diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh_pages.yml b/.github/workflows/gh_pages.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7101bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh_pages.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Deploy Docs to GitHub Pages
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-deploy-docs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 3
+      - name: Install Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+      - name: Install package
+        run: |
+          pip install -r requirements_build.txt
+          python setup.py build
+          python setup.py install
+      - name: Build docs
+        run: |
+          cd doc
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          make html
+      - name: Deploy docs
+        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@4.1.3
+        with:
+          branch: gh-pages
+          folder: ${{ github.workspace }}/doc/_build/html
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 6abf4cb9..7075d249 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 import sphinx_bootstrap_theme
 
-from lightning import __version__
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -20,6 +19,13 @@
 copyright = '{}, {}'.format(datetime.now().year, author)
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
+try:
+    from lightning import __version__
+except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError) as e:
+    raise ImportError(
+        f"You must install '{project}' package itself to build docs for it"
+    ) from e
+
 release = __version__
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 2b74c295..2514f1fc 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+matplotlib
+sphinx
 sphinx_bootstrap_theme
-sphinx-gallery
+sphinx_gallery
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fb39f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+joblib
+numpy
+scikit-learn
+scipy
diff --git a/requirements_build.txt b/requirements_build.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7933e570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_build.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cython
+numpy
diff --git a/requirements_test.txt b/requirements_test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26b77f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-r requirements.txt
+pytest
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 066ad6f4..b1c9a96c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
                       f.read())
     VERSION = match.group('version').strip()
 MIN_PYTHON_VERSION = '3.6'
+with open('requirements.txt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    REQUIREMENTS = [
+        line.strip()
+        for line in f.read().splitlines()
+        if line.strip()
+    ]
 
 
 def configuration(parent_package='', top_path=None):
@@ -49,9 +55,7 @@ def configuration(parent_package='', top_path=None):
           name=DISTNAME,
           maintainer=MAINTAINER,
           python_requires='>={}'.format(MIN_PYTHON_VERSION),
-          install_requires=[
-              'scikit-learn'
-          ],
+          install_requires=REQUIREMENTS,
           include_package_data=True,
           scripts=["bin/lightning_train",
                    "bin/lightning_predict"],