diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3ced2d4b48c..b6f2c2c0666 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 # Builds PEP files to HTML using sphinx
 
 PYTHON=python3
-VENVDIR=.venv
+VENVDIR=./venv
 JOBS=8
 OUTPUT_DIR=build
 RENDER_COMMAND=$(VENVDIR)/bin/python3 build.py -j $(JOBS) -o $(OUTPUT_DIR)
 
+## render-netlify to render PEPs to "pep-NNNN.html" files, without managing venv for netlify
+.PHONY: render-netlify
+render-netlify:
+	python3 build.py -j $(JOBS) -o $(OUTPUT_DIR)
+
 ## render         to render PEPs to "pep-NNNN.html" files
 .PHONY: render
 render: venv
diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c6ae4310515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netlify.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[build]
+  command = "make render-netlify"
+  publish = "build/"
+
+[build.environment]
+  PYTHON_VERSION = "3.8"
+  IS_DEPLOYMENT_PREVIEW = "true"