diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8403ea510b..367726bb54 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ if(LYX_INSTALL)
 	include(../Install)
 endif()
 
+add_subdirectory(sourcedoc "${TOP_BINARY_DIR}/sourcedoc")
 
 message(STATUS)
 message(STATUS "Build options, switch LYX_* variables by -DLYX_*=1 or 0:")
diff --git a/sourcedoc/CMakeLists.txt b/sourcedoc/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42c2c4829d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sourcedoc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
+# Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Peter Kümmel, <syntheticpp@gmx.net>
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Kornel Benko, <Kornel.Benko@berlin.de>
+#
+
+project(doxydoc)
+
+find_program(DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE doxygen)
+if(DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE MATCHES "-NOTFOUND")
+  message(STATUS "doxygen not found, ==> no doxygen creation")
+else()
+  add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT doxy_created
+    COMMAND ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${TOP_SRC_DIR}/sourcedoc/Doxyfile
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch doxy_created
+    DEPENDS ${TOP_SRC_DIR}/sourcedoc/Doxyfile
+  )
+  add_custom_target(doxydoc DEPENDS doxy_created)
+endif()
+