diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 94423e2..12d418f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,32 @@ include_directories("lib/")
 include (CheckSymbolExists)
 include (CheckFunctionExists)
 
+
+find_package(Doxygen)
+option(BUILD_DOCUMENTATION "Create and install the HTML based API documentation (requires Doxygen)" ${DOXYGEN_FOUND})
+if(BUILD_DOCUMENTATION)
+    if(NOT DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+         message(FATAL_ERROR "Doxygen is needed to build the documentation.")
+    endif()
+
+    #doxygen_add_docs(targetName
+    #${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    #)
+
+    message("Doxygen build started.")
+
+    add_custom_target(
+  doc ALL
+  #COMMAND $<$<CONFIG:Release>:${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${doxyfile_in}>
+  COMMAND $<$<CONFIG:Release>:${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE}>
+  #WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc
+  COMMENT "Generating API documentation with Doxygen"
+  VERBATIM
+)
+
+    #    install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/html DESTINATION     share/doc)
+endif()
+
 find_package(Boost 1.47 COMPONENTS filesystem REQUIRED)
 message(status "** Boost Include: ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 message(status "** Boost Libraries: ${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
@@ -26,7 +52,7 @@ link_directories(${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
 #include_directories(${POCO_INCLUDE_DIR})
 #link_directories(${POCO_LIBRARIES})
 
-file( GLOB libcbag_SOURCES_LIB 
+file( GLOB libcbag_SOURCES_LIB
   "lib/*.cpp"
   )
 
@@ -36,12 +62,10 @@ message("Curl libraries: ${CURL_LIBRARIES}")
 include_directories(${CURL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 link_directories(${CURL_LIBRARIES})
 
-#file( GLOB libcbag_SOURCES_LIB 
+#file( GLOB libcbag_SOURCES_LIB
 #  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/*.cpp"
 #  )
 
-
-
 add_library(cbag ${libcbag_SOURCES_LIB} )
 target_include_directories(cbag PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})