diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7f6443d7..5494627b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ Package: proxmox-backup-docs
 Build-Profiles: <!nodoc>
 Section: doc
 Depends: libjs-extjs,
+         libjs-mathjax,
          ${misc:Depends},
 Architecture: all
 Description: Proxmox Backup Documentation
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index b4b4d22e..c6aee8ca 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Package: proxmox-backup-docs
 Build-Profiles: <!nodoc>
 Section: doc
 Depends: libjs-extjs,
+         libjs-mathjax,
          ${misc:Depends},
 Architecture: all
 Description: Proxmox Backup Documentation
diff --git a/debian/proxmox-backup-docs.links b/debian/proxmox-backup-docs.links
index 688dfae0..2782f374 100644
--- a/debian/proxmox-backup-docs.links
+++ b/debian/proxmox-backup-docs.links
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 /usr/share/javascript/extjs /usr/share/doc/proxmox-backup/html/prune-simulator/extjs
 /usr/share/javascript/extjs /usr/share/doc/proxmox-backup/html/lto-barcode/extjs
 /usr/share/javascript/extjs /usr/share/doc/proxmox-backup/html/api-viewer/extjs
+/usr/share/javascript/mathjax /usr/share/doc/proxmox-backup/html/_static/mathjax
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f4e8743a..cfa4158d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -464,3 +464,6 @@ epub_exclude_files = ['search.html']
 # If false, no index is generated.
 #
 # epub_use_index = True
+
+# use local mathjax package, symlink comes from debian/proxmox-backup-docs.links
+mathjax_path = "mathjax/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"