diff --git a/docs/make.cmd b/docs/make.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4e003d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/make.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+@ECHO OFF
+REM ~ Windows command line make file for Sphinx documentation
+
+SETLOCAL
+
+SET SPHINXOPTS=
+SET SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build
+SET PAPER=
+SET SRCDIR=source
+
+IF "%PAPER%" == "" SET PAPER=a4
+SET ALLSPHINXOPTS=-d build\doctrees -D latex_paper_size=%PAPER% %SPHINXOPTS% %SRCDIR%
+
+FOR %%X IN (%SPHINXBUILD%.exe) DO SET P=%%~$PATH:X
+
+FOR %%L IN (html pickle htmlhelp latex changes linkcheck) DO (
+    IF "%1" == "%%L" (
+        IF "%P%" == "" (
+            ECHO.
+            ECHO Error: Sphinx is not available. Please make sure it is correctly installed.
+            GOTO END
+        )
+        MD build\doctrees 2>NUL
+        MD build\%1 || GOTO DIR_EXIST
+        %SPHINXBUILD% -b %1 %ALLSPHINXOPTS% build\%1
+        IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 0 GOTO ERROR
+        ECHO.
+        ECHO Build finished. Results are in build\%1.
+        IF "%1" == "pickle" (
+            ECHO Now you can process the pickle files or run
+            ECHO    sphinx-web build\pickle to start the sphinx-web server.
+        )
+        IF "%1" == "htmlhelp" (
+            ECHO Now you can run HTML Help Workshop with the
+            ECHO    .hhp project file in build/htmlhelp.
+        )
+        IF "%1" == "linkcheck" (
+            ECHO Look for any errors in the above output
+            ECHO    or in build\linkcheck\output.txt.
+        )
+        GOTO END
+    )
+)
+
+IF "%1" == "clean" (
+    RD /s /q build dist %SRCDIR%\api\generated 2>NUL
+    IF ERRORLEVEL 0 ECHO Build environment cleaned!
+    GOTO END
+)
+
+ECHO.
+ECHO Please use "make [target]" where [target] is one of:
+ECHO.
+ECHO    html      to make standalone HTML files
+ECHO    pickle    to make pickle files (usable by e.g. sphinx-web)
+ECHO    htmlhelp  to make HTML files and a HTML help project
+ECHO    latex     to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter
+ECHO    changes   to make an overview over all changed/added/deprecated items
+ECHO    linkcheck to check all external links for integrity
+GOTO END
+
+:DIR_EXIST
+ECHO.
+ECHO Info: Run "make clean" to clean build environment
+
+:ERROR
+ECHO.
+ECHO Error: Build process failed!
+
+:END
+ENDLOCAL
\ No newline at end of file