diff --git a/doc/_templates/layout.html b/doc/_templates/layout.html
index e95ec1fdf110..b756e2fa76f0 100644
--- a/doc/_templates/layout.html
+++ b/doc/_templates/layout.html
@@ -76,19 +76,27 @@ <h3>{{ _('Navigation') }}</h3>
 {%- endmacro %}
 
 {%- macro script() %}
-    <script type="text/javascript">
-      var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = {
-        URL_ROOT:    '{{ url_root }}',
-        VERSION:     '{{ release|e }}',
-        COLLAPSE_INDEX: false,
-        FILE_SUFFIX: '{{ '' if no_search_suffix else file_suffix }}',
-        HAS_SOURCE:  {{ has_source|lower }},
-        SOURCELINK_SUFFIX: '{{ sourcelink_suffix }}'
-      };
-    </script>
-    {%- for scriptfile in script_files %}
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="{{ pathto(scriptfile, 1) }}"></script>
-    {%- endfor %}
+    {% if sphinx_version >= "1.8.0" %}
+      <script type="text/javascript" id="documentation_options" data-url_root="{{ pathto('', 1) }}" src="{{ pathto('_static/documentation_options.js', 1) }}"></script>
+      {%- for scriptfile in script_files %}
+        {{ js_tag(scriptfile) }}
+      {%- endfor %}
+    {% else %}
+      <script type="text/javascript">
+          var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = {
+              URL_ROOT:'{{ url_root }}',
+              VERSION:'{{ release|e }}',
+              LANGUAGE:'{{ language }}',
+              COLLAPSE_INDEX:false,
+              FILE_SUFFIX:'{{ '' if no_search_suffix else file_suffix }}',
+              HAS_SOURCE:  {{ has_source|lower }},
+              SOURCELINK_SUFFIX: '{{ sourcelink_suffix }}'
+          };
+      </script>
+      {%- for scriptfile in script_files %}
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="{{ pathto(scriptfile, 1) }}"></script>
+      {%- endfor %}
+    {% endif %}
 {%- endmacro %}
 
 {%- macro css() %}