requirements/common.txt
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/dependencies.py b/mayan/apps/common/dependencies.py
index 8a6e811c62..40bdfeb05d 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/dependencies.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/dependencies.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from mayan.apps.dependencies.classes import (
-    environment_build, environment_development, environment_testing,
-    PythonDependency
+    environment_build, environment_development, environment_documentation,
+    environment_testing, PythonDependency
 )
 
 PythonDependency(
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ PythonDependency(
     module=__name__, name='whitenoise', version_string='==4.1.4'
 )
 
+# Development
+
 PythonDependency(
     module=__name__, environment=environment_development, name='Werkzeug',
     version_string='==0.15.4'
@@ -330,6 +332,8 @@ PythonDependency(
     module=__name__, name='transifex-client', version_string='==0.13.6'
 )
 
+# Testing
+
 PythonDependency(
     environment=environment_testing, module=__name__, name='codecov',
     version_string='==2.0.15'
@@ -356,6 +360,8 @@ PythonDependency(
     version_string='==5.6.3'
 )
 
+# Build
+
 PythonDependency(
     environment=environment_build, module=__name__, name='twine',
     version_string='==1.9.1'
@@ -364,3 +370,36 @@ PythonDependency(
     environment=environment_build, module=__name__, name='wheel',
     version_string='==0.30.0'
 )
+
+# Documentation
+
+PythonDependency(
+    environment=environment_documentation, module=__name__, name='Sphinx',
+    version_string='==1.8.5'
+)
+PythonDependency(
+    environment=environment_documentation, module=__name__,
+    name='sphinx-autobuild',
+    version_string='==0.7.1'
+)
+PythonDependency(
+    environment=environment_documentation, module=__name__,
+    name='sphinx_rtd_theme',
+    version_string='==0.4.3'
+)
+PythonDependency(
+    environment=environment_documentation, module=__name__,
+    name='sphinxcontrib-blockdiag',
+    version_string='==1.5.5'
+)
+PythonDependency(
+    environment=environment_documentation, module=__name__,
+    name='sphinxcontrib-spelling',
+    version_string='==4.2.1'
+)
+# sphinx-autobuild has a dependency on Tornado,
+# but Tornado 6.0 dropped support for Python 2.7
+PythonDependency(
+    environment=environment_documentation, module=__name__, name='tornado',
+    version_string='<6.0'
+)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/dependencies/classes.py b/mayan/apps/dependencies/classes.py
index bb2173546a..cc62c77935 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/dependencies/classes.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/dependencies/classes.py
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ environment_development = DependencyEnvironment(
         'can ignore missing dependencies under this environment.'
     ), label=_('Development'), name='development'
 )
+environment_documentation = DependencyEnvironment(
+    help_text=_(
+        'Environment used for building the documentation. End users '
+        'can ignore missing dependencies under this environment.'
+    ), label=_('Documentation'), name='documentation'
+)
 environment_production = DependencyEnvironment(
     help_text=_(
         'Normal environment for end users. A missing dependency under this '
diff --git a/requirements/documentation.txt b/requirements/documentation.txt
index 2718faf654..0d2604016a 100644
--- a/requirements/documentation.txt
+++ b/requirements/documentation.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 Sphinx==1.8.5
-
 sphinx-autobuild==0.7.1
 sphinx_rtd_theme==0.4.3
 sphinxcontrib-blockdiag==1.5.5
 sphinxcontrib-spelling==4.2.1
-
-# sphinx-autobuild has a dependency on Tornado,
-# but Tornado 6.0 dropped support for Python 2.7
 tornado<6.0