diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 94862f68..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-name: CI Documentation
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-
-    strategy:
-      max-parallel: 4
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10"]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-      - name: Install Dependencies
-        working-directory: .
-        run: ./configure --docs
-
-      - name: Check Sphinx Documentation build minimally
-        working-directory: ./docs
-        run: |
-          source ../venv/bin/activate
-          sphinx-build -E -W source build
-
-      - name: Check for documentation style errors
-        working-directory: ./docs
-        run: |
-          source ../venv/bin/activate
-          ./scripts/doc8_style_check.sh
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d4554cc7..8aa2aec5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ docs:
 	rm -rf docs/_build/
 	@${ACTIVATE} sphinx-build docs/source docs/_build/
 
+check_docs:
+	@echo "Check Sphinx Documentation build minimally"
+	@${ACTIVATE} sphinx-build -E -W docs/source build
+	@echo "Check for documentation style errors"
+	@${ACTIVATE} doc8 --max-line-length 100 docs/source --ignore D000 --quiet
+
 docker-images:
 	@echo "-> Build Docker services"
 	docker-compose build
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 23faf951..3a108dbd 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,11 @@ jobs:
           python_versions: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
           test_suites:
               all: make test
+
+    - template: etc/ci/azure-posix.yml
+      parameters:
+          job_name: ci_documentation
+          image_name: ubuntu-22.04
+          python_versions: ['3.10']
+          test_suites:
+              all: make check_docs
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 906137be..2ca14c39 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CUSTOM_PACKAGES=""
 
 # Requirement arguments passed to pip and used by default or with --dev.
 REQUIREMENTS="$CUSTOM_PACKAGES --editable purldb-toolkit/ --editable purl2vcs/ --editable . --constraint requirements.txt"
-DEV_REQUIREMENTS="$CUSTOM_PACKAGES --editable purldb-toolkit/[testing] --editable .[testing] --editable purl2vcs/[testing] --constraint requirements.txt --constraint requirements-dev.txt"
+DEV_REQUIREMENTS="$CUSTOM_PACKAGES --editable purldb-toolkit/[testing] --editable .[testing,docs] --editable purl2vcs/[testing] --constraint requirements.txt --constraint requirements-dev.txt"
 DOCS_REQUIREMENTS="$CUSTOM_PACKAGES --editable purldb-toolkit/ --editable .[docs] --constraint requirements.txt"
 
 # where we create a virtualenv