diff --git a/docs/user_guide/source/conf.py b/docs/user_guide/source/conf.py
index edfe7ca13635db1a63df241830a1cf99b3c32f0f..3b6974281c95c57fd28b1296742622d6830dd757 100644
--- a/docs/user_guide/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/user_guide/source/conf.py
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ copyright = u'2015, Synnefo development team'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
+
+CURPATH = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+toplevel = os.path.join(CURPATH, '..', '..', '..')
+sys.path.insert(0, toplevel)
 import agkyra
 version = agkyra.__version__
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.