diff --git a/docs/api/CMakeLists.txt b/docs/api/CMakeLists.txt
index efd37d5f..60d5dbb9 100644
--- a/docs/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/docs/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ configure_file(
 add_custom_command(
   OUTPUT ${DOXYGEN_OUTPUT_DIR}/qch/kddockwidgets-api.qch
   COMMAND ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile
+  #handle a bug in doxygen where image files referred to in markdown are not copied the output
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/screencap.gif ${DOXYGEN_OUTPUT_DIR}/html
   DEPENDS ${_dox_deps} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
 )