diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..896b9ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Read the Docs configuration file for Sphinx projects
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
+
+# Required
+version: 2
+
+# Set the OS, Python version and other tools you might need
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-24.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.12"
+
+# Build documentation in the "docs/" directory with Sphinx
+sphinx:
+  configuration: docs/conf.py
+
+# Optional but recommended, declare the Python requirements required
+# to build your documentation
+python:
+  install:
+    - requirements: rtd.txt
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 890af1ec..dc06ceb5 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ include lingua.ini tox.ini
 include i18n.sh run-selenium-tests.bash
 include pyproject.toml
 include .coveragerc .isort.cfg .flake8
+exclude .readthedocs.yaml
 recursive-include deform/static *.js
 
 global-exclude __pycache__ *.py[cod]