diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a23de7a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
+project (utf8cpp)
+
+include_directories ("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/source")
+add_subdirectory (samples) 
diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..255e01cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add_executable (sample docsample.cpp)