diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1c2feb156443d2312b352a833932f12281d9d549..7de4b7fb64dc323702829403d4085c247efb0d96 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
+        <configuration>
+            <additionalparam>${javadoc.opts}</additionalparam>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>