diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e364c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
+
+project(cyberiadaml VERSION 1.0)
+
+find_package(LibXml2 REQUIRED)
+if(!LibXml2_FOUND)
+	message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find libxml2 library")
+endif()
+
+add_library(cyberiadaml SHARED cyberiadaml.c utf8enc.c cyb_types.c cyb_string.c)
+target_include_directories(cyberiadaml PUBLIC
+				       "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+				       "${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+target_link_directories(cyberiadaml PUBLIC "${LIBXML2_LIBRARY}")
+target_link_libraries(cyberiadaml PUBLIC
+				  "${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES}"
+				  m)
+
+add_executable(cyberiada_test test.c)
+target_include_directories(cyberiada_test PUBLIC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
+target_link_directories(cyberiada_test PUBLIC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
+target_link_libraries(cyberiada_test PUBLIC cyberiadaml)
+
+install(TARGETS cyberiadaml DESTINATION lib)
+install(FILES cyberiadaml.h ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cyberiadaml.h
+        DESTINATION include/cyberiadaml)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile.old
similarity index 100%
rename from Makefile
rename to Makefile.old
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ae2fc8..0466df0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ the GNU Free Documentation License (version 1.3).
 
 * build-essential
 * libxml2-dev
+* cmake (version 3.12+)
 
 ## Installation
 
-Run `make` to build the library binaries.
+Create `build` directory: `mkdir build && cd build`
 
-Run `make test` to build the test program.
+Run `cmake ..` to build the library binaries and the test program.
 
-Use variables:
-* `DEBUG=yes` debug version of the library
-* `DYNAMIC=1` build shared version of the library
+Run `make install` to install the library.
+
+Use CMake parameters to change the build type / installation prefix / etc.