diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
similarity index 50%
rename from readthedocs.yml
rename to .readthedocs.yml
index 6a06f6555134e6..923a03f03dd8a4 100644
--- a/readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ build:
 
 python:
   version: 3.6
-  setup_py_install: true
\ No newline at end of file
+  setup_py_install: true
+
+requirements_file: requirements_docs.txt