diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 136fcf32d6..fc96451b40 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
 # source_suffix = ['.rst', '.md']
 source_suffix = ".rst"
 
+# Fail the build on broken links
+nitpicky = True
+
 # The encoding of source files.
 # source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'