diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ecad3a171..f36951287 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,84 @@ project(mapnik
     HOMEPAGE_URL "https://mapnik.org/" 
     DESCRIPTION "Mapnik is an open source toolkit for developing mapping applications" 
     LANGUAGES CXX 
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
+
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
+option(USE_EXTERNAL_MAPBOX_GEOMETRY OFF)
+option(USE_EXTERNAL_MAPBOX_POLYLABEL OFF)
+option(USE_EXTERNAL_MAPBOX_PROTOZERO OFF)
+option(USE_EXTERNAL_MAPBOX_VARIANT OFF)
+
+set(CXX_STANDARD 17)
+
+find_package(Boost 1.74 REQUIRED COMPONENTS filesystem system regex program_options)
+find_package(ICU REQUIRED COMPONENTS uc)
+
+if(USE_EXTERNAL_MAPBOX_GEOMETRY)
+    find_path(MAPBOX_GEOMETRY_INCLUDE_DIRS "mapbox/geometry.hpp")
+else()
+    set(MAPBOX_GEOMETRY_INCLUDE_DIRS deps/mapbox/geometry/include)
+endif()
+if(NOT MAPBOX_GEOMETRY_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Set MAPBOX_GEOMETRY_INCLUDE_DIRS to the mapbox/geometry.hpp include dir") 
+endif()
+
+if(USE_EXTERNAL_MAPBOX_POLYLABEL)
+    find_path(MAPBOX_POLYLABEL_INCLUDE_DIRS "mapbox/polylabel.hpp")
+else()
+    set(MAPBOX_POLYLABEL_INCLUDE_DIRS deps/mapbox/polylabel/include)
+endif()
+if(NOT MAPBOX_POLYLABEL_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Set MAPBOX_POLYLABEL_INCLUDE_DIRS to the mapbox/geometry include dir") 
+endif()
+
+if(USE_EXTERNAL_MAPBOX_PROTOZERO)
+    find_path(MAPBOX_PROTOZERO_INCLUDE_DIRS "protozero/pbf_message.hpp")
+else()
+    set(MAPBOX_PROTOZERO_INCLUDE_DIRS deps/mapbox/protozero/include)
+endif()
+if(NOT MAPBOX_PROTOZERO_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Set MAPBOX_PROTOZERO_INCLUDE_DIRS to the mapbox/protozero include dir") 
+endif()
+
+if(USE_EXTERNAL_MAPBOX_VARIANT)
+    find_path(MAPBOX_VARIANT_INCLUDE_DIRS "mapbox/variant.hpp")
+else()
+    set(MAPBOX_VARIANT_INCLUDE_DIRS deps/mapbox/variant/include)
+endif()
+if(NOT MAPBOX_VARIANT_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Set MAPBOX_VARIANT_INCLUDE_DIRS to the mapbox/variant include dir") 
+endif()
+
+add_library(mapnik-headers INTERFACE)
+add_library(mapnik::headers ALIAS mapnik-headers)
+
+target_include_directories(mapnik-headers INTERFACE  
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>  
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>
+    ${MAPBOX_GEOMETRY_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    ${MAPBOX_POLYLABEL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    ${MAPBOX_VARIANT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    ${MAPBOX_PROTOZERO_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    deps
+)
+target_link_libraries(mapnik-headers INTERFACE 
+    Boost::boost
+    ICU::uc
+)
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    target_compile_definitions(mapnik-headers INTERFACE MAPNIK_EXPORTS)
+endif()
+
+install(TARGETS mapnik-headers 
+    EXPORT MapnikTargets
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+    INCLUDES DESTINATION include/
+    PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION include/
+)
+add_subdirectory(deps)
+add_subdirectory(src)
+#add_subdirectory(utils)
+#add_subdirectory(plugins)
diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69527cdfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15.0)
+add_subdirectory(agg)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps/agg/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/agg/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef505cdfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/agg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15.0)
+project(agg)
+
+add_library(agg INTERFACE)
+add_library(mapnik::agg ALIAS agg)
+
+target_include_directories(agg INTERFACE  
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>  
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>
+)
+target_link_libraries(agg INTERFACE mapnik::headers)
+
+install(TARGETS agg
+    EXPORT MapnikTargets
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+    PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION include
+)
+# todo install headers
diff --git a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 17e4ecbd7..f53de93d3 100644
--- a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15.0)
-add_subdirectory(input)
\ No newline at end of file
+add_subdirectory(input)
diff --git a/plugins/input/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/input/CMakeLists.txt
index edbb7c5e3..8ad1e3986 100644
--- a/plugins/input/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/input/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ add_subdirectory(postgis)
 add_subdirectory(raster)
 add_subdirectory(shape)
 add_subdirectory(sqlite)
-add_subdirectory(topojson)
\ No newline at end of file
+add_subdirectory(topojson)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c8e738e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15.0)
+
+
+add_subdirectory(json)
+add_subdirectory(wkt)
+
+if(MSVC)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /bigobj")
+endif()
+
+set(MAPNIK_SOURCES
+    cairo_io.cpp
+    color_factory.cpp
+    color.cpp
+    config_error.cpp
+    conversions_numeric.cpp
+    conversions_string.cpp
+    dasharray_parser.cpp
+    datasource_cache_static.cpp
+    datasource_cache.cpp
+    debug.cpp
+    expression_grammar_x3.cpp
+    expression_node.cpp
+    expression_string.cpp
+    expression.cpp
+    feature_kv_iterator.cpp
+    feature_style_processor.cpp
+    feature_type_style.cpp
+    font_engine_freetype.cpp
+    font_set.cpp
+    fs.cpp
+    function_call.cpp
+    generate_image_filters.cpp
+    gradient.cpp
+    image_any.cpp
+    image_compositing.cpp
+    image_copy.cpp
+    image_filter_grammar_x3.cpp
+    image_options.cpp
+    image_reader.cpp
+    image_scaling.cpp
+    image_util_jpeg.cpp
+    image_util_png.cpp
+    image_util_tiff.cpp
+    image_util_webp.cpp
+    image_util.cpp
+    image_view_any.cpp
+    image_view.cpp
+    image.cpp
+    jpeg_reader.cpp
+    layer.cpp
+    libxml2_loader.cpp
+    load_map.cpp
+    map.cpp
+    mapped_memory_cache.cpp
+    marker_cache.cpp
+    marker_helpers.cpp
+    memory_datasource.cpp
+    palette.cpp
+    params.cpp
+    parse_image_filters.cpp
+    parse_path.cpp
+    parse_transform.cpp
+    path_expression_grammar_x3.cpp
+    plugin.cpp
+    png_reader.cpp
+    proj_transform.cpp
+    projection.cpp
+    rapidxml_loader.cpp
+    raster_colorizer.cpp
+    renderer_common.cpp
+    request.cpp
+    rule.cpp
+    save_map.cpp
+    scale_denominator.cpp
+    simplify.cpp
+    symbolizer_enumerations.cpp
+    symbolizer_keys.cpp
+    symbolizer.cpp
+    tiff_reader.cpp    
+    transform_expression_grammar_x3.cpp
+    transform_expression.cpp
+    twkb.cpp
+    unicode.cpp
+    value.cpp
+    vertex_adapters.cpp
+    vertex_cache.cpp
+    warp.cpp
+    well_known_srs.cpp
+    wkb.cpp
+    xml_tree.cpp
+)
+
+set(AGG_COMPILE_SRC 
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_arc.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_arrowhead.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_bezier_arc.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_bspline.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_curves.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_embedded_raster_fonts.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_gsv_text.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_image_filters.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_line_aa_basics.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_line_profile_aa.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_pixfmt_rgba.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_rounded_rect.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_sqrt_tables.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_trans_affine.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_trans_double_path.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_trans_single_path.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_trans_warp_magnifier.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_vcgen_bspline.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_vcgen_contour.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_vcgen_dash.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_vcgen_markers_term.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_vcgen_stroke.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_vpgen_clip_polygon.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_vpgen_clip_polyline.cpp
+    ../deps/agg/src/agg_vpgen_segmentator.cpp
+)
+
+set(AGG_SRC
+    agg/agg_renderer.cpp
+    agg/process_building_symbolizer.cpp
+    agg/process_debug_symbolizer.cpp
+    agg/process_dot_symbolizer.cpp
+    agg/process_group_symbolizer.cpp
+    agg/process_line_pattern_symbolizer.cpp
+    agg/process_line_symbolizer.cpp
+    agg/process_markers_symbolizer.cpp
+    agg/process_point_symbolizer.cpp
+    agg/process_polygon_pattern_symbolizer.cpp
+    agg/process_polygon_symbolizer.cpp
+    agg/process_raster_symbolizer.cpp
+    agg/process_shield_symbolizer.cpp
+    agg/process_text_symbolizer.cpp
+    ${AGG_COMPILE_SRC}
+)
+
+
+set(CAIRO_SRC
+    cairo/cairo_context.cpp
+    cairo/cairo_render_vector.cpp
+    cairo/cairo_renderer.cpp
+    cairo/process_building_symbolizer.cpp
+    cairo/process_debug_symbolizer.cpp
+    cairo/process_group_symbolizer.cpp
+    cairo/process_line_pattern_symbolizer.cpp
+    cairo/process_line_symbolizer.cpp
+    cairo/process_markers_symbolizer.cpp
+    cairo/process_point_symbolizer.cpp
+    cairo/process_polygon_pattern_symbolizer.cpp
+    cairo/process_polygon_symbolizer.cpp
+    cairo/process_raster_symbolizer.cpp
+    cairo/process_text_symbolizer.cpp
+)
+
+set(CSS_SRC     
+    css/css_color_grammar_x3.cpp
+    css/css_grammar_x3.cpp
+)
+
+set(GEOMETRY_SRC
+    geometry/box2d.cpp
+    geometry/closest_point.cpp
+    geometry/envelope.cpp
+    geometry/interior.cpp
+    geometry/polylabel.cpp
+    geometry/reprojection.cpp
+)
+
+set(GRID_SRC
+    grid/grid_renderer.cpp
+    grid/grid.cpp   
+    grid/process_building_symbolizer.cpp
+    grid/process_group_symbolizer.cpp
+    grid/process_line_pattern_symbolizer.cpp
+    grid/process_line_symbolizer.cpp
+    grid/process_markers_symbolizer.cpp
+    grid/process_point_symbolizer.cpp
+    grid/process_polygon_pattern_symbolizer.cpp
+    grid/process_polygon_symbolizer.cpp
+    grid/process_raster_symbolizer.cpp
+    grid/process_shield_symbolizer.cpp
+    grid/process_text_symbolizer.cpp
+)
+
+set(GROUP_SRC
+    group/group_layout_manager.cpp
+    group/group_rule.cpp
+    group/group_symbolizer_helper.cpp
+)
+
+set(RENDERER_COMMON_SRC
+    renderer_common/pattern_alignment.cpp
+    renderer_common/render_group_symbolizer.cpp
+    renderer_common/render_markers_symbolizer.cpp
+    renderer_common/render_pattern.cpp
+    renderer_common/render_thunk_extractor.cpp
+)
+
+set(SVG_SRC
+    svg/svg_parser.cpp
+    svg/svg_path_grammar_x3.cpp
+    svg/svg_path_parser.cpp
+    svg/svg_points_parser.cpp
+    svg/svg_transform_parser.cpp
+
+    svg/output/process_line_symbolizer.cpp
+    svg/output/process_polygon_symbolizer.cpp
+    svg/output/process_symbolizers.cpp
+    svg/output/svg_generator.cpp
+    svg/output/svg_output_attributes.cpp
+    svg/output/svg_output_grammars.cpp
+    svg/output/svg_renderer.cpp
+)
+
+set(TEXT_SRC
+    text/color_font_renderer.cpp
+    text/face.cpp
+    text/font_feature_settings.cpp
+    text/font_library.cpp
+    text/glyph_positions.cpp
+    text/itemizer.cpp
+    text/placement_finder.cpp
+    text/properties_util.cpp
+    text/renderer.cpp
+    text/scrptrun.cpp
+    text/symbolizer_helpers.cpp
+    text/text_layout.cpp
+    text/text_line.cpp
+    text/text_properties.cpp
+
+    text/formatting/base.cpp
+    text/formatting/format.cpp
+    text/formatting/layout.cpp
+    text/formatting/list.cpp
+    text/formatting/registry.cpp
+    text/formatting/text.cpp
+    
+    text/placements/base.cpp
+    text/placements/dummy.cpp
+    text/placements/list.cpp
+    text/placements/registry.cpp
+    text/placements/simple.cpp    
+)
+
+set(UTIL_SRC 
+    util/math.cpp
+    util/utf_conv_win.cpp
+)
+
+set(COMPILE_SRC
+    ${MAPNIK_SOURCES}
+    ${AGG_SRC}
+    ${CAIRO_SRC}
+    ${CSS_SRC}
+    ${GEOMETRY_SRC}
+    ${GRID_SRC}
+    ${GROUP_SRC}
+    ${RENDERER_COMMON_SRC}
+    ${SVG_SRC}
+    ${TEXT_SRC}
+    ${UTIL_SRC}
+)
+
+add_library(mapnik 
+    ${COMPILE_SRC}
+)
+
+target_compile_definitions(mapnik PRIVATE MAPNIK_EXPORTS)
+target_link_libraries(mapnik PRIVATE 
+    mapnik::headers
+    mapnik::agg
+)
+
+install(TARGETS mapnik 
+    EXPORT MapnikTargets
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+    INCLUDES DESTINATION include/
+    PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION include/
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/json/CMakeLists.txt b/src/json/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5cea0f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/json/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15.0)
+
+add_library(json STATIC
+    extract_bounding_boxes_x3.cpp
+    feature_from_geojson.cpp
+    feature_grammar_x3.cpp
+    generic_json_grammar_x3.cpp
+    geojson_grammar_x3.cpp
+    geometry_from_geojson.cpp
+    mapnik_feature_to_geojson.cpp
+    mapnik_geometry_to_geojson.cpp
+    mapnik_json_generator_grammar.cpp
+    parse_feature.cpp
+    positions_grammar_x3.cpp
+    topojson_grammar_x3.cpp
+    unicode_string_grammar_x3.cpp
+)
+add_library(mapnik::json ALIAS json)
+
+target_include_directories(json PRIVATE
+    ${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${MAPBOX_POLYLABEL_INCLUDE_DIRS} 
+    ${MAPBOX_GEOMETRY_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    ${MAPBOX_VARIANT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+target_link_libraries(json PRIVATE mapnik::headers ${ICUU_LIB})
+
+install(TARGETS json
+    EXPORT MapnikTargets
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/wkt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wkt/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3725724f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wkt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15.0)
+
+
+add_library(wkt STATIC
+    geometry_to_wkt.cpp
+    mapnik_wkt_generator_grammar.cpp
+    wkt_factory.cpp
+    wkt_grammar_x3.cpp
+)
+add_library(mapnik::wkt ALIAS wkt)
+
+target_include_directories(wkt PRIVATE
+    ${MAPNIK_INCLUDE_PATH}
+    ${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${MAPBOX_POLYLABEL_INCLUDE_DIRS} 
+    ${MAPBOX_GEOMETRY_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    ${MAPBOX_VARIANT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+target_link_libraries(wkt PRIVATE mapnik::headers)
+
+install(TARGETS wkt 
+    EXPORT MapnikTargets
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index e2f28bb11..8ad98aeb5 100644
--- a/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ add_subdirectory(mapnik-render)
 add_subdirectory(ogrindex)
 add_subdirectory(pgsql2sqlite)
 add_subdirectory(shapeindex)
-add_subdirectory(svg2png)
\ No newline at end of file
+add_subdirectory(svg2png)