diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 45c736e9..1b45bf6d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ Maintainer: Cedric Hombourger <cedric.hombourger@siemens.com>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>=10) | dh-systemd,
                dh-python,
                libpython3-all-dev,
-               python3-all-dev,
-               python3-setuptools
+               python3-all-dev:any,
+               python3-setuptools,
+               python3-sphinx:native <!nodoc>,
+               python3-sphinx-rtd-theme:native <!nodoc>
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Standards-Version: 4.5.0 
 Homepage: https://github.com/siemens/mtda
 X-Python3-Version: >= 3.7
@@ -27,7 +30,9 @@ Depends: mtda-common,
          python3-zmq,
          python3-zstandard,
          usbrelay,
-         ${misc:Depends}
+         ${misc:Depends},
+         ${sphinxdoc:Depends}
+Built-Using: ${sphinxdoc:Built-Using}
 Replaces: mtda-usb-functions
 Suggests: nbd-server
 Description: Multi-Tenant Device Access service
diff --git a/debian/docs b/debian/docs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35f5730d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/docs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+README.md
+build/html
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 49c41224..cb7ced58 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -5,10 +5,20 @@ PY_TARGET=$(shell python3 -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('stdlib
 MTDA_DIST=$(PY_TARGET)/dist-packages/mtda
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
+	dh $@ --with python3,sphinxdoc --buildsystem=pybuild
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 
+override_dh_auto_build: export http_proxy=127.0.0.1:9
+override_dh_auto_build: export https_proxy=127.0.0.1:9
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	dh_auto_build
+ifneq ($(filter nodoc,$(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES)),)
+	echo -e "\nnodoc build profile enabled, therefor not building docs.\n"
+else
+	PYTHONPATH=. python3 -m sphinx -N -bhtml docs/ build/html
+endif
+
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install
 	: