diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index b8aa71fa..88190d11 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ html:
 	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."
 	@rm -rf ../docs
 	cp -r $(BUILDDIR)/html ../docs
+	touch ../docs/.nojekyll
 
 .PHONY: dirhtml
 dirhtml:
diff --git a/docs/.nojekyll b/docs/.nojekyll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b