diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 77da1528c0d..71d5f0dc4f0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Files generated by cmake
 CMakeFiles
 Makefile
-*.cmake
 CMakeCache.txt
 lib
 
diff --git a/cmake/FindSphinx.cmake b/cmake/FindSphinx.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af59914f30c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindSphinx.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# 
+# Find Sphinx
+# Find Sphinx executable to build documentation
+# Source: http://ericscottbarr.com/blog/2012/03/sphinx-and-cmake-beautiful-documentation-for-c-projects/
+# 
+# Daniel Kastl 03/2013
+#
+
+find_program(SPHINX_EXECUTABLE NAMES sphinx-build
+  HINTS
+  $ENV{SPHINX_DIR}
+  PATH_SUFFIXES bin\r\n  DOC "Sphinx documentation generator"
+)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(Sphinx DEFAULT_MSG\r\n  SPHINX_EXECUTABLE
+)
+
+mark_as_advanced(
+  SPHINX_EXECUTABLE
+)