diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 584e23060dbb..deb22096df2f 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     'sphinx_gallery.gen_gallery',
     'matplotlib.sphinxext.mathmpl',
     'matplotlib.sphinxext.plot_directive',
+    'sphinxcontrib.inkscapeconverter',
     'sphinxext.custom_roles',
     'sphinxext.github',
     'sphinxext.math_symbol_table',
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ def _check_dependencies():
         "PIL.Image": 'pillow',
         "sphinx_copybutton": 'sphinx_copybutton',
         "sphinx_gallery": 'sphinx_gallery',
+        "sphinxcontrib.inkscapeconverter": 'sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter',
     }
     missing = []
     for name in names:
diff --git a/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt b/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
index df54a5bcbfc0..193c888b2f95 100644
--- a/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ colorspacious
 ipython
 ipywidgets
 numpydoc>=0.8
+sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter>=1.1.0
 sphinx-gallery>=0.7
 sphinx-copybutton
 scipy