diff --git a/docs/.linkcheckerrc b/docs/.linkcheckerrc
index e6ab4ea1a5df..96fdcbd08157 100644
--- a/docs/.linkcheckerrc
+++ b/docs/.linkcheckerrc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ threads=1
 ignore=
   pythonapi/lightgbm\..*\.html.*
   http.*amd.com/.*
+  https.*dl.acm.org/doi/.*
   https.*tandfonline.com/.*
 ignorewarnings=http-robots-denied,https-certificate-error
 checkextern=1