diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a8b5dfb6d..7cf6454c6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(BUILD_DOCS)
     find_package(Doxygen REQUIRED)
-    find_package(Sphinx REQUIRED breathe)
+    find_package(Sphinx REQUIRED breathe exhale)
     set(DOXYGEN_GENERATE_HTML NO)
     set(DOXYGEN_GENERATE_XML YES)
 
diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eedd89b45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+api
diff --git a/docs/api_ref.rst b/docs/api_ref.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index c7766fc80..000000000
--- a/docs/api_ref.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-API Reference
-=============
-
-.. doxygenindex::
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 12fa0071c..a26592b99 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 # ones.
 extensions = [
     'breathe',
+    'exhale',
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
@@ -53,6 +54,27 @@
 exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
 
 
+# Setup the exhale extension
+exhale_args = {
+    # These arguments are required
+    "containmentFolder":     "../../projectm/docs/api",
+    "rootFileName":          "library_root.rst",
+    "doxygenStripFromPath":  "..",
+    # Heavily encouraged optional argument (see docs)
+    "rootFileTitle":         "ProjectM API",
+    # Suggested optional arguments
+    "createTreeView":        True,
+    # TIP: if using the sphinx-bootstrap-theme, you need
+    # "treeViewIsBootstrap": True,
+    "exhaleExecutesDoxygen": False,
+}
+
+# Tell sphinx what the primary language being documented is.
+primary_domain = 'cpp'
+
+# Tell sphinx what the pygments highlight language should be.
+highlight_language = 'cpp'
+
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
 
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 9d004bf1f..8676e8090 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    building
    emscripten
    llvm
-   api_ref
+   api/library_root
 
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