diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 7e8d7c0f..d9ac409e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.imgmath',
     'sphinx.ext.napoleon',
     'sphinx.ext.todo',
-    'sphinx_markdown_tables'
+    'sphinx_markdown_tables',
+    'recommonmark'
 ]
 # yapf: enable