diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs
index f0707cfbbb40..b908a6c6e843 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 use rustc_session::cstore::{CrateStoreDyn, Untracked};
 use rustc_session::lint::Lint;
 use rustc_span::def_id::{CRATE_DEF_ID, DefPathHash, StableCrateId};
-use rustc_span::{DUMMY_SP, Ident, Span, Symbol, kw};
+use rustc_span::{DUMMY_SP, Ident, Span, Symbol, kw, sym};
 use rustc_type_ir::TyKind::*;
 pub use rustc_type_ir::lift::Lift;
 use rustc_type_ir::{CollectAndApply, TypeFlags, WithCachedTypeInfo, elaborate, search_graph};
@@ -1705,6 +1705,10 @@ struct UnusedFeature {
                 // in downstream crates. It should never be linted, but should we
                 // hack this in the linter to ignore it?
                 && f.as_str() != "restricted_std"
+                // `doc_cfg` affects rustdoc behavior: rustdoc checks it via
+                // `tcx.features().doc_cfg()`, but a normal rustc compilation may
+                // never observe that use. Do not lint it as unused here.
+                && *f != sym::doc_cfg
             })
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/lint/unused-features/used-doc-cfg.rs b/tests/ui/lint/unused-features/used-doc-cfg.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..edd1dd6b10ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/lint/unused-features/used-doc-cfg.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//@ check-pass
+//@ compile-flags: --check-cfg=cfg(feature,values("enabled_feature"))
+// Regression test for https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/154487
+
+#![crate_type = "lib"]
+#![deny(unused_features)]
+#![feature(doc_cfg)]
+
+#[cfg(feature = "enabled_feature")]
+pub fn foo() {}