diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3bcdda1..10e6bdc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ moc_*
 qrc_*
 imagewriter
 .tmp/
+
+# build directory
+build/
+
 # Compiled Object files
 *.slo
 *.lo
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..091c970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.19)
+project(Imagewriter VERSION 1.10 LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+# try to find Qt6
+find_package(Qt6 6.2
+  COMPONENTS DBus Gui Widgets)
+if (Qt6_FOUND)
+  message(STATUS "Using Qt6")
+  qt_standard_project_setup()
+else()
+  # try to fall back to Qt5
+  find_package(Qt5 5.15
+    COMPONENTS DBus Gui Widgets)
+  if (Qt5_FOUND)
+    message(STATUS "Using Qt5")
+    set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+    set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
+    set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Qt6 and Qt5 not found")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden")
+
+add_executable(imagewriter
+  main.cpp
+  MainWindow.cpp
+  PlatformHal.cpp
+  PlatformUdisks.cpp
+  Platform.cpp
+  PlatformUdisks2.cpp
+  udisks2_interface.cpp
+  udisks2_mountpoints_interface.cpp
+  imagewriter.qrc
+)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+if(USEHAL)
+  # try to find HAL
+  find_path(HAL_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES hal/libhal.h)
+  find_library(HAL_LIBRARY NAMES hal)
+  find_package_handle_standard_args(HAL REQUIRED_VARS HAL_INCLUDE_DIR HAL_LIBRARY)
+  target_compile_definitions(imagewriter PUBLIC USEHAL)
+elseif(USEUDISKS)
+  target_compile_definitions(imagewriter PUBLIC USEUDISKS)
+else() # default to USEUDISKS2
+  target_compile_definitions(imagewriter PUBLIC USEUDISKS2)
+endif()
+
+target_compile_definitions(imagewriter PUBLIC "APP_VERSION=\"${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}\"")
+
+target_link_libraries(imagewriter
+  PRIVATE Qt::DBus Qt::Gui Qt::Widgets ${HAL_LIBRARY})
+
+target_include_directories(imagewriter
+  PRIVATE HAL_INCLUDE_DIR UDISKS_INCLUDE_DIR UDISKS2_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+# install
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+install(TARGETS imagewriter
+  RUNTIME
+  RESOURCE imagewriter.qrc)
+install(DIRECTORY icons DESTINATION "${DATAROOTDIR}/icons/hicolor/")
+install(FILES imagewriter.1 DESTINATION ${mandir})
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33ef4c2..b598068 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,14 +12,26 @@ In order to compile, run
 
     % qmake DEFINES=USEHAL imagewriter.pro
 
+or
+
+    % cmake -DUSEHAL=ON ..
+
 ** udisks1 **
     
     % qmake DEFINES=USEUDISKS imagewriter.pro
 
+or
+
+    % cmake -DUSEUDISKS=ON ..
+
 ** udisks2 **
 
     % qmake DEFINES=USEUDISKS2 imagewriter.pro
 
+or
+
+    % cmake -DUSEUDISKS2=ON ..
+
 Failing to specify the define will likely not work out.
 
 Then run
diff --git a/imagewriter.pro b/imagewriter.pro
index c3b98cc..fa57e94 100644
--- a/imagewriter.pro
+++ b/imagewriter.pro
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# #####################################################################
-# Automatically generated by qmake (2.01a) Thu Oct 23 14:13:58 2008
-# #####################################################################
+# print deprecation warning
+message("qmake support is deprecated and will be removed in future release. Use CMake instead.")
+
 unix:isEmpty(PREFIX):PREFIX = /usr/local
 TEMPLATE = app
 TARGET =  imagewriter