diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 34d26147..8d102b66 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ before_install: |
     export JULIA_CMDSTAN_HOME="$(pwd)/cmdstan-2.21.0"
     make -C "$JULIA_CMDSTAN_HOME" build
   fi
+jobs:
+  include:
+    - stage: "Documentation"
+      julia: 1.5
+      os: linux
+      script:
+        - julia --project=docs/ -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.develop(PackageSpec(path=pwd()));
+                                               Pkg.instantiate()'
+        - julia --project=docs/ docs/make.jl
+      after_success: skip
 after_success:
   # push coverage results to Coveralls
   - julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add("Coverage"); using Coverage; Coveralls.submit(Coveralls.process_folder())'