diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-internal-avro/pom.xml b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-internal-avro/pom.xml
index 66540523c8a0..600a9f5b7810 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-internal-avro/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-internal-avro/pom.xml
@@ -56,4 +56,79 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- START: Empty Java Doc -->
+      <!-- The following code will generate an empty javadoc with just a README.md. This is necessary
+           to pass the required checks on Maven. The way this works is by setting the classesDirectory
+           to a directory that only contains the README.md, which we need to copy. If the classesDirectory
+           is set to the root, where the README.md lives, it still won't have javadocs but the jar file
+           will contain a bunch of files that shouldn't be there. The faux sources directory is deleted
+           and recreated with the README.md being copied every time to guarantee that, when building locally,
+           it'll have the latest copy of the README.md file.
+      -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1.1</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin;external_dependency} -->
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <skip>true</skip>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1.2</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin;external_dependency} -->
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>empty-javadoc-jar-with-readme</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <classifier>javadoc</classifier>
+              <classesDirectory>${project.basedir}/javadocTemp</classesDirectory>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin;external_dependency} -->
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-readme-to-javadocTemp</id>
+            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <target>
+                <echo>Deleting existing ${project.basedir}/javadocTemp</echo>
+                <delete includeEmptyDirs="true" quiet="true">
+                  <fileset dir="${project.basedir}/javadocTemp"/>
+                </delete>
+                <echo>Copying ${project.basedir}/README.md to
+                  ${project.basedir}/javadocTemp/README.md
+                </echo>
+                <copy file="${project.basedir}/README.md" tofile="${project.basedir}/javadocTemp/README.md"/>
+              </target>
+            </configuration>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- END: Empty Java Doc -->
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>