diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f7f875bc..a402bff5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,6 +100,22 @@ if (BUILDDOC)
       COMMENT "Generating API documentation with Sphinx" VERBATIM
     )
   endif()
+  # check if Yuidoc is installed and add target for API documentation
+  find_package(Yuidoc)
+  if(YUIDOC_FOUND)
+    # node required for Yuidoc documentation
+	find_package(node)
+    set(NODE_PATH "/usr/local/lib/node_modules" CACHE PATH "Path to node modules")
+	configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/doxy/node ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+	add_custom_target(jsdoc
+	  ${NODE_EXECUTABLE} docgen -m upm -i xml
+	  COMMAND ${YUIDOC_EXECUTABLE} -C --no-sort --config generators/yuidoc/conf.json -o html/node jsdoc/yuidoc/upm
+	  COMMAND ${NODE_EXECUTABLE} tolower -i html/node
+	  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+      COMMENT "Generating API documentation with Yuidoc" VERBATIM
+	)
+	add_dependencies(jsdoc doc)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if (IPK)