diff --git a/documentation/Makefile b/documentation/Makefile
index 65e29713d4..bade78fe88 100644
--- a/documentation/Makefile
+++ b/documentation/Makefile
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ endif
 help:
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
-.PHONY: all help Makefile clean stylecheck publish epub latexpdf
+.PHONY: all checks help Makefile clean stylecheck publish epub latexpdf
 
-publish: Makefile epub latexpdf html singlehtml
+publish: Makefile checks epub latexpdf html singlehtml
 	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/$(DESTDIR)/
 	mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/$(DESTDIR)/
 	cp -r $(BUILDDIR)/html/* $(BUILDDIR)/$(DESTDIR)/
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ PNGs := $(foreach dir, $(IMAGEDIRS), $(patsubst %.svg,%.png,$(wildcard $(SOURCED
 clean:
 	@rm -rf $(BUILDDIR) $(PNGs) $(PDFs) poky.yaml sphinx-static/switchers.js releases.rst
 
+checks:
+	$(SOURCEDIR)/tools/check-glossaries --docs-dir $(SOURCEDIR)
+
 stylecheck:
 	vale sync
 	vale $(VALEOPTS) $(VALEDOCS)