diff --git a/documentation/conf.py b/documentation/conf.py
index 097115276f..5ff5ec8655 100644
--- a/documentation/conf.py
+++ b/documentation/conf.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ rst_prolog = """
 # external links and substitutions
 extlinks = {
     'cve': ('https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-%s', 'CVE-%s'),
+    'cve_mitre': ('https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-%s', 'CVE-%s'),
     'yocto_home': ('https://www.yoctoproject.org%s', None),
     'yocto_wiki': ('https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki%s', None),
     'yocto_dl': ('https://downloads.yoctoproject.org%s', None),