diff --git a/Documentation/meson.build b/Documentation/meson.build
index 9136506f5d9c..c4e9892470de 100644
--- a/Documentation/meson.build
+++ b/Documentation/meson.build
@@ -62,4 +62,10 @@ if sphinx.found()
                   build_by_default : true,
                   install : true,
                   install_dir : doc_install_dir)
+
+    custom_target('documentation-linkcheck',
+                  command: [sphinx, '-W', '-b', 'linkcheck', meson.current_source_dir(), '@OUTPUT@'],
+                  build_always_stale: true,
+                  input: docs_sources,
+                  output: 'linkcheck')
 endif