diff --git a/api/sixtyfps-cpp/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e8cdda02..d6b17e813 100644
--- a/api/sixtyfps-cpp/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 project(SixtyFPS LANGUAGES CXX)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+
+set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
 add_library(SixtyFPS INTERFACE)
 
@@ -78,4 +81,22 @@ install(FILES
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lib/cmake/SixtyFPS/SixtyFPSConfig.cmake"
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lib/cmake/SixtyFPS/SixtyFPSConfigVersion.cmake"
     DESTINATION lib/cmake/SixtyFPS
-)
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+)
+
+if(APPLE)
+    execute_process(COMMAND brew --prefix llvm RESULT_VARIABLE prefix_status OUTPUT_VARIABLE llvm_prefix ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+    if(prefix_status EQUAL "0")
+        set(clang_doc_hint "HINTS;${llvm_prefix}/bin")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+find_program(clang_doc NAMES clang-doc clang-doc-10 ${clang_doc_hint})
+if(clang_doc)
+    message(STATUS "Clang doc found at ${clang_doc}. Will build API documentation")
+    add_library(api_docs lib.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(api_docs SixtyFPS)
+    add_custom_target(docs ALL COMMAND ${clang_doc} -p ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib.cpp)
+else()
+    message(STATUS "Clang doc NOT found. Will NOT build API documentation")
+    add_custom_target(docs COMMAND ${CMAKE} -E echo "Not building documentation because clang-doc wasn't found in PATH")
+endif()
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diff --git a/api/sixtyfps-cpp/cmake/lib.cpp b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/cmake/lib.cpp
index 368e60279..a2dbb390f 100644
--- a/api/sixtyfps-cpp/cmake/lib.cpp
+++ b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/cmake/lib.cpp
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 
 LICENSE END */
 /* Dummy file to make cmake happy */
+#include <sixtyfps.h>
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