diff --git a/docs/environment.yml b/docs/environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e94d91bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name: adios2-python-docs
+
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+
+dependencies:
+  - adios2-openmpi
diff --git a/docs/requirements.in b/docs/requirements.in
index d4c7065302..ba6c73b9f5 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.in
+++ b/docs/requirements.in
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ readthedocs-sphinx-search==0.1.1
 sphinx==5.3.0
 sphinxcontrib.blockdiag==3.0.0
 sphinx_rtd_theme==1.1.1
+pybind11==2.11.1
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 91f60a795c..3313b150a9 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ packaging==23.1
     # via sphinx
 pillow==10.0.0
     # via blockdiag
+pybind11==2.11.1
+    # via -r docs/requirements.in
 pygments==2.16.1
     # via sphinx
 readthedocs-sphinx-search==0.1.1