diff --git a/proposal/xdocs/build.xml b/proposal/xdocs/build.xml
index e101fae65..dfb0a15cc 100644
--- a/proposal/xdocs/build.xml
+++ b/proposal/xdocs/build.xml
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@
     <ant dir="dvsl"/>
   </target>
 
+  <target name="docs-from-scratch" depends="clean,gen,docs"/>
+
   <target name="default" depends="gen"/>
 
 </project>