diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67de2ec..56d4cf4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ Makefile
 picasso
 .deps/
 *.bz2
+
+build/
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diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89e01db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+project (picasso VERSION 2.7.1)
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin) 
+add_library(picasso source/picasso_assembler.cpp)
+add_executable(picasso_frontend source/picasso_frontend.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(picasso_frontend picasso)
+add_compile_definitions(PACKAGE_STRING="${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+set_target_properties(picasso_frontend PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}")
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