diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e61946b0..bf94ca88c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ string(TIMESTAMP CURRENT_DATE "%Y-%m-%d" UTC)
 add_definitions('-DSWAY_VERSION_DATE="${CURRENT_DATE}"')
 
 include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
+
 add_subdirectory(swaybg)
+add_subdirectory(swaymsg)
 
 find_package(XKBCommon REQUIRED)
 find_package(WLC REQUIRED)
diff --git a/swaymsg/CMakeLists.txt b/swaymsg/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79af0f3eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swaymsg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+project(swaymsg)
+
+set(CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../bin/)
+
+FILE(GLOB sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.c)
+FILE(GLOB common ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../common/*.c)
+
+add_executable(swaymsg
+  ${sources}
+  ${common}
+)
+
+install(
+  TARGETS   swaymsg
+  RUNTIME   DESTINATION bin
+  COMPONENT runtime)
diff --git a/swaymsg/main.c b/swaymsg/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..824af0e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swaymsg/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void sway_terminate(void) {
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
+	printf("Hello world!");
+	return 0;
+}