diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index beaeaa1a2a..fec9660856 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ ConfigureCMakeVariables()
 InitializeFreeCADBuildOptions()
 CheckInterModuleDependencies()
 FreeCADLibpackChecks()
+SetupDoxygen()
 if(NOT FREECAD_LIBPACK_USE OR FREECAD_LIBPACK_CHECKFILE_CLBUNDLER)
     SetupPython()
     SetupPCL()
diff --git a/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/SetupDoxygen.cmake b/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/SetupDoxygen.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a10829dab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/SetupDoxygen.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+macro(SetupDoxygen)
+# -------------------------------- Doxygen ----------------------------------
+
+    find_package(Doxygen)
+
+    if (NOT DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+        message("=====================================================\n"
+                "Doxygen not found, will not build documentation.     \n"
+                "=====================================================\n")
+    endif(NOT DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+
+endmacro(SetupDoxygen)
diff --git a/src/Doc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Doc/CMakeLists.txt
index 547dff4825..a9fa77d125 100644
--- a/src/Doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ INSTALL(FILES
     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}
 )
 
-find_package(Doxygen)
 if(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
 
     IF (DOXYGEN_DOT_EXECUTABLE)