diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index bb3a38c9..b6a99eff 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
+# Workaround to install and execute git-lfs on Read the Docs
+if os.system("git lfs env > /dev/null") == 0:
+    os.system("git lfs fetch")
+    os.system("git lfs checkout")
+else:
+    print("Warning: it seems git lfs is not installed.  Bodging our way around the problem to retrieve images...")
+    os.system('wget https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/download/v2.7.1/git-lfs-linux-amd64-v2.7.1.tar.gz')
+    os.system('tar xvfz git-lfs-linux-amd64-v2.7.1.tar.gz')
+    os.system('./git-lfs install')  # make lfs available in current repository
+    os.system('./git-lfs fetch')  # download content from remote
+    os.system('./git-lfs checkout')  # make local files to have the real content on them
+
 # Load module from relative imports by modifying the path
 
 module_path = os.path.abspath("../..")