diff --git a/playbooks/python/readthedocs.yaml b/playbooks/python/readthedocs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c86b23ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/python/readthedocs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  tasks:
+    - name: Trigger readthedocs build URI
+      uri:
+        method: POST
+        url: 'https://readthedocs.org/build/{{ zuul.project.short_name }}'
diff --git a/zuul.yaml b/zuul.yaml
index 27a7be872..0235981b8 100644
--- a/zuul.yaml
+++ b/zuul.yaml
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@
       at least a ``username`` and ``password`` attribute.
     post-run: playbooks/python/upload-pypi
 
+- job:
+    name: trigger-readthedocs
+    description:
+      Send a trigger to the readthedocs url to tell it to build docs
+    nodes: []
+    run: playbooks/python/readthedocs
+
 - job:
     name: multinode
     description: |