diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 77d7b3531..f23c9837f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -18,3 +18,13 @@ jobs:
               run: make
             - name: make distcheck
               run: make distcheck
+
+    build_cmake:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+            - name: Configure CMake
+              run:  cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build
+            - name: Build
+              run: cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..915ef7575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.23)
+project(modbus)
+
+if(NOT TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME})
+  message(STATUS "Running ./autogen.sh")
+  execute_process(COMMAND ./autogen.sh 
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
+                RESULT_VARIABLE AUTOGEN_RESULT)
+
+  if(NOT AUTOGEN_RESULT EQUAL "0")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "autogen.sh failed")
+  endif()
+
+  message(STATUS "Running ./configure --host=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
+  execute_process(COMMAND ./configure --host=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
+                RESULT_VARIABLE CONFIGURE_RESULT)
+
+  if(NOT CONFIGURE_RESULT EQUAL "0")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "configure failed")
+  endif()
+
+  add_library(${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+  target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE FILE_SET configuration TYPE HEADERS FILES config.h)
+  target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC FILE_SET public_headers TYPE HEADERS FILES src/modbus.h src/modbus-rtu.h src/modbus-tcp.h src/modbus-version.h)
+  target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE src/modbus.c src/modbus-data.c src/modbus-rtu.c src/modbus-tcp.c)
+endif()