diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5e53709f6..361fac4f0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ cache:
 env:
   global:
     - HDF5_CACHE_DIR=$HOME/.cache/hdf5
+    - secure: "PVgKiZwB5Kr7KFAmjoMYtsKsVGUhDdiYq0YoMMEk/COFHpnRt/3CUKYwW+4vTCSKcaai/1ZiPUrHruCwdnU7sUkJZZdKkh2C+Vqx+DnnfAFMbLPGqgaBG2UEMtDIinXHDtV4k9wSJB2X9KPchA+kkCeB1ZPsELo7J5y2R55AcOw="
+
   matrix:
     - TOXENV=docs
     - TOXENV=check-manifest
@@ -92,6 +94,17 @@ matrix:
       env:
       - TOXENV=py37-test-mindeps-tables
 
+    - python: 3.7
+      env:
+        - TOXENV=apidocs
+      script:
+        - if [[ -z "$TRAVIS_TAG" ]]; then
+            export DOCTR_DEPLOY_DIR="$TRAVIS_BRANCH";
+          else
+            export DOCTR_DEPLOY_DIR="v$TRAVIS_TAG";
+          fi
+        - tox
+
     # Additional python versions which are not officially supported
     - python: "nightly"
       env:
diff --git a/github_deploy_key_h5py_h5py.enc b/github_deploy_key_h5py_h5py.enc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..421b67bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github_deploy_key_h5py_h5py.enc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 12ec62a8a..545363efa 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # We want an envlist like
 # envlist = {py36,py37,pypy3}-{test}-{deps,mindeps}-{,mpi4py}-{,pre},nightly,docs,check-manifest,checkreadme
 # but we want to skip mpi and pre by default, so this envlist is below
-envlist = {py36,py37,pypy3}-{test}-{deps,mindeps},nightly,docs,check-manifest,checkreadme
+envlist = {py36,py37,pypy3}-{test}-{deps,mindeps},nightly,docs,apidocs,check-manifest,checkreadme
 
 [testenv]
 deps =
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ deps=
 commands=
     sphinx-build -W -b html -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees .  {envtmpdir}/html
 
+[testenv:apidocs]
+changedir=docs_api
+passenv= DOCTR_DEPLOY_DIR
+deps=
+    sphinx
+    doctr
+commands=
+    sphinx-build -W -b html -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees .  {envtmpdir}/html
+    doctr deploy --build-tags --built-docs {envtmpdir}/html {env:DOCTR_DEPLOY_DIR} --branch-whitelist doctr
+
 [testenv:check-manifest]
 skip_install=True
 deps=check-manifest