diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 5c12f501..4a10a6d9 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ markdown_extensions:
       permalink: True
   - attr_list
   - admonition
+  - pymdownx.magiclink:
+      repo_url_shortener: True
 
 plugins:
   - importmarkdown
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index f838e3f2..44043506 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 -e ./docs/mkdocs_include_markdown_plugin
 pytest
 mkdocs==1.0.4
+pymdown-extensions
 pip-tools
 requests
 click