diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/gstlal-inspiral.spec.in b/gstlal-inspiral/gstlal-inspiral.spec.in
index 0e3d9d891cabe3098ee2cdaf48901b78ce78d4f8..9aab80efbb792b4ba19c92ddae47b3d99b93c45e 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/gstlal-inspiral.spec.in
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/gstlal-inspiral.spec.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Requires: lalinspiral-python >= @MIN_LALINSPIRAL_VERSION@
 Requires: gsl
 Requires: ligo-gracedb >= 1.11
 Requires: python-gstreamer1
-BuildRequires: doxygen
+BuildRequires: doxygen >= @MIN_DOXYGEN_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: graphviz
 BuildRequires: gstlal-devel >= @MIN_GSTLAL_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: python-devel >= @MIN_PYTHON_VERSION@
@@ -69,10 +69,7 @@ plugins and programs.
 
 %build
 . /opt/lscsoft/gst/gstenvironment.sh
-# FIXME:  enable doxygen when we can rely on a platform with a new-enough
-# version.  don't forget to uncomment the documentation entries in the
-# files section
-%configure --without-doxygen
+%configure
 %{__make}
 
 
@@ -113,9 +110,7 @@ rm -Rf ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/%{name}-%{version}
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_datadir}/gstlal/*
-# commented out until RPM-based reference platform can be relied upon to
-# have a new-enough doxygen installed
-#%{_docdir}/gstlal-inspiral-*
+%{_docdir}/gstlal-inspiral-*
 %{_libdir}/*.so.*
 %{_libdir}/gstreamer-0.10/*.so
 %{_libdir}/gstreamer-0.10/python/*
diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/gstlal-ugly.spec.in b/gstlal-ugly/gstlal-ugly.spec.in
index c6cb937ad2afb486d90addc69a10acbd11e45a91..17dff3fd4b51c35e14cf3aab667f518aefbb9b12 100644
--- a/gstlal-ugly/gstlal-ugly.spec.in
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/gstlal-ugly.spec.in
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Requires: cyrus-sasl-lib
 Requires: nds2-client >= @MIN_NDS_VERSION@
 Requires: orc >= @MIN_ORC_VERSION@
 Requires: python-gstreamer1
-BuildRequires: doxygen
+BuildRequires: doxygen  >= @MIN_DOXYGEN_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: graphviz
 BuildRequires: gstlal-devel >= @MIN_GSTLAL_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: python-devel >= @MIN_PYTHON_VERSION@
@@ -74,10 +74,7 @@ plugins and programs.
 
 %build
 . /opt/lscsoft/gst/gstenvironment.sh
-# FIXME:  enable doxygen when we can rely on a platform with a new-enough
-# version.  don't forget to uncomment the documentation entries in the
-# files section
-%configure --without-doxygen
+%configure
 %{__make}
 
 
@@ -118,9 +115,7 @@ rm -Rf ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/%{name}-%{version}
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_datadir}/gstlal/*
-# commented out until RPM-based reference platform can be relied upon to
-# have a new-enough doxygen installed
-#%{_docdir}/gstlal-*
+%{_docdir}/gstlal-*
 %{_libdir}/gstreamer-@GSTREAMER_RELEASE@/*.so
 %{_libdir}/gstreamer-@GSTREAMER_RELEASE@/python/*
 %{_prefix}/%{_lib}/python*/site-packages/gstlal
diff --git a/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in b/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in
index 059c74bfb1c8cca6d2752b2f0a0c62dca1e92c60..b498259567dce0c8f455bb5d58850ce79715d90c 100644
--- a/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in
+++ b/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Requires: orc >= @MIN_ORC_VERSION@
 Requires: dbus-python
 Requires: avahi-ui-tools
 Requires: python-gstreamer1
-BuildRequires: doxygen
+BuildRequires: doxygen >= @MIN_DOXYGEN_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: graphviz
 BuildRequires: python-devel >= @MIN_PYTHON_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: gobject-introspection-devel >= @MIN_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_VERSION@
@@ -74,10 +74,7 @@ and programs.
 
 
 %build
-# FIXME:  enable doxygen when we can rely on a platform with a new-enough
-# version.  don't forget to uncomment the documentation entries in the
-# files section
-%configure --without-doxygen
+%configure
 %{__make}
 
 
@@ -119,9 +116,7 @@ rm -Rf ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/%{name}-%{version}
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_datadir}/gstlal
 %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gstlal-*
-# commented out until RPM-based reference platform can be relied upon to
-# have a new-enough doxygen installed
-#%{_docdir}/gstlal-*
+%{_docdir}/gstlal-*
 %{_libdir}/*.so.*
 %{_libdir}/gstreamer-@GSTREAMER_RELEASE@/*.so
 %{_libdir}/gstreamer-@GSTREAMER_RELEASE@/python/*