diff --git a/configurations/__init__.py b/configurations/__init__.py
index 6256779..eed8762 100644
--- a/configurations/__init__.py
+++ b/configurations/__init__.py
@@ -25,10 +25,5 @@ def load_ipython_extension(ipython):
 
 
 def setup(app=None):
-    """
-    The callback for Sphinx that acts as a Sphinx extension.
-
-    Add ``'configurations'`` to the ``extensions`` config variable
-    in your docs' ``conf.py``.
-    """
+    """Function used to initialize configurations similar to :func:`.django.setup`."""
     _setup()
diff --git a/configurations/sphinx.py b/configurations/sphinx.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d999436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configurations/sphinx.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from . import _setup, __version__
+
+
+def setup(app=None):
+    """
+    The callback for Sphinx that acts as a Sphinx extension.
+
+    Add ``'configurations'`` to the ``extensions`` config variable
+    in your docs' ``conf.py``.
+    """
+    _setup()
+    return {'version': __version__, 'parallel_read_safe': True}
diff --git a/docs/cookbook.rst b/docs/cookbook.rst
index 8d00133..206b5e9 100644
--- a/docs/cookbook.rst
+++ b/docs/cookbook.rst
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@ As you can see django-configurations provides a helper module
 Sphinx
 ------
 
-.. versionadded: 0.9
-
 In case you would like to user the amazing `autodoc` feature of the
 documentation tool `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_, you need add
 django-configurations to your ``extensions`` config variable and set
@@ -245,7 +243,11 @@ the environment variable accordingly:
         'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
         'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
         # ...
-        'configurations',
+        'configurations.sphinx',
     ]
 
     # ...
+
+.. versionchanged:: 2.0
+
+Please note that the sphinx callable has been moved from `configurations` to `configurations.sphinx`.
diff --git a/tests/docs/conf.py b/tests/docs/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4025988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir))
+
+# setup Django
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "settings.main")
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_CONFIGURATION', 'Test')
+
+extensions = [
+    'configurations.sphinx',
+]
+
+# The suffix of source filenames.
+source_suffix = '.rst'
+
+# The master toctree document.
+master_doc = 'index'
+
+# General information about the project.
+project = 'django-configurations'
+copyright = '2012-2014, Jannis Leidel and other contributors'
+
+
+version = release = 'test'
+
+exclude_patterns = ['_build']
+
+html_theme = 'default'
diff --git a/tests/docs/index.rst b/tests/docs/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7193334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Test Documentation
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 5eb9697..39e47b3 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ dj-email-url
 dj-search-url
 django-cache-url>=1.0.0
 six
+Sphinx>=1.4
diff --git a/tests/settings/main.py b/tests/settings/main.py
index f9d71d1..6a27de1 100644
--- a/tests/settings/main.py
+++ b/tests/settings/main.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from configurations.values import BooleanValue
 
 
 class Test(Configuration):
+    BASE_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), os.pardir))
 
     ENV_LOADED = BooleanValue(False)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx.py b/tests/test_sphinx.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bfa22a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import subprocess
+import os
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+class SphinxTests(TestCase):
+    docs_dir = os.path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, 'docs')
+
+    def test_multiprocessing(self):
+        output = subprocess.check_output([
+            'sphinx-build',
+            '-b',
+            'html',
+            '-j 2',
+            '.',
+            '_build/html',
+        ], cwd=self.docs_dir, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        self.assertIn(b'waiting for workers', output)
+        self.assertIn(b'build succeeded.', output)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b70eaf8..2bde8f2 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 skipsdist = True
 usedevelop = True
 minversion = 1.8
+whitelist_externals=sphinx-build
 envlist =
     flake8-py27,
     flake8-py35,