diff --git a/docs/api/wscript_build b/docs/api/wscript_build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7cba870e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/api/wscript_build
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+# WAF build script for midori
+
+import pproc as subprocess
+
+for module in ('midori', 'katze'):
+    try:
+        if not os.access ('_build_', os.F_OK):
+            os.mkdir ('_build_')
+        if not os.access ('_build_/docs', os.F_OK):
+            os.mkdir ('_build_/docs')
+        if not os.access ('_build_/docs/api', os.F_OK):
+            os.mkdir ('_build_/docs/api')
+        subprocess.call (['gtkdoc-scan', '--module=' + module,
+            '--source-dir=' + module, '--output-dir=_build_/docs/api/' + module,
+            '--rebuild-sections', '--rebuild-types'])
+        os.chdir ('_build_/docs/api/' + module)
+        subprocess.call (['gtkdoc-mktmpl', '--module=' + module,
+            '--output-dir=.' + module])
+        subprocess.call (['gtkdoc-mkdb', '--module=' + module,
+            '--source-dir=.', '--output-dir=xml',
+            '--source-suffixes=c,h', '--output-format=xml',
+            '--default-includes=%s/%s.h' % (module, module),
+            '--sgml-mode', '--main-sgml-file=%s.sgml' % module])
+        if not os.access ('html', os.F_OK):
+            os.mkdir ('html')
+            os.chdir ('html')
+        subprocess.call (['gtkdoc-mkhtml', module, '../%s.sgml' % module])
+        Params.pprint ('YELLOW', "Created documentation for %s." % module)
+        os.chdir ('../../../../..')
+    except Exception, msg:
+        print msg
+        Params.pprint ('RED', "Failed to create documentation for %s." % module)
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index ed38e04c..9fb4a0bb 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -45,6 +45,20 @@ def configure (conf):
         update_po = 'no'
     conf.check_message_custom ('localization file', 'updates', update_po)
 
+    if Params.g_options.enable_api_docs:
+        conf.find_program ('gtkdoc-scan', var='GTKDOC_SCAN')
+        conf.find_program ('gtkdoc-mktmpl', var='GTKDOC_MKTMPL')
+        conf.find_program ('gtkdoc-mkdb', var='GTKDOC_MKDB')
+        conf.find_program ('gtkdoc-mkhtml', var='GTKDOC_MKHTML')
+        if conf.env['GTKDOC_SCAN'] and conf.env['GTKDOC_MKTMPL'] \
+            and conf.env['GTKDOC_MKDB'] and conf.env['GTKDOC_MKHTML']:
+            api_docs = 'yes'
+        else:
+            api_docs = 'not available'
+    else:
+        api_docs = 'no'
+    conf.check_message_custom ('generate', 'API documentation', api_docs)
+
     if not Params.g_options.disable_unique:
         conf.check_pkg ('unique-1.0', destvar='UNIQUE', vnum='0.9', mandatory=False)
         single_instance = ['not available','yes'][conf.env['HAVE_UNIQUE'] == 1]
@@ -101,6 +115,8 @@ def set_options (opt):
 
     opt.add_option ('--enable-update-po', action='store_true', default=False,
         help='Enables localization file updates', dest='enable_update_po')
+    opt.add_option ('--enable-api-docs', action='store_true', default=False,
+        help='Enables API documentation', dest='enable_api_docs')
 
 def build (bld):
     bld.add_subdirs ('katze midori icons')
@@ -108,6 +124,9 @@ def build (bld):
     if bld.env ()['INTLTOOL']:
         bld.add_subdirs ('po')
 
+    if bld.env ()['GTKDOC_SCAN'] and Params.g_commands['build']:
+        bld.add_subdirs ('docs/api')
+
     if bld.env ()['INTLTOOL']:
         obj = bld.create_obj ('intltool_in')
         obj.source   = 'midori.desktop.in'