diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-requirements.txt b/.github/workflows/doc-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3eee61b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+enthought-sphinx-theme
+sphinx
+sphinx-copybutton
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-doc-build.yml b/.github/workflows/test-doc-build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da2303cee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-doc-build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Test the documentation build
+
+on: [pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  docs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.11'
+        cache: 'pip'
+        cache-dependency-path: '.github/workflows/doc-requirements.txt'
+    - run: python -m pip install -r .github/workflows/doc-requirements.txt
+    - run: python -m pip install .
+    - run: |
+        python -m sphinx.ext.apidoc --separate --no-toc -o docs/source/api -t docs/source/api/templates envisage */tests
+        python -m sphinx -b html -d docs/build/doctrees docs/source docs/build/html
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: documentation
+        path: |
+          docs/build/
+          !docs/build/doctrees/
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 6e50918af..049e75e70 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 # All configuration values have a default value; values that are commented out
 # serve to show the default value.
 
-import envisage
+import importlib.metadata
+
 import enthought_sphinx_theme
 
 # If your extensions are in another directory, add it here. If the directory
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@
 
 # The default replacements for |version| and |release|, also used in various
 # other places throughout the built documents.
-version = release = envisage.__version__
+version = release = importlib.metadata.version("envisage")
 
 # There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
 # non-false value, then it is used: