diff --git a/scripts/link-validator.conf b/scripts/link-validator.conf
index 1aa560be..48018c93 100644
--- a/scripts/link-validator.conf
+++ b/scripts/link-validator.conf
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ site-link-validator {
     # Fails after a number of requests with "403 Forbidden"
     "https://javadoc.io/static/"
     # GitHub will block with "429 Too Many Requests"
-    "https://github.com/",
+    "https://github.com/"
+    # Links to datastax.com work in practice but fail with link validator
+    "https://docs.datastax.com/"
     # license report
     "http://stephenc.github.com/jcip-annotations"
     "http://fi.java.net"