diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef69108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
+project (SQLiteCpp)
+add_definitions(-rdynamic -fstack-protector-all -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Weffc++ -Wformat-security -Winit-self -Wswitch-default -Wswitch-enum -Wfloat-equal -Wundef -Wshadow -Wcast-qual -Wconversion -Wlogical-op -Winline -Wsuggest-attribute=pure -Wsuggest-attribute=const -Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
+add_library(SQLiteCpp
+ src/Column.cpp
+ src/Database.cpp
+ src/Statement.cpp
+ src/Transaction.cpp
+)
+add_executable(example1 examples/example1/main.cpp)
+target_link_libraries (example1 SQLiteCpp sqlite3)
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 00ee98e..89f8be6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ $(BUILD): $(BUILD)/
 
 
 $(BUILD)/example1: $(SQLITE_EXAMPLE1_OBJECTS)
-	$(CXX) -o $@ $(SQLITE_EXAMPLE1_OBJECTS) $(LINK_FLAGS) -lsqlite3 -lpthread 
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $(SQLITE_EXAMPLE1_OBJECTS) $(LINK_FLAGS) -lsqlite3 
 
 
 $(BUILD)/main.o: examples/example1/main.cpp
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebc92c3..c77d43e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,25 @@ in a custom shared pointer (See the inner class "Statement::Ptr").
 To use this wrappers, you need to add the 10 SQLiteC++ source files from the src/ directory
 in your project code base, and compile/link against the sqlite library.
 
+### Buildng the examples:
+
+A basic Makefile is provided, tested under Linux/Ubuntu 12.10, requiring the sqlite3 static library (sqlite3-dev Debian/Ubuntu package)
+Solutions for Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 are provided in the "msvc/" directory, directly using the sqlite3.c source code for ease of use.
+
+#### CMake
+A CMake configuration file is also provided for other platform support.
+Generating the Linux Makefile and building in Debug:
+mkdir Debug
+cd Debug
+cmake .. -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
+make -j
+
+And for the Release version:
+mkdir Release
+cd Release
+cmake .. -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+make -j
+
 ### License
 
 Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Sébastien Rombauts (sebastien.rombauts@gmail.com)