diff --git a/docs/sphinx_exts/sphinx_paramlinks/sphinx_paramlinks.py b/docs/sphinx_exts/sphinx_paramlinks/sphinx_paramlinks.py
index 751c171ef..f6c9c5fec 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx_exts/sphinx_paramlinks/sphinx_paramlinks.py
+++ b/docs/sphinx_exts/sphinx_paramlinks/sphinx_paramlinks.py
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ from sphinx import __version__
 from sphinx.domains import ObjType
 from sphinx.util import logging
 
+try:
+    from sphinx.domains.python import ObjectEntry
+except:
+    from collections import namedtuple
+    ObjectEntry = namedtuple('ObjectEntry', ['docname', 'node_id', 'objtype'])
+
 PythonDomain.object_types['parameter'] = ObjType('parameter', 'param')
 
 if 'getLogger' in dir(logging):
@@ -258,7 +264,7 @@ def build_index(app, doctree):
         for entry in doc_entries:
             sing, desc, ref, extra = entry[:4]
             if LooseVersion(__version__) >= LooseVersion('3.0.0'):
-                app.env.domains['py'].data['objects'][ref] = (docname, ref, 'parameter')
+                app.env.domains['py'].data['objects'][ref] = ObjectEntry(docname, ref, 'parameter')
             else:
                 app.env.domains['py'].data['objects'][ref] = (docname, 'parameter')