diff --git a/src/confmisc.c b/src/confmisc.c
index cfd50bad..a319fcd4 100644
--- a/src/confmisc.c
+++ b/src/confmisc.c
@@ -1031,6 +1031,14 @@ int snd_func_card_name(snd_config_t **dst, snd_config_t *root,
 SND_DLSYM_BUILD_VERSION(snd_func_card_name, SND_CONFIG_DLSYM_VERSION_EVALUATE);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef DOXYGEN
+/* For consistency with the PCM Interface module, include documentation even
+ * when PCM module is not included in the build. */ 
+#ifndef BUILD_PCM
+#define BUILD_PCM
+#endif
+#endif /* DOXYGEN */
+
 #ifdef BUILD_PCM
 
 /**