diff --git a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/collect.rs b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/collect.rs
index f5ee4b21ea616..ee3ac3b62d9ec 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/collect.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/collect.rs
@@ -2771,7 +2771,7 @@ fn codegen_fn_attrs(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, id: DefId) -> CodegenFnAttrs {
             }
         } else if tcx.sess.check_name(attr, sym::target_feature) {
             if !tcx.is_closure(id) && tcx.fn_sig(id).unsafety() == hir::Unsafety::Normal {
-                if tcx.sess.target.is_like_wasm {
+                if tcx.sess.target.is_like_wasm || tcx.sess.opts.actually_rustdoc {
                     // The `#[target_feature]` attribute is allowed on
                     // WebAssembly targets on all functions, including safe
                     // ones. Other targets require that `#[target_feature]` is
@@ -2785,6 +2785,10 @@ fn codegen_fn_attrs(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, id: DefId) -> CodegenFnAttrs {
                     // deterministic trap. There is no undefined behavior when
                     // executing WebAssembly so `#[target_feature]` is allowed
                     // on safe functions (but again, only for WebAssembly)
+                    //
+                    // Note that this is also allowed if `actually_rustdoc` so
+                    // if a target is documenting some wasm-specific code then
+                    // it's not spuriously denied.
                 } else if !tcx.features().target_feature_11 {
                     let mut err = feature_err(
                         &tcx.sess.parse_sess,
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/wasm-safe.rs b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/wasm-safe.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..80b15ace0ee95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/wasm-safe.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// check-pass
+
+#![feature(wasm_target_feature)]
+
+#[cfg(any(target_arch = "wasm32", doc))]
+#[target_feature(enable = "simd128")]
+pub fn foo() {}