diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 9d461ff8..d23c6948 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ html:
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."
 
-livehtml:
+livehtml: html
 	$(SPHINXAUTOBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
 
 dirhtml: