diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c4e60340..29a37327 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ env:
     - CONDA_DEPENDENCIES="mdanalysis mdanalysistests dask joblib pytest-pep8 mock codecov"
     - CONDA_CHANNELS='conda-forge'
     - CONDA_CHANNEL_PRIORITY=True
+    - PIP_DEPENDENCIES="sphinx-sitemap"
     - NUMPY_VERSION=stable
     - BUILD_CMD='python setup.py develop'
     - CODECOV=false
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 4dcc66ba..809969ba 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -32,10 +32,14 @@
 extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
               'sphinx.ext.mathjax', 'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
               'sphinx.ext.napoleon', 'sphinx.ext.todo',
+              'sphinx_sitemap',
               'alabaster']
 
 mathjax_path = 'https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.0/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML'
 
+# for sitemap with https://github.com/jdillard/sphinx-sitemap
+site_url = "https://www.mdanalysis.org/pmda/"
+
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5599254/how-to-use-sphinxs-autodoc-to-document-a-classs-init-self-method
 autoclass_content = 'both'