diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d30c5362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Minimal CMake project for building a static library under Windows.
+
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
+project (yaml C)
+
+set (YAML_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
+set (YAML_VERSION_MINOR 1)
+set (YAML_VERSION_PATCH 4)
+set (YAML_VERSION_STRING "${YAML_VERSION_MAJOR}.${YAML_VERSION_MINOR}.${YAML_VERSION_PATCH}")
+
+file (GLOB SRC src/*.c)
+
+include_directories (include win32)
+add_definitions (-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DYAML_DECLARE_STATIC)
+add_library (yaml STATIC ${SRC})
+
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4111fdb7..de2a3cd0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 SUBDIRS = include src . tests win32
 
-EXTRA_DIST = README LICENSE doc/doxygen.cfg
+EXTRA_DIST = README LICENSE CMakeLists.txt doc/doxygen.cfg
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = yaml-0.1.pc