diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..567609b123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f044e0bd4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+
+set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Debug" CACHE STRING
+    "Choose the type of build, options are: Debug Release RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel." FORCE)
+
+project(zig C)
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
+
+set(ZIG_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
+set(ZIG_VERSION_MINOR 0)
+set(ZIG_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+set(ZIG_VERSION "${ZIG_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ZIG_VERSION_MINOR}.${ZIG_VERSION_PATCH}")
+message("Configuring zig version ${ZIG_VERSION}")
+
+find_package(llvm)
+include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+set(ZIG_SOURCES
+    "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/main.c"
+)
+
+set(CONFIGURE_OUT_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/config.h")
+configure_file (
+    "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config.h.in"
+    ${CONFIGURE_OUT_FILE}
+)
+
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-but-set-variable")
+
+set(EXE_CFLAGS "-std=c11 -Werror -Wall -Werror=strict-prototypes -Werror=old-style-definition -Werror=missing-prototypes")
+set(TEST_CFLAGS "-std=c99 -Werror -Wall")
+
+
+add_executable(zig ${ZIG_SOURCES})
+set_target_properties(zig PROPERTIES
+    LINKER_LANGUAGE C
+    COMPILE_FLAGS ${EXE_CFLAGS})
+target_link_libraries(zig LINK_PUBLIC
+    ${LLVM_LIBRARIES}
+)
+install(TARGETS zig DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e69de29bb2..514042d881 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# zig lang
diff --git a/cmake/Findllvm.cmake b/cmake/Findllvm.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abe5c3b21f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Findllvm.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Andrew Kelley
+# This file is MIT licensed.
+# See http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+
+# LLVM_FOUND
+# LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR
+# LLVM_LIBRARIES
+
+find_path(LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES llvm-c/Core.h)
+
+find_program(LLVM_CONFIG_EXE llvm-config)
+
+execute_process(
+    COMMAND ${LLVM_CONFIG_EXE} --libs
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_LIBRARIES
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(LLVM DEFAULT_MSG LLVM_LIBRARIES LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+mark_as_advanced(LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR LLVM_LIBRARIES)
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75757bdc43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef ZIG_CONFIG_H
+#define ZIG_CONFIG_H
+
+#define ZIG_VERSION_MAJOR @ZIG_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define ZIG_VERSION_MINOR @ZIG_VERSION_MINOR@
+#define ZIG_VERSION_PATCH @ZIG_VERSION_PATCH@
+#define ZIG_VERSION_STRING "@ZIG_VERSION@"
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6173ef043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    return 0;
+}