diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index e39f5be5e2..07c46292fd 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -542,6 +542,19 @@ if hasArg docs; then
     cd "${REPODIR}"/rust
     cargo doc -p cuvs --no-deps
     rsync -av "${RUST_BUILD_DIR}"/doc/ "${SPHINX_BUILD_DIR}"/build/html/_static/rust
+    cd "${REPODIR}"/java/cuvs-java
+    # cuvs-java is a Java module (has src/main/java/module-info.java). The
+    # `javadoc:javadoc` mojo forks a build lifecycle that only runs through
+    # `generate-sources`, so module-info.java is never compiled during the fork
+    # and maven-javadoc-plugin (>=3.10) errors with "named and unnamed modules"
+    # on a fresh checkout. Run `compile` first so module-info.class exists, then
+    # use `javadoc:javadoc-no-fork` to reuse those compiled classes.
+    # -Dspotless.apply.skip avoids the spotless plugin (bound to the validate
+    # phase) from rewriting source license headers during a docs-only build.
+    mvn compile javadoc:javadoc-no-fork \
+        -DexcludePackageNames=com.nvidia.cuvs.internal.panama \
+        -Dspotless.apply.skip=true
+    rsync -av "${JAVA_BUILD_DIR}"/reports/apidocs/ "${SPHINX_BUILD_DIR}"/build/html/_static/java
 fi
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index 65c8f29f8a..8eafb9fbb5 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -50,10 +50,26 @@ export LIBCLANG_PATH
 cargo doc -p cuvs --no-deps
 popd
 
+rapids-logger "Build Java docs"
+pushd java/cuvs-java
+# cuvs-java is a Java module (has src/main/java/module-info.java). The
+# `javadoc:javadoc` mojo forks a build lifecycle that only runs through
+# `generate-sources`, so module-info.java is never compiled during the fork and
+# maven-javadoc-plugin (>=3.10) errors with "named and unnamed modules" on a
+# fresh checkout. Run `compile` first so module-info.class exists, then use
+# `javadoc:javadoc-no-fork` to reuse those compiled classes.
+# -Dspotless.apply.skip avoids the spotless plugin (bound to the validate phase)
+# from rewriting source license headers during a docs-only build.
+mvn compile javadoc:javadoc-no-fork \
+    -DexcludePackageNames=com.nvidia.cuvs.internal.panama \
+    -Dspotless.apply.skip=true
+popd
+
 rapids-logger "Build Python docs"
 pushd docs
 make dirhtml
 mv ../rust/target/doc ./build/dirhtml/_static/rust
+mv ../java/cuvs-java/target/reports/apidocs ./build/dirhtml/_static/java
 mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cuvs/"html
 mv build/dirhtml/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cuvs/html"
 popd
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 2aae054862..30f0e8814b 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ files:
       - cuda_version
       - depends_on_cupy
       - docs
+      - java
       - py_version
       - rapids_build
       - rust
diff --git a/docs/source/api_docs.rst b/docs/source/api_docs.rst
index 68d184c72c..707a5a0c2e 100644
--- a/docs/source/api_docs.rst
+++ b/docs/source/api_docs.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ API Reference
    cpp_api.rst
    python_api.rst
    rust_api/index.rst
+   java_api/index.rst
 
 * :ref:`genindex`
 * :ref:`search`
diff --git a/docs/source/java_api/index.rst b/docs/source/java_api/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe26bc7d44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/java_api/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Java API Documentation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+    <p style="margin-bottom: 1rem;">
+        <a href="../_static/java/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+            Open Java API documentation in a new tab &#8599;
+        </a>
+    </p>
+    <iframe src="../_static/java/index.html" height="720px" width="100%"></iframe>
+
+    <!-- hide the 'view source' section here, since it doesn't work with the iframe
+    and we want the iframe to use the space -->
+    <style type="text/css">
+        .bd-sidebar-secondary {
+            display: none;
+        }
+    </style>