diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ac3559daaec905252b28609d5be692396def3898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "doc/alabaster"]
+	path = doc/alabaster
+	url = git://github.com/bitprophet/alabaster.git
diff --git a/doc/alabaster b/doc/alabaster
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aabda1182083d21b6d9bafb53ea8a99eb4be4cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/alabaster
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit aabda1182083d21b6d9bafb53ea8a99eb4be4cf0
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index d6b8bda898728c823fa79b702b8f871b359bfd26..6e73eb5cff7c8e4a19ad38811c2f0f458679ae81 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ pygments_style = 'tango'
 
 # -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
 
+html_theme_path = ['./alabaster']
 html_theme = 'alabaster'
 htmlhelp_basename = 'Haddockdoc'