diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d334546546..b3631c8302 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ test/.tmp/*
 test/.sync_disk_db
 subprojects/.wraplock
 subprojects/capstone-*/
+subprojects/doxygen-awesome-css-*/
 subprojects/pcre2*/
 subprojects/libzip-*/
 subprojects/lz4-*/
diff --git a/doc/meson.build b/doc/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfd9d1d653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+if get_option('enable_doc')
+  doxygen_exe = find_program('doxygen', required: true)
+
+  r = run_command(py3_exe, check_meson_subproject_py, 'doxygen-awesome-css', check: false)
+  if r.returncode() == 1 and get_option('subprojects_check')
+    error(subproject_clean_error_msg)
+  endif
+  doxygen_awesome_css = subproject('doxygen-awesome-css')
+
+  doxygen_args = [
+    py3_exe, files('../sys/doxygen.py'),
+    '--doxygen', doxygen_exe.full_path(),
+    '--source-dir', meson.project_source_root(),
+    '--output-dir', meson.project_build_root() / 'doc',
+    '--theme-dir', doxygen_awesome_css.get_variable('doxygen_awesome_css_dir'),
+    '--project-number', meson.project_version(),
+  ]
+  if get_option('werror')
+    doxygen_args += '--warnings-as-errors'
+  endif
+
+  # Not built by default: generating the docs takes far longer than the library
+  # itself and needs no compiler output, so it stays an explicit `ninja doc`.
+  run_target('doc', command: doxygen_args)
+endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a4418c608f..ec26d2c02e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -941,6 +941,7 @@ endif
 
 subdir('test')
 subdir('examples')
+subdir('doc')
 
 
 install_data(
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 508740d0f4..d890ce11d4 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ option('enable_benchmarks', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Build m
 option('enable_rz_test', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Build rz-test executable for regression testing')
 option('regenerate_cmds', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Regenerate the cmd_descs.[ch] files (requires PyYAML)')
 option('enable_examples', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Build examples')
+option('enable_doc', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Enable the `doc` target building the Doxygen API documentation')
diff --git a/subprojects/doxygen-awesome-css.wrap b/subprojects/doxygen-awesome-css.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1f57cb7f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/doxygen-awesome-css.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[wrap-file]
+directory = doxygen-awesome-css-2.4.2
+source_url = https://github.com/jothepro/doxygen-awesome-css/archive/refs/tags/v2.4.2.tar.gz
+source_fallback_url = https://github.com/rizinorg/fallback-repo/raw/main/doxygen-awesome-css-2.4.2.tar.gz
+source_filename = doxygen-awesome-css-2.4.2.tar.gz
+source_hash = 6f527e5733723bfd7243c28f24588dca4714cf977fea6147fdb4ae2050244409
+patch_directory = doxygen-awesome-css-2.4.2
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/doxygen-awesome-css-2.4.2/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/doxygen-awesome-css-2.4.2/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c86d1bfe70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/doxygen-awesome-css-2.4.2/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+project('doxygen-awesome-css', version: '2.4.2', license: 'MIT')
+
+# The theme is plain CSS consumed by doxygen, so only its location is exported.
+doxygen_awesome_css_dir = meson.current_source_dir()
diff --git a/sys/doxygen.py b/sys/doxygen.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7f629b9e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/doxygen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 RizinOrg <info@rizin.re>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
+
+"""Build the Rizin API documentation with the Doxygen Awesome theme.
+
+The checked-in Doxyfile holds every setting that does not depend on a path.
+Everything that only the build system knows (where the theme was unpacked,
+where the output goes, which version is being built) is appended here, so that
+the Doxyfile stays free of build directory references and keeps working when
+`doxygen` is invoked directly from the repository root.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+# Relative to the theme directory. The sidebar-only layout needs both.
+THEME_STYLESHEETS = [
+    "doxygen-awesome.css",
+    "doxygen-awesome-sidebar-only.css",
+]
+
+
+def doxyfile_overrides(args):
+    """Build the config lines that override the checked-in Doxyfile."""
+    lines = []
+    if args.output_dir:
+        lines.append("OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = %s" % args.output_dir)
+    if args.project_number:
+        lines.append("PROJECT_NUMBER = %s" % args.project_number)
+    if args.warnings_as_errors:
+        lines.append("WARN_AS_ERROR = FAIL_ON_WARNINGS")
+    if args.theme_dir:
+        sheets = [os.path.join(args.theme_dir, name) for name in THEME_STYLESHEETS]
+        missing = [sheet for sheet in sheets if not os.path.isfile(sheet)]
+        if missing:
+            raise SystemExit("missing theme file(s): %s" % ", ".join(missing))
+        lines.append("HTML_EXTRA_STYLESHEET = %s" % " \\\n    ".join(sheets))
+    return lines
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--doxygen", default="doxygen", help="doxygen executable")
+    parser.add_argument("--source-dir", default=".", help="repository root")
+    parser.add_argument("--output-dir", help="where the generated docs are written")
+    parser.add_argument("--theme-dir", help="doxygen-awesome-css checkout")
+    parser.add_argument("--project-number", help="version shown in the docs")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--warnings-as-errors",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="fail on any Doxygen diagnostic (needs a pinned Doxygen version)",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    doxyfile = os.path.join(args.source_dir, "Doxyfile")
+    if not os.path.isfile(doxyfile):
+        raise SystemExit("no Doxyfile in %s" % args.source_dir)
+
+    with open(doxyfile, encoding="utf-8") as fd:
+        config = fd.read()
+    config += "\n" + "\n".join(doxyfile_overrides(args)) + "\n"
+
+    # Doxygen resolves the relative paths of the Doxyfile against the current
+    # directory, so it has to run from the repository root.
+    proc = subprocess.run(
+        [args.doxygen, "-"],
+        cwd=args.source_dir,
+        input=config,
+        encoding="utf-8",
+        check=False,
+    )
+    return proc.returncode
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())