diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4647d86977f..8bd937d88d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.8</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <docfilessubdirs>true</docfilessubdirs>
+            <detectLinks>true</detectLinks>
+            <detectJavaApiLink>true</detectJavaApiLink>
+          </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>