diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index a535b75ef19b28cae781acccfd0f5349fd19504d..ed553102de55c682f451637b1be732293727e1b6 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 
+#This finder takes very long, so call it once here to avoid calling it multiple times in the subprojects
+FIND_PACKAGE(Doxygen)
 
 
 # Include some of our OpenFlipper cmake macros