diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index babd141c..c7ff8b2d 100644
--- a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ branchProtectionRules:
     - "build (8, java-bigquery, test)"
     - "build (8, java-bigquery, lint)"
     - "build (8, java-bigquery, clirr)"
+    - "build (8, java-bigtable, javadoc)"
     - "build (11, java-bigquery, test)"
     - "build (11, java-bigquery, lint)"
     - "build (11, java-bigquery, clirr)"
+    - "build (11, java-bigtable, javadoc)"
     - "cla/google"
 - pattern: java7
   # Can admins overwrite branch protection.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/downstream-maven-plugins.yaml b/.github/workflows/downstream-maven-plugins.yaml
index baf380cd..d37e2667 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downstream-maven-plugins.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downstream-maven-plugins.yaml
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ jobs:
         java: [8, 11]
         repo:
         - java-bigquery
+        - java-bigtable
         job-type:
         - test  # maven-surefire-plugin
         - lint  # fmt-maven-plugin and google-java-format
         - clirr # clirr-maven-plugin
+        - javadoc # maven-javadoc-plugin
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
@@ -31,3 +33,20 @@ jobs:
     - run: sudo apt-get update -y
     - run: sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils
     - run: .kokoro/client-library-check.sh ${{matrix.repo}} ${{matrix.job-type}}
+  javadoc-with-doclet:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        repo:
+        - java-bigtable
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      with:
+        distribution: temurin
+        java-version: 11
+    - run: java -version
+    - run: sudo apt-get update -y
+    - run: sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils
+    - run: .kokoro/client-library-check-javadoc-with-doclet.sh ${{matrix.repo}}
diff --git a/.kokoro/client-library-check-javadoc-with-doclet.sh b/.kokoro/client-library-check-javadoc-with-doclet.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..79963d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.kokoro/client-library-check-javadoc-with-doclet.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+REPO=$1
+set -x
+
+# Make artifacts available for 'mvn validate' at the bottom
+mvn install -DskipTests=true -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -Dgcloud.download.skip=true -B -V -q
+
+# Read the current version of this BOM in the POM. Example version: '0.116.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT'
+VERSION_POM=pom.xml
+# Namespace (xmlns) prevents xmllint from specifying tag names in XPath
+VERSION=`sed -e 's/xmlns=".*"//' ${VERSION_POM} | xmllint --xpath '/project/version/text()' -`
+
+if [ -z "${VERSION}" ]; then
+  echo "Version is not found in ${VERSION_POM}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "Version: ${VERSION}"
+
+# Get version of doclet used to generate Cloud RAD
+git clone https://github.com/googleapis/java-docfx-doclet.git
+cd java-docfx-doclet/third_party/docfx-doclet-143274
+git checkout 1.9.0
+mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true
+
+# work from the root directory
+cd ../../../
+docletPath=$(realpath "java-docfx-doclet/third_party/docfx-doclet-143274/target/docfx-doclet-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar")
+echo "This is the doclet path: ${docletPath}"
+
+# Test with java-bigtable
+git clone "https://github.com/googleapis/${REPO}.git" --depth=1
+pushd ${REPO}
+
+# replace version
+xmllint --shell <(cat pom.xml) << EOF
+setns x=http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
+cd .//x:artifactId[text()="google-cloud-shared-config"]
+cd ../x:version
+set ${VERSION}
+save pom.xml
+EOF
+
+mvn clean -B -ntp \
+    -P docFX \
+    -DdocletPath="${docletPath}" \
+    -Dclirr.skip=true \
+    -Denforcer.skip=true \
+    -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat=HH:mm:ss:SSS \
+    -Dcheckstyle.skip=true \
+    -Dflatten.skip=true \
+    -Danimal.sniffer.skip=true \
+    javadoc:aggregate
+
+# go back to the root directory
+cd ..
+# clean up clones
+echo "Removing java-docfx-doclet clone"
+rm -rf java-docfx-doclet
+echo "Removing java-bigtable clone"
+rm -rf ${REPO}
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