diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
--- a/docs/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 _build/
 apidoc/
 *-stamp
-README.md
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
new file mode 120000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../README.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    :maxdepth: 1
    :caption: Contents:
 
-   README
+   README.md
    dev-info.rst