diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-modules.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-modules.7.rst
index f5a35b3..201c95f 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-modules.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-modules.7.rst
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
    /module/FindWish
    /module/FindwxWidgets
    /module/FindwxWindows
-   /module/FindXerces
+   /module/FindXercesC
    /module/FindX11
    /module/FindXMLRPC
    /module/FindZLIB
diff --git a/Help/module/FindXerces.rst b/Help/module/FindXerces.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 166d8dd..0000000
--- a/Help/module/FindXerces.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.. cmake-module:: ../../Modules/FindXerces.cmake
diff --git a/Help/module/FindXercesC.rst b/Help/module/FindXercesC.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4818071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/module/FindXercesC.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.. cmake-module:: ../../Modules/FindXercesC.cmake
diff --git a/Help/release/3.1.0.rst b/Help/release/3.1.0.rst
index 96717c6..a5b3e8e 100644
--- a/Help/release/3.1.0.rst
+++ b/Help/release/3.1.0.rst
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@
 * The :module:`FindPkgConfig` module learned to use the ``PKG_CONFIG``
   environment variable value as the ``pkg-config`` executable, if set.
 
+* The :module:`FindXercesC` module was introduced.
+
 * The :module:`FindZLIB` module now provides imported targets.
 
 * The :module:`GenerateExportHeader` module ``generate_export_header``
diff --git a/Modules/FindXerces.cmake b/Modules/FindXerces.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c6007a..0000000
--- a/Modules/FindXerces.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-#.rst:
-# FindXerces
-# ----------
-#
-# Find the Apache Xerces-C++ validating XML parser headers and libraries.
-#
-# This module reports information about the Xerces installation in
-# several variables.  General variables::
-#
-#   Xerces_FOUND - true if the Xerces headers and libraries were found
-#   Xerces_VERSION - Xerces release version
-#   Xerces_INCLUDE_DIRS - the directory containing the Xerces headers
-#   Xerces_LIBRARIES - Xerces libraries to be linked
-#
-# The following cache variables may also be set::
-#
-#   Xerces_INCLUDE_DIR - the directory containing the Xerces headers
-#   Xerces_LIBRARY - the Xerces library
-
-# Written by Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
-
-#=============================================================================
-# Copyright 2014 University of Dundee
-#
-# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
-# see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
-#
-# This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
-# implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-# See the License for more information.
-#=============================================================================
-# (To distribute this file outside of CMake, substitute the full
-#  License text for the above reference.)
-
-function(_Xerces_GET_VERSION  version_hdr)
-    file(STRINGS ${version_hdr} _contents REGEX "^[ \t]*#define XERCES_VERSION_.*")
-    if(_contents)
-        string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define XERCES_VERSION_MAJOR[ \t]+([0-9]+).*" "\\1" Xerces_MAJOR "${_contents}")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define XERCES_VERSION_MINOR[ \t]+([0-9]+).*" "\\1" Xerces_MINOR "${_contents}")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define XERCES_VERSION_REVISION[ \t]+([0-9]+).*" "\\1" Xerces_PATCH "${_contents}")
-
-        if(NOT Xerces_MAJOR MATCHES "^[0-9]+$")
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Version parsing failed for XERCES_VERSION_MAJOR!")
-        endif()
-        if(NOT Xerces_MINOR MATCHES "^[0-9]+$")
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Version parsing failed for XERCES_VERSION_MINOR!")
-        endif()
-        if(NOT Xerces_PATCH MATCHES "^[0-9]+$")
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Version parsing failed for XERCES_VERSION_REVISION!")
-        endif()
-
-        set(Xerces_VERSION "${Xerces_MAJOR}.${Xerces_MINOR}.${Xerces_PATCH}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-    else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Include file ${version_hdr} does not exist or does not contain expected version information")
-    endif()
-endfunction()
-
-# Find include directory
-find_path(Xerces_INCLUDE_DIR
-          NAMES "xercesc/util/PlatformUtils.hpp"
-          DOC "Xerces-C++ include directory")
-mark_as_advanced(Xerces_INCLUDE_DIR)
-
-# Find all Xerces libraries
-find_library(Xerces_LIBRARY "xerces-c"
-  DOC "Xerces-C++ libraries")
-mark_as_advanced(Xerces_LIBRARY)
-
-if(Xerces_INCLUDE_DIR)
-  _Xerces_GET_VERSION("${Xerces_INCLUDE_DIR}/xercesc/util/XercesVersion.hpp")
-endif()
-
-include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake)
-FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(Xerces
-                                  FOUND_VAR Xerces_FOUND
-                                  REQUIRED_VARS Xerces_LIBRARY
-                                                Xerces_INCLUDE_DIR
-                                                Xerces_VERSION
-                                  VERSION_VAR Xerces_VERSION
-                                  FAIL_MESSAGE "Failed to find Xerces")
-
-if(Xerces_FOUND)
-  set(Xerces_INCLUDE_DIRS "${Xerces_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-  set(Xerces_LIBRARIES "${Xerces_LIBRARY}")
-endif()
diff --git a/Modules/FindXercesC.cmake b/Modules/FindXercesC.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a8ea9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/FindXercesC.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#.rst:
+# FindXercesC
+# -----------
+#
+# Find the Apache Xerces-C++ validating XML parser headers and libraries.
+#
+# This module reports information about the Xerces installation in
+# several variables.  General variables::
+#
+#   XercesC_FOUND - true if the Xerces headers and libraries were found
+#   XercesC_VERSION - Xerces release version
+#   XercesC_INCLUDE_DIRS - the directory containing the Xerces headers
+#   XercesC_LIBRARIES - Xerces libraries to be linked
+#
+# The following cache variables may also be set::
+#
+#   XercesC_INCLUDE_DIR - the directory containing the Xerces headers
+#   XercesC_LIBRARY - the Xerces library
+
+# Written by Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
+
+#=============================================================================
+# Copyright 2014 University of Dundee
+#
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
+# see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
+#
+# This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
+# implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+# See the License for more information.
+#=============================================================================
+# (To distribute this file outside of CMake, substitute the full
+#  License text for the above reference.)
+
+function(_XercesC_GET_VERSION  version_hdr)
+    file(STRINGS ${version_hdr} _contents REGEX "^[ \t]*#define XERCES_VERSION_.*")
+    if(_contents)
+        string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define XERCES_VERSION_MAJOR[ \t]+([0-9]+).*" "\\1" XercesC_MAJOR "${_contents}")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define XERCES_VERSION_MINOR[ \t]+([0-9]+).*" "\\1" XercesC_MINOR "${_contents}")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define XERCES_VERSION_REVISION[ \t]+([0-9]+).*" "\\1" XercesC_PATCH "${_contents}")
+
+        if(NOT XercesC_MAJOR MATCHES "^[0-9]+$")
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Version parsing failed for XERCES_VERSION_MAJOR!")
+        endif()
+        if(NOT XercesC_MINOR MATCHES "^[0-9]+$")
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Version parsing failed for XERCES_VERSION_MINOR!")
+        endif()
+        if(NOT XercesC_PATCH MATCHES "^[0-9]+$")
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Version parsing failed for XERCES_VERSION_REVISION!")
+        endif()
+
+        set(XercesC_VERSION "${XercesC_MAJOR}.${XercesC_MINOR}.${XercesC_PATCH}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Include file ${version_hdr} does not exist or does not contain expected version information")
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
+# Find include directory
+find_path(XercesC_INCLUDE_DIR
+          NAMES "xercesc/util/PlatformUtils.hpp"
+          DOC "Xerces-C++ include directory")
+mark_as_advanced(XercesC_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+# Find all XercesC libraries
+find_library(XercesC_LIBRARY "xerces-c"
+  DOC "Xerces-C++ libraries")
+mark_as_advanced(XercesC_LIBRARY)
+
+if(XercesC_INCLUDE_DIR)
+  _XercesC_GET_VERSION("${XercesC_INCLUDE_DIR}/xercesc/util/XercesVersion.hpp")
+endif()
+
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake)
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(XercesC
+                                  FOUND_VAR XercesC_FOUND
+                                  REQUIRED_VARS XercesC_LIBRARY
+                                                XercesC_INCLUDE_DIR
+                                                XercesC_VERSION
+                                  VERSION_VAR XercesC_VERSION
+                                  FAIL_MESSAGE "Failed to find XercesC")
+
+if(XercesC_FOUND)
+  set(XercesC_INCLUDE_DIRS "${XercesC_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+  set(XercesC_LIBRARIES "${XercesC_LIBRARY}")
+endif()