diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21ff4d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+# meta data
+set(META_PROJECT_NAME dbus-soundrecorder)
+set(META_APP_NAME "D-Bus Sound Recorder")
+set(META_APP_AUTHOR "Martchus")
+set(META_APP_URL "https://github.com/${META_APP_AUTHOR}/${META_PROJECT_NAME}")
+set(META APP_DESCRIPTION "Records sound from Pulse Audio with ffmpeg while watching D-Bus to determine tracks and meta information.")
+set(META_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
+set(META_VERSION_MINOR 1)
+set(META_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+
+# define project
+project(${META_PROJECT_NAME})
+
+# stringification of meta data
+set(META_PROJECT_NAME_STR "\"${META_PROJECT_NAME}\"")
+set(META_APP_NAME_STR "\"${META_APP_NAME}\"")
+set(META_APP_AUTHOR_STR "\"${META_APP_AUTHOR}\"")
+set(META_APP_URL_STR "\"${META_APP_URL}\"")
+set(APP_DESCRIPTION_STR "\"${APP_DESCRIPTION}\"")
+set(META_APP_VERSION_STR "\"${META_VERSION_MAJOR}.${META_VERSION_MINOR}.${META_VERSION_PATCH}\"")
+
+# add configuration header
+configure_file (
+  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/config.h.in"
+  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h"
+)
+include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
+
+# add source and header files
+file(GLOB_RECURSE SRC_FILES RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "*.cpp")
+file(GLOB_RECURSE HEADER_FILES RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "*.h")
+file(GLOB_RECURSE DBUS_FILES RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "org.*.xml")
+
+# check required Qt 5 modules
+find_package(Qt5Core REQUIRED)
+find_package(Qt5DBus REQUIRED)
+
+# enable moc
+set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
+
+# generate DBus interfaces
+qt5_add_dbus_interfaces(SRC_FILES ${DBUS_FILES})
+add_definitions(-DCMAKE_BUILD)
+
+# executable and linking
+add_executable(${META_PROJECT_NAME} ${HEADER_FILES} ${SRC_FILES})
+target_link_libraries(${META_PROJECT_NAME} c++utilities Qt5::Core Qt5::DBus)
+
+# enable C++11
+set_property(TARGET ${META_PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+
+# add install target
+install(TARGETS ${META_PROJECT_NAME}
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+)
diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f9ca46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef APP_METADATA_AVAIL
+#define APP_METADATA_AVAIL
+#define PROJECT_NAME @META_PROJECT_NAME_STR@
+#define APP_NAME @META_APP_NAME_STR@
+#define APP_VERSION @META_APP_VERSION_STR@
+#define APP_AUTHOR @META_APP_AUTHOR_STR@
+#define APP_URL @META_APP_URL_STR@
+#define APP_DESCRIPTION @META_APP_DESCRIPTION_STR@
+#endif // APP_METADATA_AVAIL
diff --git a/general.pri b/general.pri
index 60bf445..6e654cd 100644
--- a/general.pri
+++ b/general.pri
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #dirs
-UI_DIR = ./gui
 MOC_DIR = ./moc
 OBJECTS_DIR = ./obj
 RCC_DIR = ./res
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
     TARGET = $${targetprefix}$${projectname}
 }
 # add defines
+DEFINES += "APP_METADATA_AVAIL"
 DEFINES += "'PROJECT_NAME=\"$${projectname}\"'"
 DEFINES += "'APP_NAME=\"$${appname}\"'"
 DEFINES += "'APP_AUTHOR=\"$${appauthor}\"'"
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index d59e4a6..ee8ee22 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #include "playerwatcher.h"
 #include "ffmpeglauncher.h"
 
+// include configuration from separate header file when building with CMake
+#ifndef APP_METADATA_AVAIL
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
 #include <c++utilities/application/argumentparser.h>
 #include <c++utilities/application/failure.h>
 
diff --git a/playerwatcher.cpp b/playerwatcher.cpp
index af6edf8..8207d62 100644
--- a/playerwatcher.cpp
+++ b/playerwatcher.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #include "playerwatcher.h"
 
-#include "player_interface.h"
-#include "properties_interface.h"
+#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD
+# include "playerinterface.h"
+# include "propertiesinterface.h"
+#else
+# include "player_interface.h"
+# include "properties_interface.h"
+#endif
 
 #include <QDBusServiceWatcher>
 #include <QDBusConnection>