diff --git a/docs/doxygen/Doxyfile b/docs/doxygen/Doxyfile
index 8691e42e5d..0736d38863 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/Doxyfile
+++ b/docs/doxygen/Doxyfile
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ GENERATE_HTML          = YES
 # If a relative path is entered the value of OUTPUT_DIRECTORY will be
 # put in front of it. If left blank `html' will be used as the default path.
 
-HTML_OUTPUT            =
+HTML_OUTPUT            = api-docs
 
 # The HTML_FILE_EXTENSION tag can be used to specify the file extension for
 # each generated HTML page (for example: .htm,.php,.asp). If it is left blank