diff --git a/biojava-core/pom.xml b/biojava-core/pom.xml
index 6cc9c6c9a..ef4f28225 100644
--- a/biojava-core/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-core/pom.xml
@@ -26,9 +26,40 @@
 		</license>
 	</licenses>
 
+	<pluginRepositories>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>kotlin-dev</id>
+			<url>https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/kotlin-dev</url>
+		</pluginRepository>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>kotlin-eap</id>
+			<url>https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/kotlin-eap</url>
+		</pluginRepository>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>jcenter</id>
+			<url>https://jcenter.bintray.com/</url>
+		</pluginRepository>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>space</id>
+			<url>https://maven.pkg.jetbrains.space/public/p/kotlinx-html/maven/</url>
+		</pluginRepository>
+	</pluginRepositories>
+
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
-
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.jetbrains.dokka</groupId>
+				<artifactId>dokka-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${dokka_version}</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<phase>pre-site</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>javadoc</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 			<!-- Excluding demo package is required for avoiding namespace clashes (demo package is in all modules) for signing the jar. See issue #387 -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>