diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8409a3d54085505ffee4d59ce636a69d2585b0d5..c47283e9fd713744478ce5af14176c6d06b4ff3b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ vcversioner
 sphinx >= 1.3
 sphinxcontrib-httpdomain
 sphinxcontrib-images
+sphinxcontrib-programoutput
 recommonmark
diff --git a/swh/docs/sphinx/conf.py b/swh/docs/sphinx/conf.py
index 65ea5153896d43edb11fd23209caaf89a041768b..cb7d29610a2ed5485a3f93d2785fb94b374c5f99 100755
--- a/swh/docs/sphinx/conf.py
+++ b/swh/docs/sphinx/conf.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc',
               'sphinxcontrib.httpdomain',
               'sphinx.ext.extlinks',
               'sphinxcontrib.images',
+              'sphinxcontrib.programoutput',
               'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
               ]