diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index ac434825..6c170a39 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -31,9 +31,13 @@ pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 # -- Options for HTML output ---------------------------------------------------
 
 if not on_rtd:  # only import and set the theme if we're building docs locally
-    import sphinx_rtd_theme
-    html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
-    html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]
+    try:
+        import sphinx_rtd_theme
+    except ImportError:
+        html_theme = 'default'
+    else:
+        html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
+        html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]
 else:
     html_theme = 'default'
 
diff --git a/rpm/install b/rpm/install
index 86a9c324..4a8f9dc7 100644
--- a/rpm/install
+++ b/rpm/install
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 %{__python} setup.py install --skip-build --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
+# Build the HTML documentation using the default theme.
+%{__python} setup.py build_sphinx
+
 %if ! (0%{?fedora} > 12 || 0%{?rhel} > 5)
 %{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")}
 %{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
@@ -8,6 +11,6 @@
 INSTALLED_FILES="\
 %{python_sitelib}/*
 %{_bindir}/*
-%doc docs
+%doc LICENSE NOTICE README.rst THANKS build/sphinx/html examples/example_config.py
 "
 echo "$INSTALLED_FILES" > INSTALLED_FILES
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a0367bab..c11ea43a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bdist_rpm]
-build-requires = python2-devel python-setuptools
+build-requires = python2-devel python-setuptools python-sphinx
 requires = python-setuptools >= 0.6c6 python-ctypes
 install_script = rpm/install
 group = System Environment/Daemons