diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 589556079..ad3233a8a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ tags
 
 docs/integrations/ansible/modules/napalm_*/
 docs/integrations/ansible/modules/source/*.json
+docs/napalm_ansible_repo/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/build-ansible-module-docs.sh b/docs/build-ansible-module-docs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..474f6e799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/build-ansible-module-docs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+CWD=`pwd`
+MODULES_OUTPUT="$CWD/integrations/ansible/modules/source"
+
+
+
+git clone https://github.com/napalm-automation/napalm-ansible.git napalm_ansible_repo
+cd napalm_ansible_repo
+
+# Change to master after next napalm-ansible release
+git checkout develop
+
+pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+pip install .
+py.test
+cp module_docs/* $MODULES_OUTPUT/
+
+cd $CWD
+
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 7d08b3071..7d4c33839 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-exclude_patterns = ['_build']
+exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'napalm_ansible_repo']
 
 # The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
 # documents.
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ def build_napalm_ansible_module_docs(app):
     """Create documentation for Ansible modules."""
 
     # Add script to clone napalm-ansible repo
-    status = 0
+    status = subprocess.call("./build-ansible-module-docs.sh", stdout=sys.stdout, stderr=sys.stderr)
 
     if status != 0:
         print("Something bad happened when processing the Ansible modules.")