diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bca241af7f52b22079b730b5b996ff6a4a69ed4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Changelog
+=========
+
+Version 0.x.x
+-------------
+
+- add CHANGELOG
+- add sphinx dependency to build documentation
+- add stage to deploy documentation to GitLab pages
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..565b0521d0c2cdbfe493d19765b04d5c119fa7eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.. include:: ../CHANGELOG.rst
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index d75e366c4ca33778f02134855528ba5f90e7d8e0..f30568063de7fc34fab3f8f3b333d4a97e8789d4 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ Please use the navigation sidebar on the left to begin.
    network
    profile
    api
+   changelog