--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/cmake_modules/FindFreepascal.cmake	Fri Feb 22 05:05:32 2013 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Load Freepascal
+if (FPC)
+    set(FPC_EXECUTABLE ${FPC})
+else()
+    find_program(FPC_EXECUTABLE
+        NAMES fpc
+        PATHS /opt/local/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/bin)
+endif()
+
+# Check Freepascal version
+if (FPC_EXECUTABLE)
+    exec_program(${FPC_EXECUTABLE} ARGS "-v" OUTPUT_VARIABLE FPC_VERSION_FULL)
+
+    string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" FPC_VERSION_LONG "${FPC_VERSION_FULL}")
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)" "\\1" FPC_VERSION "${FPC_VERSION_LONG}")
+    message(STATUS "Found Freepascal: ${FPC_EXECUTABLE} (version ${FPC_VERSION})")
+else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could NOT find Freepascal")
+endif()
+
+# Check for noexecstack flag support
+message(STATUS "Checking whether linker needs explicit noexecstack")
+set(NOEXECSTACK_FLAGS "-k-z" "-knoexecstack")
+file(WRITE ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}/checkstack.pas "begin end.")
+
+execute_process(COMMAND ${FPC_EXECUTABLE} ${NOEXECSTACK_FLAGS} checkstack.pas
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}
+    RESULT_VARIABLE TEST_NOEXECSTACK
+    OUTPUT_QUIET ERROR_QUIET)
+
+if (TEST_NOEXECSTACK)
+    set(NOEXECSTACK_FLAGS "")
+    message(STATUS "Checking whether linker needs explicit noexecstack -- no")
+else(TEST_NOEXECSTACK)
+    message(STATUS "Checking whether linker needs explicit noexecstack -- yes")
+endif(TEST_NOEXECSTACK)
+