diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e9b05dd5..068179fd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -139,3 +139,12 @@ rebuild: clean build-from-cwd
 .PHONY: new-alert
 new-alert: ## Create an example alert and working alert unit test
 	python tests/alert_templater.py
+
+.PHONY: run-docs
+run-docs: stop-docs ## Start container to serve up documentation for development
+	docker-compose -f docker/compose/dev-docs.yml up -d
+	@echo "Visit http://localhost:8000 - Feel free to update source code and then refresh webpage!"
+
+.PHONY: stop-docs
+stop-docs: ## Stop the docs development container if running
+	-docker-compose -f docker/compose/dev-docs.yml stop
diff --git a/docker/compose/dev-docs.yml b/docker/compose/dev-docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09942e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/compose/dev-docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+version: '3.7'
+services:
+  docs:
+    image: dldl/sphinx-server
+    networks:
+      - default
+    volumes:
+        - ../../docs/source:/web
+    ports:
+      - 8000:8000