diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index d7b08a87b..907e1c510 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ doxygen Doxyfile
 mkdir -p ../docs/wholegraph/_html/doxygen_docs/libwholegraph/html
 mv html/* ../docs/wholegraph/_html/doxygen_docs/libwholegraph/html
 mkdir -p ../docs/wholegraph/_xml
+# xml will be used in cugraph
+mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/libwholegraph/xml_tar"
+tar -czf "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/libwholegraph/xml_tar"/xml.tar.gz -C xml .
 # _xml is used for sphinx breathe project
 mv xml/* "../docs/wholegraph/_xml"
 popd