diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c755f56..85903ed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,2 @@
 # ignore binary files
-*.bin
-*.o
-*.iso
-
-# ignore build files
-isodir
+build/*
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f1efbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2018  Ortega Froysa, Nicolás <nortega@themusicinnoise.net>
+# Author: Ortega Froysa, Nicolás <nortega@themusicinnoise.net>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+project(colonel)
+enable_language(ASM_NASM)
+
+set(TARGET_NAME "colonel.bin")
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+	set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "release")
+endif()
+
+string(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+message(STATUS "Build type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
+
+# flags
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-std=c99 -ffreestanding -fno-builtin -nostdlibinc -Wall -Wextra")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -O0")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3")
+
+include_directories(
+	"src/")
+
+# source files
+set(SRCS
+	src/kernel/kernel.c)
+
+# architecture specific code
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "i.86")
+	set(SRCS
+		src/kernel/arch/x86/boot.s
+		${SRCS}
+		src/kernel/arch/x86/tty.c)
+	set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-T src/kernel/arch/x86/linker.ld")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "debug" AND
+		NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "relwithdebinfo")
+	add_definitions("-DNDEBUG")
+else()
+	add_definitions("-DDEBUG")
+endif()
+
+add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${SRCS})