diff --git a/tools/build/onos-build-docs b/tools/build/onos-build-docs
index 93a73c1..f7d0a0b 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-build-docs
+++ b/tools/build/onos-build-docs
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@
 
 cd $ONOS_ROOT/docs
 processPom external.xml
-mvn -f aux-external.xml javadoc:aggregate
+mvn -f aux-external.xml javadoc:aggregate "$@"
 
 cd target && mv site/apidocs $apidocs
 tar zcf $apidocs.tar.gz $apidocs && cp $apidocs.tar.gz /tmp
 
 cd $ONOS_ROOT/docs
 processPom internal.xml
-mvn -f aux-internal.xml javadoc:aggregate
+mvn -f aux-internal.xml javadoc:aggregate "$@"