diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/make-pom/build.sbt b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/make-pom/build.sbt
index 458204b33..03d7f883b 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/make-pom/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/make-pom/build.sbt
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ lazy val root = (project in file(".")) settings (
   TaskKey[Unit]("checkPom") := checkPom.value,
   TaskKey[Unit]("checkExtra") := checkExtra.value,
   TaskKey[Unit]("checkVersionPlusMapping") := checkVersionPlusMapping.value,
+  TaskKey[Unit]("checkAPIURL") := checkAPIURL.value,
   TaskKey[Unit]("checkReleaseNotesURL") := checkReleaseNotesURL.value,
   resolvers += Resolver.sonatypeRepo("snapshots"),
+  apiURL := Some(url("https://www.scala-sbt.org/1.x/api/")),
   releaseNotesURL := Some(url("https://github.com/sbt/sbt/releases")),
   makePomConfiguration := {
     val p = makePomConfiguration.value
@@ -48,6 +50,11 @@ lazy val checkVersionPlusMapping = (readPom) map { (pomXml) =>
   ()
 }
 
+lazy val checkAPIURL = (readPom) map { (pomXml) =>
+  val notes = pomXml \ "properties" \ "info.apiURL"
+  if (notes.isEmpty) sys.error("'apiURL' not found in generated pom.xml.") else ()
+}
+
 lazy val checkReleaseNotesURL = (readPom) map { (pomXml) =>
   val notes = pomXml \ "properties" \ "info.releaseNotesUrl"
   if (notes.isEmpty) sys.error("'releaseNotesUrl' not found in generated pom.xml.") else ()
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/make-pom/test b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/make-pom/test
index 409db17a2..b6f7bda7d 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/make-pom/test
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/make-pom/test
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 > checkPom
 > checkExtra
 > checkVersionPlusMapping
+> checkAPIURL
 > checkReleaseNotesURL