diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/qtcore.qdocconf b/src/corelib/doc/qtcore.qdocconf
index 84a0b4bafe..cb622647e8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/qtcore.qdocconf
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/qtcore.qdocconf
@@ -53,3 +53,6 @@ excludefiles += ../kernel/qtestsupport_core.cpp
 
 navigation.landingpage = "Qt Core"
 navigation.cppclassespage = "Qt Core C++ Classes"
+
+# Fail the documentation build if there are more warnings than the limit
+warninglimit = 0
diff --git a/src/gui/doc/qtgui.qdocconf b/src/gui/doc/qtgui.qdocconf
index d74946817b..b48fc2076b 100644
--- a/src/gui/doc/qtgui.qdocconf
+++ b/src/gui/doc/qtgui.qdocconf
@@ -71,3 +71,6 @@ spurious += "Undocumented enum item '.*' in QGradient::Preset"
 
 # \svgcolor {#ffdead}
 macro.svgcolor.HTML = "<div style=\"padding:10px;color:#fff;background:\1;\"></div>"
+
+# Fail the documentation build if there are more warnings than the limit
+warninglimit = 0