diff --git a/hack/tfw.sh b/hack/tfw.sh
index f683a5f..dad09a4 100755
--- a/hack/tfw.sh
+++ b/hack/tfw.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set -o errtrace
 shopt -s expand_aliases
 [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ] && alias readlink="greadlink" || :
 
+here="$(pwd)"
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
 TAO_PATH="${TAO_PATH:-$SCRIPT_DIR/../..}"
 BASEIMAGE_REPO="${BASEIMAGE_REPO:-baseimage-tutorial-framework}"
@@ -150,6 +151,28 @@ start_test()
     wait
 }
 
+build_docs()
+{
+    mount_point="/mnt/docs"
+
+    docker run --rm                                     \
+               -ti                                      \
+               -v "$BASEIMAGE_PATH"/docs:"$mount_point" \
+               "$BASEIMAGE_NAME"                        \
+               /bin/bash -c                             \
+                    "cd $mount_point
+                    pip3 install sphinx
+                    make html
+                    exit"                               \
+               &> /dev/null
+
+    if [ "$?" == "0" ]; then
+        echo "Built baseimage docs at ${BASEIMAGE_PATH}/docs/build/html!"
+    else
+        echo "Building baseimage docs failed!"
+    fi
+}
+
 case ${1:-} in
     start)
         RUN_FRONTEND=1 start_test ${@:2}
@@ -175,6 +198,9 @@ case ${1:-} in
     releasetfw)
         release_baseimage
     ;;
+    builddocs)
+        build_docs
+    ;;
     *)
         echo "Usage: tfw.sh [start|buildtfw|build|buildwithfrontend|releasetfw]"
         echo "          |--- start:             build & run TFW test and Angular frontend"
@@ -185,5 +211,6 @@ case ${1:-} in
         echo "          |--- build:             build TFW baseimage and test"
         echo "          |--- buildwithfrontend: build TFW baseimage and test, include frontend in image"
         echo "          |--- releasetfw:        tag TFW baseimage and push to upstream"
+        echo "          |--- builddocs:         build baseimage documentation (in docs/build/html)"
     ;;
 esac