diff --git a/templates/sphinx-conf.py b/templates/sphinx-conf.py
index daf4fd1821afcddcc3c019d5caec09a6587169f1..768d48e9e3c04d766c0de1164f81df58306d5a60 100644
--- a/templates/sphinx-conf.py
+++ b/templates/sphinx-conf.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ autodoc_default_flags = [
 from bob.extension.utils import link_documentation, load_requirements
 sphinx_requirements = "extra-intersphinx.txt"
 if os.path.exists(sphinx_requirements):
-    intersphinx_mapping = link_documentation(additional_packages=load_requirements(sphinx_requirements))
+    intersphinx_mapping = link_documentation(additional_packages=['python', 'numpy']+load_requirements(sphinx_requirements))
 else:
     intersphinx_mapping = link_documentation()