diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cb2650f1..6d83091f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - Sitemap entries are now sorted by permalinks to avoid random ordering
 - Preserve directory structure from sass folder when copying compiled css files
 to the public directory
+- Do not require themes to have a static folder
 
 ## 0.3.2 (2018-03-05)
 
diff --git a/components/site/src/lib.rs b/components/site/src/lib.rs
index 2767ccc8..a10fdaeb 100644
--- a/components/site/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/site/src/lib.rs
@@ -92,14 +92,11 @@ impl Site {
             // Grab data from the extra section of the theme
             config.merge_with_theme(&path.join("themes").join(&theme).join("theme.toml"))?;
 
-            // Test that the {templates,static} folder exist for that theme
+            // Test that the templates folder exist for that theme
             let theme_path = path.join("themes").join(&theme);
             if !theme_path.join("templates").exists() {
                 bail!("Theme `{}` is missing a templates folder", theme);
             }
-            if !theme_path.join("static").exists() {
-                bail!("Theme `{}` is missing a static folder", theme);
-            }
 
             let theme_tpl_glob = format!("{}/{}", path.to_string_lossy().replace("\\", "/"), "themes/**/*.html");
             let mut tera_theme = Tera::parse(&theme_tpl_glob).chain_err(|| "Error parsing templates from themes")?;
diff --git a/docs/content/documentation/getting-started/directory-structure.md b/docs/content/documentation/getting-started/directory-structure.md
index 7ce266f1..33006da1 100644
--- a/docs/content/documentation/getting-started/directory-structure.md
+++ b/docs/content/documentation/getting-started/directory-structure.md
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ To learn more, read [the content overview](./documentation/content/overview.md).
 
 ## `sass`
 Contains the [Sass](http://sass-lang.com) files to be compiled. Non-Sass files will be ignored.
+The directory structure of the `sass` folder will be preserved when copying over the compiled files: a file at
+`sass/something/site.scss` will be compiled to `public/something/site.css`.
 
 ## `static`
 Contains any kind of files. All the files/folders in the `static` folder will be copied as-is in the output directory.