diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 00cd50de..14b083cc 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf doxyoutput/ api/
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M clean "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
+copy-plugin-readmes:
+	install -d plugins
+	(cd ../plugins; \
+		ls -d * |xargs -n 1 -I % cp %/README.md ../docs/plugins/%.md )
+
 
 examples:
 	install -d examples
diff --git a/docs/_sphinx/__pycache__/copy-examples.cpython-39.pyc b/docs/_sphinx/__pycache__/copy-examples.cpython-39.pyc
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diff --git a/docs/_sphinx/__pycache__/copy-plugin-readmes.cpython-39.pyc b/docs/_sphinx/__pycache__/copy-plugin-readmes.cpython-39.pyc
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diff --git a/docs/_sphinx/copy-plugin-readmes.py b/docs/_sphinx/copy-plugin-readmes.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb99c452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_sphinx/copy-plugin-readmes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""Crude Sphinx extension to run a makefile step
+"""
+
+import os
+
+
+def config_inited(app, config):
+    os.system('make copy-plugin-readmes')
+
+def setup(app):
+    app.connect('config-inited', config_inited)
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 0274704d..42a15338 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extensions = [
 ]
 
 extensions.append('copy-examples')
+extensions.append('copy-plugin-readmes')
 
 
 # Setup the breathe extension