diff --git a/python-template/{{cookiecutter.placeholder_repo_name}}/.readthedocs.yaml b/python-template/{{cookiecutter.placeholder_repo_name}}/.readthedocs.yaml
index b0d4d022..ce8bde28 100644
--- a/python-template/{{cookiecutter.placeholder_repo_name}}/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/python-template/{{cookiecutter.placeholder_repo_name}}/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@ build:
 python:
   install:
     - requirements: requirements/doc.txt
+
+    # This will pip install this repo into the python environment
+    # if you are using this in a repo that is not pip installable
+    # then you should remove the following two lines.
+    - method: pip
+      path: .