diff --git a/Modules/FindASPELL.cmake b/Modules/FindASPELL.cmake
index d19fab4dc..713ab7e19 100644
--- a/Modules/FindASPELL.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindASPELL.cmake
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Once done this will define
 #
 #  ASPELL_FOUND - system has ASPELL
+#  ASPELL_EXECUTABLE - the ASPELL executable
 #  ASPELL_INCLUDE_DIR - the ASPELL include directory
 #  ASPELL_LIBRARIES - The libraries needed to use ASPELL
 #  ASPELL_DEFINITIONS - Compiler switches required for using ASPELL
@@ -22,11 +23,15 @@
 
 FIND_PATH(ASPELL_INCLUDE_DIR aspell.h )
 
+FIND_PROGRAM(ASPELL_EXECUTABLE
+  NAMES aspell
+)
+
 FIND_LIBRARY(ASPELL_LIBRARIES NAMES aspell aspell-15 libaspell-15 libaspell)
 
-# handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set ASPELL_FOUND to TRUE if 
+# handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set ASPELL_FOUND to TRUE if
 # all listed variables are TRUE
 INCLUDE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake)
-FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(ASPELL DEFAULT_MSG ASPELL_LIBRARIES ASPELL_INCLUDE_DIR)
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(ASPELL DEFAULT_MSG ASPELL_LIBRARIES ASPELL_INCLUDE_DIR ASPELL_EXECUTABLE)
 
-MARK_AS_ADVANCED(ASPELL_INCLUDE_DIR ASPELL_LIBRARIES)
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(ASPELL_INCLUDE_DIR ASPELL_LIBRARIES ASPELL_EXECUTABLE)