diff --git a/docs/_templates/layout.html b/docs/_templates/layout.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eab5aa89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_templates/layout.html
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{%- extends "basic/layout.html" %}
+{%- block extrahead %}
+  {{ super() }}
+  {% if theme_touch_icon %}
+    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="{{ pathto('_static/' ~ theme_touch_icon, 1) }}" />
+  {% endif %}
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=0.9, maximum-scale=0.9">
+{% endblock %}
+{%- block relbar2 %}{% endblock %}
+{%- block footer %}
+    <div class="footer">
+      &copy; Copyright {{ copyright }}.
+    </div>
+    <a href="https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests" class="github">
+        <img style="position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; border: 0;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/github/ribbons/forkme_right_darkblue_121621.png" alt="Fork me on GitHub"  class="github"/>
+    </a>
+
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://gumroad.com/js/gumroad.js"></script>
+
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+    /* <![CDATA[ */
+        (function() {
+            var s = document.createElement('script'), t = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
+            s.type = 'text/javascript';
+            s.async = true;
+            s.src = 'http://api.flattr.com/js/0.6/load.js?mode=auto';
+            t.parentNode.insertBefore(s, t);
+        })();
+    /* ]]> */
+    </script>
+        <script type="text/javascript">
+    setTimeout(function(){var a=document.createElement("script");
+    var b=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];
+    a.src=document.location.protocol+"//dnn506yrbagrg.cloudfront.net/pages/scripts/0013/7219.js?"+Math.floor(new Date().getTime()/3600000);
+    a.async=true;a.type="text/javascript";b.parentNode.insertBefore(a,b)}, 1);
+    </script>
+
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+        new HelloBar(36402,48802);
+    </script>
+
+
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+
+      var _gaq = _gaq || [];
+      _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-8742933-11']);
+      _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'none']);
+      _gaq.push(['_setAllowLinker', true]);
+      _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
+
+      (function() {
+        var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
+        ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
+        var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
+      })();
+
+    </script>
+
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+      (function() {
+        var t   = document.createElement('script');
+        t.type  = 'text/javascript';
+        t.async = true;
+        t.id    = 'gauges-tracker';
+        t.setAttribute('data-site-id',
+                       '4ddc27f6613f5d186d000007');
+        t.src = '//secure.gaug.es/track.js';
+        var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
+        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);
+      })();
+    </script>
+
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+  (function() {
+    window._pa = window._pa || {};
+    _pa.productId = "requests-docs";
+    var pa = document.createElement('script'); pa.type = 'text/javascript'; pa.async = true;
+    pa.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https:' : 'http:') + "//tag.perfectaudience.com/serve/5226171f87bc6890da0000a0.js";
+    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(pa, s);
+  })();
+</script>
+{%- endblock %}
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 4969857b..70ec5b97 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
 import requests
 from requests import __version__
 
+import alabaster
+
 # -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ from requests import __version__
 extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
     'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
+    'alabaster'
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
@@ -101,7 +104,9 @@ html_theme = 'default'
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
 # documentation.
-#html_theme_options = {}
+html_theme_options = {
+  'show_powered_by': False
+}
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
 #html_theme_path = []
@@ -242,7 +247,7 @@ texinfo_documents = [
 texinfo_appendices = []
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('_themes'))
-html_theme_path = ['_themes']
-html_theme = 'kr'
+html_theme_path =[alabaster.get_path()]
+html_theme = 'alabaster'
 
 intersphinx_mapping = {'urllib3': ('http://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest', None)}
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 30491772..bf596036 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+alabaster==0.7.3
 Sphinx==1.1.3