diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d7f19f5b..620a6a8f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -101,4 +101,23 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>doclint-java8-disable</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>[1.8,</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 </project>