diff --git a/docs/source/_templates/sidebar-links-template.html b/docs/source/_templates/sidebar-links-template.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71ead79d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/_templates/sidebar-links-template.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<h3>Quick links</h3>
+<p>
+<a href="https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb">GitHub repository</a>
+<br>
+<a href="https://www.bigchaindb.com/">BigchainDB website</a>
+</p>
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diff --git a/docs/source/_templates/sidebar-title-template.html b/docs/source/_templates/sidebar-title-template.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c9e029f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/_templates/sidebar-title-template.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<h1>BigchainDB</h1>
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diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 2f045ffe..0f0ea759 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -166,7 +166,12 @@ html_static_path = ['_static']
 #html_use_smartypants = True
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
-#html_sidebars = {}
+html_sidebars = {
+    '**': ['sidebar-title-template.html',
+           'globaltoc.html',
+           'sidebar-links-template.html',
+           'searchbox.html'],
+}
 
 # Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
 # template names.