diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 9038ad0..ebff89b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -286,3 +286,19 @@ doctest_default_flags = (0
     | doctest.IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL
     | doctest.NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
 )
+
+# -- Mocked dependencies ----------------------------------------
+
+# Mock out dependencies that are unbuildable on readthedocs, as recommended here:
+# https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/rel/faq.html#i-get-import-errors-on-libraries-that-depend-on-c-modules
+
+import sys
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+# Add new modules to mock here (it should be the same list as those excluded in setup.py)
+MOCK_MODULES = [
+    "fastecdsa",
+    "fastecdsa.encoding",
+    "fastecdsa.encoding.sec1",
+]
+sys.modules.update((mod_name, MagicMock()) for mod_name in MOCK_MODULES)
diff --git a/libp2p/crypto/key_exchange.py b/libp2p/crypto/key_exchange.py
index 17ec75a..2af4030 100644
--- a/libp2p/crypto/key_exchange.py
+++ b/libp2p/crypto/key_exchange.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 from typing import Callable, Tuple, cast
 
-from fastecdsa.encoding.util import int_bytelen
+from fastecdsa.encoding import util
 
 from libp2p.crypto.ecc import ECCPrivateKey, ECCPublicKey, create_new_key_pair
 from libp2p.crypto.keys import PublicKey
 
 SharedKeyGenerator = Callable[[bytes], bytes]
 
+int_bytelen = util.int_bytelen
+
 
 def create_ephemeral_key_pair(curve_type: str) -> Tuple[PublicKey, SharedKeyGenerator]:
     """Facilitates ECDH key exchange."""