diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 36ae8e4b7f..69f7d310f7 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 todo_include_todos = False
 
 intersphinx_mapping = {
-    'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3/', None),
+    'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3/', '../invs/python.inv'),
     # apparently local inventories are relative to the source dir?
     'werkzeug': ('https://werkzeug.palletsprojects.com/', '../invs/werkzeug.inv'),
 }
diff --git a/invs/python.inv b/invs/python.inv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..908f9d0145
Binary files /dev/null and b/invs/python.inv differ