diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index db214a9ae..232183b18 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 build/
 .*~
+.nox
+*.pyc
+__pycache__
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1cb311e14..5b8c18230 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 language: python
 sudo: false
 python:
-- 2.7
-install: pip install sphinx==1.5.6
-script: make SPHINXOPTS="-W" html
+- 3.6
+install: pip install --upgrade nox-automation virtualenv
+script: nox -s build checklinks
diff --git a/nox.py b/nox.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4da95ec35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nox.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 2017, PyPA
+# The Python Packaging User Guide is licensed under a Creative Commons
+# Attribution-ShareAlike license:
+#   http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0.
+
+import os
+
+import nox
+
+
+@nox.session
+def build(session):
+    session.interpreter = 'python3.6'
+    session.install('-r', 'requirements.txt')
+    # Treat warnings as errors.
+    session.env['SPHINXOPTS'] = '-W'
+    session.run('make', 'clean', 'html')
+
+
+def linkmonitor(session, command):
+    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join('build', 'html')):
+        session.error('HTML output not available, run nox -s build first.')
+    session.interpreter = 'python3.6'
+    session.install('-r', 'scripts/linkmonitor/requirements.txt')
+    session.run(
+        'python', 'scripts/linkmonitor/linkmonitor.py', command)
+
+
+@nox.session
+def checklinks(session):
+    linkmonitor(session, 'check')
+
+
+@nox.session
+def updatelinks(session):
+    linkmonitor(session, 'update')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ee8d0237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sphinx==1.5.6
diff --git a/scripts/linkmonitor/inventory.yaml b/scripts/linkmonitor/inventory.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13d38d44e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/linkmonitor/inventory.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+[additional.html, additional.html#additional-topics, appveyor.html, appveyor.html#access-to-the-built-wheels,
+  appveyor.html#adding-appveyor-support-to-your-project, appveyor.html#additional-notes,
+  appveyor.html#appveyor-yml, appveyor.html#automatically-uploading-wheels, appveyor.html#background,
+  appveyor.html#contents, appveyor.html#external-dependencies, appveyor.html#setting-up,
+  appveyor.html#support-script, appveyor.html#support-scripts, appveyor.html#supporting-windows-using-appveyor,
+  appveyor.html#testing-with-tox, contribute.html, contribute.html#audience, contribute.html#contribute-to-this-guide,
+  contribute.html#contributing-style-guide, contribute.html#conventions-and-mechanics,
+  contribute.html#purpose, contribute.html#scope, contribute.html#style-guide, contribute.html#voice-and-tone,
+  current.html, current.html#installation-tool-recommendations, current.html#packaging-tool-recommendations,
+  current.html#tool-recommendations, deployment.html, deployment.html#application-bundles,
+  deployment.html#application-deployment, deployment.html#configuration-management,
+  deployment.html#contents, deployment.html#os-packaging-installers, deployment.html#overview,
+  deployment.html#pynsist, deployment.html#supporting-multiple-hardware-platforms,
+  deployment.html#windows, distributing.html, distributing.html#author, distributing.html#choosing-a-versioning-scheme,
+  distributing.html#classifiers, distributing.html#configuring-your-project, distributing.html#console-scripts,
+  distributing.html#contents, distributing.html#create-an-account, distributing.html#data-files,
+  distributing.html#date-based-versioning, distributing.html#description, distributing.html#entry-points,
+  distributing.html#hybrid-schemes, distributing.html#initial-files, distributing.html#install-requires,
+  distributing.html#keywords, distributing.html#license, distributing.html#local-version-identifiers,
+  distributing.html#manifest-in, distributing.html#name, distributing.html#package-data,
+  distributing.html#packages, distributing.html#packaging-and-distributing-projects,
+  distributing.html#packaging-your-project, distributing.html#platform-wheels, distributing.html#pre-release-versioning,
+  distributing.html#pure-python-wheels, distributing.html#readme-rst, distributing.html#requirements-for-packaging-and-distributing,
+  distributing.html#scheme-choices, distributing.html#scripts, distributing.html#semantic-versioning-preferred,
+  distributing.html#serial-versioning, distributing.html#setup-args, distributing.html#setup-cfg,
+  distributing.html#setup-name, distributing.html#setup-py, distributing.html#source-distributions,
+  distributing.html#standards-compliance-for-interoperability, distributing.html#universal-wheels,
+  distributing.html#upload-your-distributions, distributing.html#uploading-your-project-to-pypi,
+  distributing.html#url, distributing.html#version, distributing.html#wheels, distributing.html#working-in-development-mode,
+  distributing.html#your-package, extensions.html, extensions.html#alternatives-for-low-level-system-access,
+  extensions.html#alternatives-to-handcoded-accelerator-modules, extensions.html#alternatives-to-handcoded-wrapper-modules,
+  extensions.html#an-overview-of-binary-extensions, extensions.html#binary-extensions,
+  extensions.html#building-binary-extensions, extensions.html#contents, extensions.html#disadvantages,
+  extensions.html#implementing-binary-extensions, extensions.html#publishing-binary-extensions,
+  extensions.html#setting-up-a-build-environment-on-windows, extensions.html#use-cases,
+  glossary.html, glossary.html#glossary, glossary.html#term-binary-distribution, glossary.html#term-built-distribution,
+  glossary.html#term-distribution-package, glossary.html#term-egg, glossary.html#term-extension-module,
+  glossary.html#term-import-package, glossary.html#term-known-good-set-kgs, glossary.html#term-module,
+  glossary.html#term-package-index, glossary.html#term-per-project-index, glossary.html#term-project,
+  glossary.html#term-pure-module, glossary.html#term-python-package-index-pypi, glossary.html#term-python-packaging-authority-pypa,
+  glossary.html#term-release, glossary.html#term-requirement, glossary.html#term-requirement-specifier,
+  glossary.html#term-requirements-file, glossary.html#term-setup-py, glossary.html#term-source-archive,
+  glossary.html#term-source-distribution-or-sdist, glossary.html#term-system-package,
+  glossary.html#term-version-specifier, glossary.html#term-virtual-environment, glossary.html#term-wheel,
+  glossary.html#term-working-set, index.html, index.html#python-packaging-user-guide,
+  install_requirements_linux.html, install_requirements_linux.html#arch-linux, install_requirements_linux.html#centos-rhel,
+  install_requirements_linux.html#debian-ubuntu, install_requirements_linux.html#fedora,
+  install_requirements_linux.html#installing-pip-setuptools-wheel-with-linux-package-managers,
+  install_requirements_linux.html#opensuse, installing.html, installing.html#contents,
+  installing.html#creating-and-using-virtual-environments, installing.html#creating-virtual-environments,
+  installing.html#install-pip-setuptools-and-wheel, installing.html#installing-from-a-local-src-tree,
+  installing.html#installing-from-local-archives, installing.html#installing-from-other-indexes,
+  installing.html#installing-from-other-sources, installing.html#installing-from-pypi,
+  installing.html#installing-from-vcs, installing.html#installing-packages, installing.html#installing-prereleases,
+  installing.html#installing-requirements, installing.html#installing-setuptools-extras,
+  installing.html#installing-to-the-user-site, installing.html#optionally-create-a-virtual-environment,
+  installing.html#requirements-files, installing.html#requirements-for-installing-packages,
+  installing.html#source-distributions-vs-wheels, installing.html#upgrading-packages,
+  installing.html#use-pip-for-installing, key_projects.html, key_projects.html#bandersnatch,
+  key_projects.html#bento, key_projects.html#buildout, key_projects.html#conda, key_projects.html#devpi,
+  key_projects.html#distlib, key_projects.html#distutils, key_projects.html#easy-install,
+  key_projects.html#ensurepip, key_projects.html#hashdist, key_projects.html#non-pypa-projects,
+  key_projects.html#packaging, key_projects.html#pex, key_projects.html#pip, key_projects.html#project-summaries,
+  key_projects.html#projects, key_projects.html#pypa-projects, key_projects.html#python-packaging-user-guide,
+  key_projects.html#setuptools, key_projects.html#spack, key_projects.html#standard-library-projects,
+  key_projects.html#twine, key_projects.html#venv, key_projects.html#virtualenv, key_projects.html#warehouse,
+  key_projects.html#wheel, mirrors.html, mirrors.html#caching-with-devpi, mirrors.html#caching-with-pip,
+  mirrors.html#complete-mirror-with-bandersnatch, mirrors.html#contents, mirrors.html#pypi-mirrors-and-caches,
+  multi_version_install.html, multi_version_install.html#multi-version-installs, multiple_python_versions.html,
+  multiple_python_versions.html#automated-testing-and-continuous-integration, multiple_python_versions.html#contents,
+  multiple_python_versions.html#supporting-multiple-python-versions, multiple_python_versions.html#tools-for-single-source-python-packages,
+  multiple_python_versions.html#what-s-in-which-python, namespace_packages.html, namespace_packages.html#creating-a-namespace-package,
+  namespace_packages.html#native-namespace-packages, namespace_packages.html#packaging-namespace-packages,
+  namespace_packages.html#pkg-resources-style-namespace-packages, namespace_packages.html#pkgutil-style-namespace-packages,
+  patching.html, patching.html#patching-forking, pip_easy_install.html, pip_easy_install.html#pip-vs-easy-install,
+  platforms.html, platforms.html#platform-integtation, plugin_discovery.html, plugin_discovery.html#plugin-creation-and-discovery,
+  plugin_discovery.html#using-namespace-packages, plugin_discovery.html#using-naming-convention,
+  plugin_discovery.html#using-package-metadata, quickstart.html, quickstart.html#quickstart,
+  requirements.html, requirements.html#contents, requirements.html#install-requires,
+  requirements.html#install-requires-vs-requirements-files, requirements.html#requirements-files,
+  science.html, science.html#building-from-source, science.html#contents, science.html#installing-scientific-packages,
+  science.html#linux-distribution-packages, science.html#mac-os-x-installers-and-package-managers,
+  science.html#numpy-and-the-science-stack, science.html#scipy-distributions, science.html#spack,
+  science.html#the-conda-cross-platform-package-manager, science.html#windows-installers,
+  search.html, search.html#fallback, search.html#search-documentation, search.html#search-progress,
+  search.html#search-results, search.html#searchindexloader, self_hosted_repository.html,
+  self_hosted_repository.html#hosting-your-own-simple-repository, self_hosted_repository.html#manual-repository,
+  single_source_version.html, single_source_version.html#single-sourcing-the-project-version,
+  single_source_version.html#single-sourcing-the-version, specifications.html, specifications.html#binary-distribution-format,
+  specifications.html#core-metadata, specifications.html#declaring-build-system-dependencies,
+  specifications.html#dependency-specifiers, specifications.html#description-content-type,
+  specifications.html#package-distribution-metadata, specifications.html#package-index-interfaces,
+  specifications.html#platform-compatibility-tags, specifications.html#provides-extra-multiple-use,
+  specifications.html#pypa-specifications, specifications.html#recording-installed-distributions,
+  specifications.html#simple-repository-api, specifications.html#source-distribution-format,
+  specifications.html#specifications, specifications.html#version-specifiers, support.html,
+  support.html#how-to-get-support, tutorial.html, wheel_egg.html, wheel_egg.html#wheel-vs-egg]
diff --git a/scripts/linkmonitor/linkmonitor.py b/scripts/linkmonitor/linkmonitor.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa3cfe839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/linkmonitor/linkmonitor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+# Copyright 2017, PyPA
+# The Python Packaging User Guide is licensed under a Creative Commons
+# Attribution-ShareAlike license:
+#   http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0.
+
+import argparse
+from glob import glob
+import io
+import os
+import sys
+
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+import yaml
+
+HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+INVENTORY_FILENAME = os.path.join(HERE, 'inventory.yaml')
+REDIRECTS_FILENAME = os.path.join(HERE, 'redirects.yaml')
+ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(HERE, '..', '..'))
+HTML_DIR = os.path.join(ROOT, 'build', 'html')
+IGNORED_FILES = [
+    'genindex.html'
+]
+
+
+def find_all_named_anchors(filename):
+    links = set()
+
+    with io.open(filename, 'r') as html_file:
+        soup = BeautifulSoup(html_file, 'html.parser')
+
+        for tag in soup.find_all(id=True):
+            anchor = tag['id']
+            # Ignore non-named IDs.
+            if anchor.startswith('id'):
+                continue
+            # Ignore index anchors
+            if anchor.startswith('index-'):
+                continue
+            # Ignore searchbox anchors
+            if anchor == 'searchbox':
+                continue
+
+            href = '{}#{}'.format(filename, anchor)
+            links.add(href)
+
+    return links
+
+
+def find_all_named_anchors_in_files(files):
+    links = set()
+
+    for filename in files:
+        links.add(filename)
+        anchors = find_all_named_anchors(filename)
+        links.update(anchors)
+
+    return links
+
+
+def find_links():
+    files = glob('**/*.html', recursive=True)
+    files = filter(lambda name: name not in IGNORED_FILES, files)
+    return find_all_named_anchors_in_files(files)
+
+
+def load_inventory():
+    if not os.path.exists(INVENTORY_FILENAME):
+        return set()
+    with io.open(INVENTORY_FILENAME, 'r') as inventory_file:
+        return set(yaml.load(inventory_file))
+
+
+def save_inventory(inventory):
+    with io.open(INVENTORY_FILENAME, 'w') as inventory_file:
+        yaml.dump(sorted(list(inventory)), inventory_file)
+
+
+def load_redirects():
+    with io.open(REDIRECTS_FILENAME, 'r') as redirects_file:
+        return yaml.load(redirects_file)
+
+
+def expand_redirects(redirects, inventory):
+    valid_redirects = set()
+    missing_redirects = set()
+
+    for redirect in redirects:
+        from_ = redirect['from']
+        source_links = set()
+
+        # Get all links that start with the page. This gathers all deep links.
+        # For example, the redirect may be old.html -> new.html. old.html may
+        # have had #1, #2, #3. We need to get all of those deep links.
+        for link in inventory:
+            if link.startswith(from_):
+                source_links.add(link)
+
+        # Make sure all of the source links have a counterpart in the
+        # destination page. For the example above, new.html needs to have #1
+        # #2 and #3 as well.
+        for source_link in source_links:
+            dest_link = source_link.replace(from_, redirect['to'])
+            if dest_link in inventory:
+                valid_redirects.add(source_link)
+            else:
+                missing_redirects.add((source_link, dest_link))
+
+    return valid_redirects, missing_redirects
+
+
+def update_command(args):
+    """Updates the current inventory of links with any new links added.
+
+    This should be run after adding new documentation to make a record of new
+    items added.
+    """
+    os.chdir(HTML_DIR)
+
+    inventory = load_inventory()
+    links = find_links()
+
+    new_links = links.difference(inventory)
+    print('Found {} new links.'.format(len(new_links)))
+
+    inventory.update(links)
+    save_inventory(inventory)
+
+    return 0
+
+
+def check_command(args):
+    """Checks the current set of links against the inventory.
+
+    This should be run on every documentation change to ensure that no deep
+    links have been broken and that new links are tracked in the inventory.
+    """
+    os.chdir(HTML_DIR)
+
+    # TODO: Add another file to list currently defined redirects.
+    inventory = load_inventory()
+    redirects = load_redirects()
+    links = find_links()
+
+    valid_redirects, missing_redirects = expand_redirects(redirects, inventory)
+    if missing_redirects:
+        print(
+            'The following redirects are missing deep link anchors in the '
+            'destination:')
+        for source, dest in missing_redirects:
+            print(' * {} -> {}'.format(source, dest))
+
+    missing_links = inventory.difference(links)
+    missing_links -= valid_redirects
+
+    if missing_links:
+        print('Missing the following deep links:')
+        for link in missing_links:
+            print(' * {}'.format(link))
+        return 1
+
+    new_links = links.difference(inventory)
+
+    if new_links:
+        print('The following new deep links were added:')
+        for link in new_links:
+            print(' * {}'.format(link))
+        print('Run nox -s updatelinks to update them in git.')
+        return 2
+
+    print('All is well')
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    subparsers = parser.add_subparsers()
+    update_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+        'update', help=update_command.__doc__)
+    update_parser.set_defaults(func=update_command)
+    check_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+        'check', help=check_command.__doc__)
+    check_parser.set_defaults(func=check_command)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if not hasattr(args, 'func'):
+        parser.print_help()
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    sys.exit(args.func(args))
diff --git a/scripts/linkmonitor/redirects.yaml b/scripts/linkmonitor/redirects.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87eaffea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/linkmonitor/redirects.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Unfortunately, readthedocs doesn't allow us to specify redirects in yaml.
+# They have to be individually added in the readthedocs UI. This file should
+# match the configuration of page redirects in the UI.
+# See also: https://github.com/rtfd/readthedocs.org/issues/2904
+
+- from: old.html
+  to: new.html
diff --git a/scripts/linkmonitor/requirements.txt b/scripts/linkmonitor/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0aed6e7b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/linkmonitor/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+beautifulsoup4==4.6.0
+PyYAML==3.12