diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index f423c2f..535ebbd 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ALLSPHINXOPTS   = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
 # the i18n builder cannot share the environment and doctrees with the others
 I18NSPHINXOPTS  = $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
 
-.PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp qthelp devhelp epub latex latexpdf text man changes linkcheck doctest gettext
+.PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp qthelp devhelp epub latex latexpdf text man changes linkcheck doctest gettext spelling
 
 help:
 	@echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "  pseudoxml  to make pseudoxml-XML files for display purposes"
 	@echo "  linkcheck  to check all external links for integrity"
 	@echo "  doctest    to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)"
+	@echo "  spelling   to run the spellchecker"
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
@@ -175,3 +176,8 @@ pseudoxml:
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b pseudoxml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/pseudoxml
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The pseudo-XML files are in $(BUILDDIR)/pseudoxml."
+
+spelling:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b spelling $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/spelling
+	@echo
+	@echo "Spellchecker finished."
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 2cbe0cf..b83629e 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.todo',
     'sphinx.ext.graphviz',
     'sphinx.ext.inheritance_diagram',
+    'sphinxcontrib.spelling',
 ]
 
 # supress warnings for external images
diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 89cd833..c0050c9 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ pyserial
 sphinx-rtd-theme
 setuptools-scm
 docutils>=0.12
+sphinxcontrib-spelling>=5
 python-barcode>=0.11.0,<1
diff --git a/doc/spelling_wordlist.txt b/doc/spelling_wordlist.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 10e0396..567e548 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ tests_require =
     mock
     hypothesis>4
     flake8
+    sphinxcontrib-spelling>=5
 
 [nosetests]
 verbosity=3