diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+project(conf-c)
+
+set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
+#set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "$ENV${CFLAGS} -O3 -Wall")
+
+include_directories(src)
+
+add_subdirectory(src)
+add_subdirectory(example)
+
+# uninstall target
+if(NOT TARGET uninstall)
+    configure_file(
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake.in"
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake"
+        IMMEDIATE @ONLY)
+
+    add_custom_target(uninstall
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake)
+endif()
+
+include (CTest)
+
+add_test(example example/example)
+
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+project(conf-c)
+file(GLOB sources .)
+message(STATUS, "lib src is ${sources}")
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${sources})
+add_library(confc::library ALIAS ${PROJECT_NAME})
+set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES VERSION 0.4 SOVERSION 1)
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}
+        PUBLIC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
+        )