diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1363fea63..efedcb87d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.4)
-project (server)
+project (server C)
 
 enable_testing()
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f29bc96f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.4)
+project (server C)
+
+find_package (Lua51 REQUIRED)
+find_package (LibXml2 REQUIRED)
+find_package (Sqlite3 REQUIRED)
+find_package (ToLua REQUIRED)
+find_package (Curses REQUIRED)
+
+include_directories (${CORE_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories (${CRITBIT_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories (${CRYPTO_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories (${QUICKLIST_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories (${CUTEST_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories (${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories (${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories (${BSON_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories (${INIPARSER_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+add_executable(server main.c)
+
+target_link_libraries(server eressea)
+target_link_libraries(server ${QUICKLIST_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(server ${CRITBIT_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(server ${BSON_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(server ${CRYPTO_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(server ${INIPARSER_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(server ${CUTEST_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(server ${CURSES_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(server ${LUA_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(server ${TOLUA_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(server ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(server ${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES})
+
+add_test (server server --tests)