diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0725f3e5..2064ff3a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ swiftclient/versioninfo
 .coverage
 cover/
 coverage.xml
+doc/build
 doc/source/api/
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 95cd94f1..797b76b5 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ commands = python setup.py testr --coverage
 [tox:jenkins]
 downloadcache = ~/cache/pip
 
+[testenv:docs]
+commands=
+    python setup.py build_sphinx
+
 [flake8]
 # it's not a bug that we aren't using all of hacking
 # H102 -> apache2 license exists