diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d8d9416d..5190c5ef 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Installation
 Installing with pip::
 
   pip install qgrid
-  jupyter nbextension enable --py --sys-prefix qgrid
+  jupyter nbextension enable --py --sys-prefix qgrid  # can be skipped for notebook >=5.3
 
   # only required if you have not enabled the ipywidgets nbextension yet
   jupyter nbextension enable --py --sys-prefix widgetsnbextension
diff --git a/qgrid.json b/qgrid.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60397edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qgrid.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "load_extensions": {
+    "qgrid/extension": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 248983e3..74cff3ca 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ def package_files(directory):
     'include_package_data': True,
     'data_files': [
         ('share/jupyter/nbextensions/qgrid', data_files),
+        ('etc/jupyter/nbconfig/notebook.d' , ['qgrid.json'])
     ],
     'install_requires': reqs,
     'packages': find_packages(),