diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index 40366d79f..219a839b6 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #  CMake file for OpenCV docs
 #
 
-file(GLOB FILES_DOC *.htm *.txt *.jpg *.png *.pdf)
-file(GLOB FILES_DOC_VS vidsurv/*.doc)
 file(GLOB FILES_TEX *.tex *.sty *.bib)
 file(GLOB FILES_TEX_PICS pics/*.png pics/*.jpg)
 
@@ -11,6 +9,14 @@ if(BUILD_DOCS AND HAVE_SPHINX)
 
   project(opencv_docs)
 
+  set(DOC_LIST "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/opencv-logo.png" "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/opencv-logo2.png"
+               "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/opencv-logo-white.png" "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/opencv.ico"
+               "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/haartraining.htm" "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/license.txt"
+               "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/pattern.png" "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/acircles_pattern.png")
+
+  set(OPTIONAL_DOC_LIST "")
+
+
   set(OPENCV2_BASE_MODULES core imgproc highgui video calib3d features2d objdetect ml flann gpu photo stitching nonfree contrib legacy)
 
   # build lists of modules to be documented
@@ -81,6 +87,9 @@ if(BUILD_DOCS AND HAVE_SPHINX)
       COMMENT "Generating the PDF Manuals"
       )
 
+    LIST(APPEND OPTIONAL_DOC_LIST "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/doc/opencv2refman.pdf" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/doc/opencv2manager.pdf"
+          "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/doc/opencv_user.pdf" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/doc/opencv_tutorials.pdf" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/doc/opencv_cheatsheet.pdf")
+
     if(ENABLE_SOLUTION_FOLDERS)
       set_target_properties(docs PROPERTIES FOLDER "documentation")
     endif()
@@ -97,7 +106,13 @@ if(BUILD_DOCS AND HAVE_SPHINX)
   if(ENABLE_SOLUTION_FOLDERS)
     set_target_properties(html_docs PROPERTIES FOLDER "documentation")
   endif()
-endif()
 
-install(FILES ${FILES_DOC} DESTINATION "${OPENCV_DOC_INSTALL_PATH}" COMPONENT main)
-install(FILES ${FILES_DOC_VS} DESTINATION "${OPENCV_DOC_INSTALL_PATH}/vidsurv" COMPONENT main)
+  foreach(f ${DOC_LIST})
+    install(FILES "${f}" DESTINATION "${OPENCV_DOC_INSTALL_PATH}" COMPONENT main)
+  endforeach()
+
+  foreach(f ${OPTIONAL_DOC_LIST})
+    install(FILES "${f}" DESTINATION "${OPENCV_DOC_INSTALL_PATH}" OPTIONAL)
+  endforeach()
+
+endif()
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