diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2353266..8442580 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,23 @@
 		</snapshotRepository>
 	</distributionManagement>
 
+
+	<profiles>
+		<!-- this profile sets an additional parameter for javadoc generation that disable the doclint (it makes
+		     component build fail if formal/syntax errors are found in javadoc comments).
+		     The parameter is only understood by jdk 1.8, so we set it only when jdk 1.8 is used -->
+		<profile>
+			<id>disable-java8-doclint</id>
+			<activation>
+				<jdk>[1.8,)</jdk>
+			</activation>
+			<properties>
+				<javadoc.opts>-Xdoclint:none</javadoc.opts>
+			</properties>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+
+
 	<build>
 
 		<pluginManagement>
@@ -191,8 +208,7 @@
 							<goal>jar</goal>
 						</goals>
 						<configuration>
-							<!-- skip strict check on javadoc annotations introduced in Java 8-->
-							<additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+							<additionalparam>${javadoc.opts}</additionalparam>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
 				</executions>