diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-steps/pytest-steps-1.8.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pytest-steps/pytest-steps-1.8.0.ebuild
index 076d0d2256..5c48d5d2af 100644
--- a/dev-python/pytest-steps/pytest-steps-1.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pytest-steps/pytest-steps-1.8.0.ebuild
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 
 DOCS_BUILDER="mkdocs"
 DOCS_DEPEND="dev-python/mkdocs-material"
+DOCS_DIR="docs"
 
 inherit distutils-r1 docs