diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index e99d7ee2b15b848fd7fb1b583b3d36ebb005ceb6..f9e790d76ccafdc592c0fcdc5d21059dcec4a5b1 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ extensions = [
     'nbsphinx'
 ]
 
-autodoc_mock_imports = ['numpy','scipy']
+autodoc_mock_imports = ['numpy','scipy','xarray','netCDF4']
 
 napoleon_google_docstring = True
 napoleon_numpy_docstring = False