diff --git a/doc/invocation.rst b/doc/invocation.rst
index 2c69d32f9..258c87b88 100644
--- a/doc/invocation.rst
+++ b/doc/invocation.rst
@@ -227,6 +227,15 @@ The :program:`sphinx-apidoc` script has several options:
 
    This sets the maximum depth of the table of contents, if one is generated.
 
+.. option:: -l, --follow-links
+
+   This option makes sphinx-apidoc follow symbolic links when recursing the
+   filesystem to discover packages and modules. You may need it if you want
+   to generate documentation from a source directory managed by
+   `collective.recipe.omelette
+   <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/collective.recipe.omelette/>`_.
+   By default, symbolic links are skipped.
+
 .. option:: -T, --no-toc
 
    This prevents the generation of a table-of-contents file ``modules.rst``.
diff --git a/sphinx/apidoc.py b/sphinx/apidoc.py
index ec1a8a33f..0f937108d 100644
--- a/sphinx/apidoc.py
+++ b/sphinx/apidoc.py
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ def recurse_tree(rootpath, excludes, opts):
         root_package = None
 
     toplevels = []
-    for root, subs, files in os.walk(rootpath):
+    followlinks = getattr(opts, 'followlinks', False)
+    for root, subs, files in os.walk(rootpath, followlinks=followlinks):
         if is_excluded(root, excludes):
             del subs[:]
             continue
@@ -246,6 +247,10 @@ Note: By default this script will not overwrite already created files.""")
                       '(default: 4)', type='int', default=4)
     parser.add_option('-f', '--force', action='store_true', dest='force',
                       help='Overwrite all files')
+    parser.add_option('-l', '--follow-links', action='store_true',
+                      dest='followlinks', default=False,
+                      help='Follow symbolic links. Powerful when combined ' \
+                           'with collective.recipe.omelette.')
     parser.add_option('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true', dest='dryrun',
                       help='Run the script without creating files')
     parser.add_option('-T', '--no-toc', action='store_true', dest='notoc',