diff --git a/dev-python/importlib_resources/importlib_resources-1.0.2-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/importlib_resources/importlib_resources-1.0.2-r1.ebuild
index 1e8e022c6b572..5ebc09e8110e7 100644
--- a/dev-python/importlib_resources/importlib_resources-1.0.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/importlib_resources/importlib_resources-1.0.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE="test"
+IUSE="doc test"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/pathlib2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' -2)
 	virtual/python-typing[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
 BDEPEND="
+	doc? ( dev-python/sphinx[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 	test? ( ${RDEPEND} )
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
@@ -29,6 +30,18 @@ BDEPEND="
 # https://gitlab.com/python-devs/importlib_resources/issues/71
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-skip-wheel.patch" )
 
+python_prepare_all() {
+	sed -i "/'sphinx.ext.intersphinx'/d" ${PN}/docs/conf.py || die
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+python_compile_all() {
+	if use doc; then
+		sphinx-build ${PN}/docs docs/_build/html || die
+		HTML_DOCS=( docs/_build/html/. )
+	fi
+}
+
 python_test() {
 	"${EPYTHON}" -m unittest discover -v || die "tests failed with ${EPYTHON}"
 }