diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32e4b9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
+
+project(TCLAP VERSION 1.2.2)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 98)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
+
+add_subdirectory(examples)
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..457c95f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+SET( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG "${OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
+SET( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE "${OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
+
+SET(gcc_like_cxx "$<OR:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:ARMClang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:AppleClang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:Clang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>>")
+SET(msvc_cxx "$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>")
+  
+function(default_opts target)
+target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE
+    "$<${gcc_like_cxx}:$<BUILD_INTERFACE:-Wall;-Wextra;-Weffc++>>"
+    "$<${msvc_cxx}:$<BUILD_INTERFACE:-W3>>"
+)
+endfunction(default_opts)
+
+function(add_example name)
+    add_executable(${name} ${ARGN})
+    target_include_directories(${name} PUBLIC ../include/ ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
+    default_opts(${name})
+endfunction()
+
+# Check we don't define any hard symbols in the headers
+add_example(test-hard test-hard-1.cpp test-hard-2.cpp)
+
+file(GLOB TEST_FILES test[0-9]*.cpp)
+foreach(file ${TEST_FILES})
+    get_filename_component(file_basename ${file} NAME_WE)
+    add_example(${file_basename} ${file})
+endforeach()
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index cad4369..8c06efb 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test13_SOURCES = test13.cpp
 test14_SOURCES = test14.cpp
 test15_SOURCES = test15.cpp
 test16_SOURCES = test16.cpp
-test17_SOURCES = test17.cpp test17-a.cpp
+test17_SOURCES = test-hard-1.cpp test-hard-2.cpp
 test18_SOURCES = test18.cpp
 test19_SOURCES = test19.cpp
 test20_SOURCES = test20.cpp
diff --git a/examples/test17-a.cpp b/examples/test-hard-1.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/test17-a.cpp
rename to examples/test-hard-1.cpp
diff --git a/examples/test17.cpp b/examples/test-hard-2.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/test17.cpp
rename to examples/test-hard-2.cpp