diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 47469fa69..2699e6f87 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ branches:
 install:
   - pip install mkdocs
   - pip install mkdocs-material
+  - pip install mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
 
 script:
   - mkdocs build --clean
diff --git a/docs/technical-documentation/docs-build.md b/docs/technical-documentation/docs-build.md
index cd54ee2df..a68c025de 100644
--- a/docs/technical-documentation/docs-build.md
+++ b/docs/technical-documentation/docs-build.md
@@ -10,13 +10,17 @@ This documentation is built using [mkdocs](http://www.mkdocs.org/), a static sit
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-You will need to have `mkdocs` installed locally, as well as the mkdocs theme.
+You will need to have `mkdocs` installed locally, as well as a required plugin and the MkDocs _Material_ theme.
 
 Install `mkdocs`:
 
 `sudo -H pip install mkdocs`
 
-Install material theme:
+Install plugin to enable display of the last revision date:
+
+`sudo -H pip install mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin`
+
+Install Material theme:
 
 `sudo -H pip install mkdocs-material`
 
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 88db415ba..6e7ba3fd9 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ markdown_extensions:
         permalink: True
 extra_css:
   - css/custom.css
+plugins:
+  - search
+  - git-revision-date-localized
 
 extra:
   font: