diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2be1deda4826..e98a7808656f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -282,9 +282,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Add SBT proxy repositories
         run: cp -vf .github/workflows/repositories /root/.sbt/ ; true
 
-      - name: Test
+      - name: Test sbt 1.4.x
         run: ./project/scripts/sbt "sbt-dotty/scripted; sbt-community-build/scripted"
 
+      - name: Test sbt 1.5.x
+        run: ./project/scripts/sbt "set \`sbt-dotty\`/scriptedSbt := \"1.5.0-RC1\"; sbt-dotty/scripted sbt-dotty/*"
+
   test_java8:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux]
     container:
diff --git a/sbt-dotty/sbt-test/sbt-dotty/scaladoc/build.sbt b/sbt-dotty/sbt-test/sbt-dotty/scaladoc/build.sbt
index 628e6ef687dc..87e6de42040f 100644
--- a/sbt-dotty/sbt-test/sbt-dotty/scaladoc/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt-dotty/sbt-test/sbt-dotty/scaladoc/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 scalaVersion := sys.props("plugin.scalaVersion")
 
-lazy val assertUsingScaladoc = taskKey[Unit]("")
-
-assertUsingScaladoc := {
+TaskKey[Unit]("assertUsingScaladoc") := {
   assert(useScaladoc.value)
 }
+
+TaskKey[Unit]("checkScaladocOptions") := {
+  val options = (Compile / doc / scalacOptions).value
+  assert(options.count(_ == "-project") == 1)
+}
+
+TaskKey[Unit]("checkHtmlFiles") := {
+  val helloHtml = (Compile / doc / target).value / "api" / "hello.html"
+  assert(helloHtml.exists)
+}
diff --git a/sbt-dotty/sbt-test/sbt-dotty/scaladoc/test b/sbt-dotty/sbt-test/sbt-dotty/scaladoc/test
index 62f36e165df0..58bf06a4c940 100644
--- a/sbt-dotty/sbt-test/sbt-dotty/scaladoc/test
+++ b/sbt-dotty/sbt-test/sbt-dotty/scaladoc/test
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 > assertUsingScaladoc
+> checkScaladocOptions
 > doc
-
+> checkHtmlFiles
diff --git a/sbt-dotty/src/dotty/tools/sbtplugin/DottyPlugin.scala b/sbt-dotty/src/dotty/tools/sbtplugin/DottyPlugin.scala
index d92f54937094..82e3727ac952 100644
--- a/sbt-dotty/src/dotty/tools/sbtplugin/DottyPlugin.scala
+++ b/sbt-dotty/src/dotty/tools/sbtplugin/DottyPlugin.scala
@@ -464,7 +464,10 @@ object DottyPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
       else Def.task { originalSources }
     }.value,
     scalacOptions ++= {
-      if (isDotty.value) {
+      // From sbt 1.5 scaladoc is natively supported, and so the scalacOptions are already set.
+      val isSbt15 = VersionNumber(sbtVersion.value)
+        .matchesSemVer(SemanticSelector(">=1.5.0-M1"))
+      if (isDotty.value && !isSbt15) {
         val projectName =
           if (configuration.value == Compile)
             name.value