diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2ecdd4b32..922bdcf21 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .DS_Store
+.vscode
 *.gcov
 *.gcda
 *.gcno
@@ -56,3 +57,5 @@ demo/viewer/ui_layer_info.h
 test/standalone/*-bin
 test/unit/run
 test/visual/run
+# cmake 
+build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecad3a171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15.0)
+project(mapnik 
+    VERSION 3.0.24 
+    HOMEPAGE_URL "https://mapnik.org/" 
+    DESCRIPTION "Mapnik is an open source toolkit for developing mapping applications" 
+    LANGUAGES CXX 
+)
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diff --git a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17e4ecbd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15.0)
+add_subdirectory(input)
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diff --git a/plugins/input/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/input/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edbb7c5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/input/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15.0)
+add_subdirectory(csv)
+add_subdirectory(gdal)
+add_subdirectory(geobuf)
+add_subdirectory(geojson)
+add_subdirectory(ogr)
+add_subdirectory(pgraster)
+add_subdirectory(postgis)
+add_subdirectory(raster)
+add_subdirectory(shape)
+add_subdirectory(sqlite)
+add_subdirectory(topojson)
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diff --git a/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2f28bb11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15.0)
+add_subdirectory(geometry_to_wkb)
+add_subdirectory(mapnik-index)
+add_subdirectory(mapnik-render)
+add_subdirectory(ogrindex)
+add_subdirectory(pgsql2sqlite)
+add_subdirectory(shapeindex)
+add_subdirectory(svg2png)
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