diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 804f3426ae0..698ceca781b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ IF(WITH_CORE)
     FIND_PACKAGE(Qwt REQUIRED)
   ENDIF (WITH_GUI)
   FIND_PACKAGE(LibZip REQUIRED)
+  FIND_PACKAGE(EXIV2 REQUIRED)
 
   FIND_PACKAGE(Sqlite3)
   IF (NOT SQLITE3_FOUND)
diff --git a/cmake/FindEXIV2.cmake b/cmake/FindEXIV2.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78aebd73ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindEXIV2.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Find EXIV2
+# ~~~~~~~~~~
+# CMake module to search for EXIV2 library
+#
+# If it's found it sets EXIV2_FOUND to TRUE
+# and following variables are set:
+#    EXIV2_INCLUDE_DIR
+#    EXIV2_LIBRARY
+#
+
+
+FIND_PATH(EXIV2_INCLUDE_DIR exiv2/exiv2.hpp /usr/local/include /usr/include)
+FIND_LIBRARY(EXIV2_LIBRARY NAMES exiv2 PATHS /usr/local/lib /usr/lib)
+
+IF (EXIV2_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXIV2_LIBRARY)
+    SET(EXIV2_FOUND TRUE)
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found exiv2: ${EXIV2_LIBRARY}")
+ELSE (EXIV2_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXIV2_LIBRARY)
+    MESSAGE(EXIV2_INCLUDE_DIR=${EXIV2_INCLUDE_DIR})
+    MESSAGE(EXIV2_LIBRARY=${EXIV2_LIBRARY})
+    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find exiv2")
+ENDIF (EXIV2_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXIV2_LIBRARY)