diff --git a/Modules/FindLibXslt.cmake b/Modules/FindLibXslt.cmake
index 1e42f4272..dd5aac461 100644
--- a/Modules/FindLibXslt.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindLibXslt.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #  LIBXSLT_INCLUDE_DIR - the LibXslt include directory
 #  LIBXSLT_LIBRARIES - Link these to LibXslt
 #  LIBXSLT_DEFINITIONS - Compiler switches required for using LibXslt
+#  LIBXSLT_VERSION_STRING - version of LibXslt found (since CMake 2.8.8)
 # Additionally, the following two variables are set (but not required for using xslt):
 #  LIBXSLT_EXSLT_LIBRARIES - Link to these if you need to link against the exslt library
 #  LIBXSLT_XSLTPROC_EXECUTABLE - Contains the full path to the xsltproc executable if found
@@ -51,10 +52,21 @@ SET(LIBXSLT_EXSLT_LIBRARIES ${LIBXSLT_EXSLT_LIBRARY} )
 
 FIND_PROGRAM(LIBXSLT_XSLTPROC_EXECUTABLE xsltproc)
 
-# handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set LIBXML2_FOUND to TRUE if
-# all listed variables are TRUE
+IF(PC_LIBXSLT_VERSION)
+    SET(LIBXSLT_VERSION_STRING ${PC_LIBXSLT_VERSION})
+ELSEIF(LIBXSLT_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS "${LIBXSLT_INCLUDE_DIR}/libxslt/xsltconfig.h")
+    FILE(STRINGS "${LIBXSLT_INCLUDE_DIR}/libxslt/xsltconfig.h" libxslt_version_str
+         REGEX "^#define[\t ]+LIBXSLT_DOTTED_VERSION[\t ]+\".*\"")
+
+    STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^#define[\t ]+LIBXSLT_DOTTED_VERSION[\t ]+\"([^\"]*)\".*" "\\1"
+           LIBXSLT_VERSION_STRING "${libxslt_version_str}")
+    UNSET(libxslt_version_str)
+ENDIF()
+
 INCLUDE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake)
-FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(LibXslt DEFAULT_MSG LIBXSLT_LIBRARIES LIBXSLT_INCLUDE_DIR)
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(LibXslt
+                                  REQUIRED_VARS LIBXSLT_LIBRARIES LIBXSLT_INCLUDE_DIR
+                                  VERSION_VAR LIBXSLT_VERSION_STRING)
 
 MARK_AS_ADVANCED(LIBXSLT_INCLUDE_DIR
                  LIBXSLT_LIBRARIES