diff --git a/cmake_modules/FindLog4CXX.cmake b/cmake_modules/FindLog4CXX.cmake
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+# LOG4CXX_FOUND - system has liblog4cxx
+# LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR - the liblog4cxx include directory
+# LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES - liblog4cxx library
+
+FIND_PATH(LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR log4cxx/logger.h PATHS /include /usr/include /usr/local/include )
+FIND_LIBRARY(LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES NAMES log4cxx log4cxxd PATHS /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib )
+
+IF(LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR AND LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES)
+  SET(LOG4CXX_FOUND 1)
+  #remove last /log4cxx string
+  STRING(REGEX REPLACE "/log4cxx" " " LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR_SUP_LEVEL ${LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  SET (LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR ${LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR_SUP_LEVEL} ${LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR} )
+  if(NOT Log4cxx_FIND_QUIETLY)
+   message(STATUS "Found log4cxx: ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES}" ", " ${LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  endif(NOT Log4cxx_FIND_QUIETLY)
+ELSE(LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR AND LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES)
+  SET(LOG4CXX_FOUND 0 CACHE BOOL "Not found log4cxx library")
+  message(STATUS "NOT Found log4cxx, disabling it")
+ENDIF(LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR AND LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES)
+
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES)