--- a/docs/conf.py	Fri Jan 16 22:50:05 2015 +0100
+++ b/docs/conf.py	Wed Jan 21 10:24:42 2015 +0100
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
     'sphinx.ext.coverage',
     'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
+    'sphinx.ext.extlinks',
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
@@ -273,6 +274,9 @@
     'http://docs.cubicweb.org/': None
 }
 
+extlinks = {'issue': ('https://www.cubicweb.org/ticket/%s',
+                      'issue ')}
+
 
 def setup(app):
     app.add_object_type('confval', 'confval',