diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index dc18327b0..d1ffed20f 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-# docs
-ecm_optional_add_subdirectory( kate )
-ecm_optional_add_subdirectory( katepart )
-ecm_optional_add_subdirectory( kwrite )
+find_package(KF5DocTools QUIET)
+
+if(NOT KF5DocTools_FOUND)
+  return()
+endif()
+
+ecm_optional_add_subdirectory(kate)
+ecm_optional_add_subdirectory(katepart)
+ecm_optional_add_subdirectory(kwrite)
diff --git a/doc/kate/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/kate/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ba3c4b8f..ecb940f51 100644
--- a/doc/kate/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/kate/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-########### install files ###############
+kdoctools_create_handbook(
+  index.docbook 
+  INSTALL_DESTINATION ${HTML_INSTALL_DIR}/en 
+  SUBDIR kate
+)
 
-kdoctools_create_handbook (index.docbook INSTALL_DESTINATION ${HTML_INSTALL_DIR}/en SUBDIR kate)
-kdoctools_create_manpage (man-kate.1.docbook 1 INSTALL_DESTINATION ${MAN_INSTALL_DIR})
+kdoctools_create_manpage(
+  man-kate.1.docbook 1 
+  INSTALL_DESTINATION ${MAN_INSTALL_DIR}
+)
diff --git a/doc/katepart/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/katepart/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b7fc4323..77c4f6d55 100644
--- a/doc/katepart/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/katepart/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-########### install files ###############
-#
-#
-kdoctools_create_handbook (index.docbook INSTALL_DESTINATION ${HTML_INSTALL_DIR}/en SUBDIR katepart)
+kdoctools_create_handbook(
+  index.docbook 
+  INSTALL_DESTINATION ${HTML_INSTALL_DIR}/en 
+  SUBDIR katepart
+)
diff --git a/doc/kwrite/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/kwrite/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f8071fe3..6bf40bfb9 100644
--- a/doc/kwrite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/kwrite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-########### install files ###############
-
-kdoctools_create_handbook (index.docbook INSTALL_DESTINATION ${HTML_INSTALL_DIR}/en SUBDIR kwrite)
+kdoctools_create_handbook(
+  index.docbook 
+  INSTALL_DESTINATION ${HTML_INSTALL_DIR}/en 
+  SUBDIR kwrite
+)