diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f6bd2eca4..eda820f02 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ build-docs:
 
 build-docs-capi:
 	cd lib/c-api/ && doxygen doxyfile
+	RUSTDOCFLAGS="" \
+		cargo doc --manifest-path lib/c-api/Cargo.toml --no-deps --features wat,jit,object-file,cranelift,wasi
 
 # We use cranelift as the default backend for the capi for now
 build-capi: build-capi-cranelift-jit
diff --git a/lib/c-api/doc/wasm_c_api/.empty b/lib/c-api/doc/wasm_c_api/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb