diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d97a7ca3..750f5a92 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -246,6 +246,15 @@
 
   </build>
   <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>disable-java8-doclint</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>[1.8,)</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>publishing</id>
       <build>