diff --git a/src/Development/IDE/Core/Compile.hs b/src/Development/IDE/Core/Compile.hs
index f02d5eca6..6780c3f8d 100644
--- a/src/Development/IDE/Core/Compile.hs
+++ b/src/Development/IDE/Core/Compile.hs
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ parseModule
     -> Maybe SB.StringBuffer
     -> IO ([FileDiagnostic], Maybe ParsedModule)
 parseModule IdeOptions{..} env file =
+    let env' = env { hsc_dflags = hsc_dflags env `gopt_set` Opt_Haddock } in
     fmap (either (, Nothing) (second Just)) .
     -- We need packages since imports fail to resolve otherwise.
-    runGhcEnv env . runExceptT . parseFileContents optPreprocessor file
+    runGhcEnv env' . runExceptT . parseFileContents optPreprocessor file
 
 
 -- | Given a package identifier, what packages does it depend on
diff --git a/test/exe/Main.hs b/test/exe/Main.hs
index f3647f685..5526f8fd7 100644
--- a/test/exe/Main.hs
+++ b/test/exe/Main.hs
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ findDefinitionAndHoverTests = let
   , test yes    yes    mclL36 mcl    "top-level fn 1st clause"
   , test yes    yes    mclL37 mcl    "top-level fn 2nd clause         #246"
   , test yes    yes    spaceL37 space "top-level fn on space #315"
-  , test no     broken docL41 doc    "documentation                     #7"
+  , test no     yes    docL41 doc    "documentation                     #7"
   , test no     yes    eitL40 kindE  "kind of Either                  #273"
   , test no     yes    intL40 kindI  "kind of Int                     #273"
   , test no     broken tvrL40 kindV  "kind of (* -> *) type variable  #273"