diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 9bb8215b..bdd63938 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
           {
               expand: true,
               flatten: true,
-              src: ['bower_components/lato-googlefont/Lato-Bold.ttf',
-                    'bower_components/lato-googlefont/Lato-Regular.ttf'],
+              src: ['bower_components/lato-googlefont/Lato-Regular.ttf',
+                    'bower_components/lato-googlefont/Lato-Italic.ttf',
+                    'bower_components/lato-googlefont/Lato-Bold.ttf',
+                    'bower_components/lato-googlefont/Lato-BoldItalic.ttf'],
               dest: 'sphinx_rtd_theme/static/fonts/',
               filter: 'isFile'
           },
@@ -160,4 +162,3 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   grunt.registerTask('default', ['exec:bower_update','clean:build','sass:dev','browserify:dev','exec:build_sphinx','connect','open','watch']);
   grunt.registerTask('build', ['exec:bower_update','clean:build','sass:build','browserify:build','exec:build_sphinx']);
 }
-
diff --git a/sass/_theme_font_local.sass b/sass/_theme_font_local.sass
index 9fe5f191..0e02343c 100644
--- a/sass/_theme_font_local.sass
+++ b/sass/_theme_font_local.sass
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@
   font-weight: 700
   src: local('Lato Bold'), local('Lato-Bold'), url(../fonts/Lato-Bold.ttf) format('truetype')
 
+@font-face
+  font-family: 'Lato'
+  font-style: italic
+  font-weight: 400
+  src: local('Lato Italic'), local('Lato-Italic'), url(../fonts/Lato-Italic.ttf) format('truetype')
+
+@font-face
+  font-family: 'Lato'
+  font-style: italic
+  font-weight: 700
+  src: local('Lato Bold Italic'), local('Lato-BoldItalic'), url(../fonts/Lato-BoldItalic.ttf) format('truetype')
+
 @font-face
   font-family: 'Roboto Slab'
   font-style: normal