diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7d2923e..7e52648 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -91,10 +91,15 @@ jobs:
     docker:
       - image: circleci/python:2.7
     steps:
+      - run:
+          name: install git lfs
+          command: 'curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.deb.sh | sudo bash'
+      - run: sudo apt-get install git-lfs
+      - run: git lfs install
+      - run: pip install --upgrade pip
+      - run: sudo pip install mkdocs
       - checkout
       - run: git lfs fetch --all
-      - run: pip install --upgrade pip
-      - run: pip install mkdocs
       - run: cd docs && mkdocs build --clean