diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 98a7f35b9..680a44158 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ tags
 minetest.conf
 debug.txt
 
+## Doxygen files
+doc/Doxyfile
+doc/html/
+doc/doxygen_*
+
 ## Build files
 CMakeFiles/*
 src/CMakeFiles/*
@@ -64,7 +69,7 @@ locale/
 *.layout
 *.o
 
-#build variants
+## Build variants
 build/android/assets
 build/android/bin
 build/android/Debug
@@ -75,5 +80,3 @@ build/android/libs
 build/android/obj
 timestamp
 
-
-
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e234eedf..6bfd4c911 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -229,3 +229,14 @@ endif()
 
 include(CPack)
 
+# Add a target to generate API documentation with Doxygen
+find_package(Doxygen)
+if(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+	configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/Doxyfile.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/doc/Doxyfile @ONLY)
+	add_custom_target(doc
+		${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/doc/Doxyfile
+		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/doc
+		COMMENT "Generating API documentation with Doxygen" VERBATIM
+	)
+endif(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+
diff --git a/doc/Doxyfile.in b/doc/Doxyfile.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..062fc67a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/Doxyfile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+DOXYFILE_ENCODING      = UTF-8
+
+PROJECT_NAME           = "Minetest"
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = @VERSION_STRING@
+
+STRIP_FROM_PATH        = @CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/src
+JAVADOC_AUTOBRIEF      = YES
+EXTRACT_ALL            = YES
+EXTRACT_PRIVATE        = YES
+EXTRACT_STATIC         = YES
+SORT_MEMBERS_CTORS_1ST = YES
+WARN_IF_UNDOCUMENTED   = NO
+
+INPUT = @CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/src/ \
+	@CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/src/util \
+	@CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/src/script \
+	@CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/src/script/common \
+	@CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/src/script/cpp_api \
+	@CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/src/script/lua_api
+RECURSIVE              = NO
+
+REFERENCED_BY_RELATION = YES
+REFERENCES_RELATION    = YES
+GENERATE_LATEX         = NO
+PAPER_TYPE             = a4wide
+
+HAVE_DOT               = @DOXYGEN_DOT_FOUND@
+CALL_GRAPH             = YES
+CALLER_GRAPH           = YES
+MAX_DOT_GRAPH_DEPTH    = 3
+DOT_MULTI_TARGETS      = YES
+