diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index aec458ea..6b218559 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Makefile for Sphinx documentation
 #
 
+default:
+	sphinx-autobuild . _build/html/
+
 # You can set these variables from the command line.
 SPHINXOPTS    =
 SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build