diff --git a/lucene/build.xml b/lucene/build.xml
index 638ed81a79d..13cf08bccaf 100644
--- a/lucene/build.xml
+++ b/lucene/build.xml
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
   <target name="javadocs" description="Generate javadoc" depends="javadocs-lucene-core, javadocs-modules, javadocs-test-framework"/>
 
   <!-- we check for broken links across all documentation -->
-  <target name="javadocs-lint" >
+  <target name="javadocs-lint" depends="documentation">
     <sequential>
       <check-broken-links dir="build/docs"/>
       <!-- TODO: change this level=class -->