diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 98b1e2c1..b190e8a9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -200,4 +200,6 @@ latex_documents = [
 #latex_use_modindex = True
 
 
+needs_sphinx = '1.0'
+
 extlinks = {'issue': ('http://github.com/jodal/mopidy/issues#issue/%s', 'GH-')}
diff --git a/requirements-docs.txt b/requirements-docs.txt
index 0d593422..c75793d9 100644
--- a/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Sphinx
+Sphinx >= 1.0
 pygraphviz