diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 97081bec863b77..71d0771a4a1177 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -73,13 +73,18 @@
               'sphinx.ext.ifconfig',
               'sphinx.ext.linkcode',
               'nbsphinx',
-              'sphinxcontrib.spelling'
               ]
 
 exclude_patterns = ['**.ipynb_checkpoints']
 
-spelling_word_list_filename = ['spelling_wordlist.txt', 'names_wordlist.txt']
-spelling_ignore_pypi_package_names = True
+# Tries to import sphixcontrib.spelling - if not available pass
+try:
+    import sphinxcontrib.spelling
+    extensions.append('sphinxcontrib.spelling')
+    spelling_word_list_filename = ['spelling_wordlist.txt', 'names_wordlist.txt']
+    spelling_ignore_pypi_package_names = True
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    pass
 
 with open("index.rst") as f:
     index_rst_lines = f.readlines()