diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f14eed72..449ce025 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Makefile
 .deps
 *.o
 
+CMakeLists.txt.user
+
 /tests/*.log
 /tests/*.trs
 /tests/no-rpath
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51a6eb1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+project(patchelf)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+
+if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.1")
+    if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+        set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
+    endif ()
+else ()
+    set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD   11)
+    set (CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+endif ()
+
+set(PAGESIZE 4096)
+
+set ( ADDITIONAL_HEADERS
+    src/elf.h
+)
+
+set ( SOURCES
+    src/patchelf.cc
+)
+
+file(READ version VERSION)
+
+add_definitions(-DPAGESIZE=${PAGESIZE})
+add_definitions(-DPACKAGE_STRING="patchelf ${VERSION}")
+
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCES} ${ADDITIONAL_HEADERS})