diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindSphinx.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindSphinx.cmake
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+find_program (SPHINX_EXECUTABLE NAMES sphinx-build
+    HINTS $ENV{SPHINX_DIR}
+    PATH_SUFFIXES bin
+    DOC "Sphinx documentation html generator"
+)
+
+find_program (SPHINX_API_EXECUTABLE NAMES sphinx-apidoc
+    HINTS $ENV{SPHINX_DIR}
+    PATH_SUFFIXES bin
+    DOC "Sphinx documentation rst generator"
+)
+
+include (FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+
+find_package_handle_standard_args (Sphinx DEFAULT_MSG
+    SPHINX_EXECUTABLE
+    SPHINX_API_EXECUTABLE
+)
+
+# Get Sphinx version
+if (SPHINX_EXECUTABLE)
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${SPHINX_EXECUTABLE} --version
+                    OUTPUT_VARIABLE SPHINX_VERSION)
+    string(REGEX MATCH "([0-9]\\.[0-9]\\.[0-9])" SPHINX_VERSION_STR ${SPHINX_VERSION})
+    message ("INFO - Sphinx version is " ${SPHINX_VERSION_STR})
+endif ()
+
+mark_as_advanced (SPHINX_EXECUTABLE)
+mark_as_advanced (SPHINX_API_EXECUTABLE)