diff --git a/ADOL-C/src/tape_handling.cpp b/ADOL-C/src/tape_handling.cpp
index 92cd16fc..6f39ce13 100644
--- a/ADOL-C/src/tape_handling.cpp
+++ b/ADOL-C/src/tape_handling.cpp
@@ -939,6 +939,8 @@ void initADOLC() {
 /****************************************************************************/
 #if defined(_OPENMP)
 #include <adolc/adolc_openmp.h>
+// usleep
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 ADOLC_OpenMP ADOLC_OpenMP_Handler;
 ADOLC_OpenMP_NC ADOLC_OpenMP_Handler_NC;
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82f393d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+
+# Set the project name and version
+project(ADOLC VERSION 1.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+
+# Specify C++ standard
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
+
+# boost
+find_package(boost REQUIRED)
+message(STATUS "Boost include dirs: ${boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+message(STATUS "Boost libraries: ${boost_LIBRARIES}")
+
+# openmp
+if(APPLE)
+  # Assuming libomp is installed
+  set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp")
+endif()
+find_package(OpenMP REQUIRED)
+
+# ADOL-C/include/adolc/internal/adolc_settings.h.in → ADOL-C/include/adolc/internal/adolc_settings.h
+function(configure_adolc_settings)
+    # Set default values for the variables if not already set
+    set(UINT_TYPE "uint32_t" CACHE STRING "Type for locint")
+    set(REAL_TYPE "double" CACHE STRING "Type for revreal")
+    set(ATRIG_ERF "OFF" CACHE BOOL "Enable asinh, acosh, atanh, erf")
+    set(ADVBRANCH "OFF" CACHE BOOL "Enable advanced branching")
+    set(ADTL_REFCNT "OFF" CACHE BOOL "Use reference counting for tapeless numbers")
+    set(SPARSE_DRIVERS "ON" CACHE BOOL "Sparse drivers have been compiled")
+    set(USE_BOOST_POOL "OFF" CACHE BOOL "Use Boost Library Pool allocator")
+
+    # Convert boolean values to C preprocessor directives
+    if(${ATRIG_ERF})
+        set(ATRIG_ERF "#define ATRIG_ERF")
+    else()
+        set(ATRIG_ERF "#undef ATRIG_ERF")
+    endif()
+
+    if(${ADVBRANCH})
+        set(ADVBRANCH "#define ADOLC_ADVANCED_BRANCHING")
+    else()
+        set(ADVBRANCH "#undef ADOLC_ADVANCED_BRANCHING")
+    endif()
+
+    if(${ADTL_REFCNT})
+        set(ADTL_REFCNT "#define USE_ADTL_REFCOUNTING")
+    else()
+        set(ADTL_REFCNT "#undef USE_ADTL_REFCOUNTING")
+    endif()
+
+    if(${SPARSE_DRIVERS})
+        set(SPARSE_DRIVERS "#define SPARSE_DRIVERS 1")
+    else()
+        set(SPARSE_DRIVERS "#undef SPARSE_DRIVERS")
+    endif()
+
+    if(${USE_BOOST_POOL})
+        set(USE_BOOST_POOL "#define USE_BOOST_POOL 1")
+    else()
+        set(USE_BOOST_POOL "#define USE_BOOST_POOL 0")
+    endif()
+
+    # Configure the file
+    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ADOL-C/include/adolc/internal/adolc_settings.h.in
+                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ADOL-C/include/adolc/internal/adolc_settings.h)
+endfunction()
+configure_adolc_settings()
+
+# Gather all C and C++ source files
+file(GLOB_RECURSE ADOLC_SOURCES "ADOL-C/src/*.cpp" "ADOL-C/src/*.c")
+# remove file ADOL-C/src/fo_rev.c
+list(REMOVE_ITEM ADOLC_SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ADOL-C/src/fo_rev.c")
+list(REMOVE_ITEM ADOLC_SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ADOL-C/src/ho_rev.c")
+list(REMOVE_ITEM ADOLC_SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ADOL-C/src/uni5_for.c")
+
+# Create static library
+add_library(adolc STATIC ${ADOLC_SOURCES})
+
+# Assuming we're using header-only parts of Boost, we just need to include directories
+target_link_libraries(adolc PUBLIC Boost::boost OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
+target_compile_definitions(adolc PRIVATE -DADOLC_VERSION=2)
+target_compile_definitions(adolc PRIVATE -DADOLC_SUBVERSION=7)
+target_compile_definitions(adolc PRIVATE -DADOLC_PATCHLEVEL=2)
+target_compile_definitions(adolc PRIVATE -DADOLC_USE_CALLOC)
+target_include_directories(adolc PRIVATE ADOL-C/src)
+target_include_directories(adolc PUBLIC ADOL-C/include)
+# make into adolc::adolc
+add_library(adolc::adolc ALIAS adolc)
+
+# Handle single .cpp files directly in the examples directory
+file(GLOB single_sources "ADOL-C/examples/*.cpp")
+# duplicate symbol getOneADValue in traceless_higher_order and libadolc.a so skip
+list(REMOVE_ITEM single_sources "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ADOL-C/examples/traceless_higher_order.cpp")
+
+foreach(source_file ${single_sources})
+  get_filename_component(base_name ${source_file} NAME_WE)
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "[^a-zA-Z0-9]" "_" base_name ${base_name})
+  add_executable(${base_name} ${source_file})
+  target_link_libraries(${base_name} adolc::adolc)
+endforeach()
+
+# Handle .cpp files in subdirectories under additional_examples
+file(GLOB additional_sources "ADOL-C/examples/additional_examples/*/")
+list(REMOVE_ITEM additional_sources "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ADOL-C/examples/additional_examples/clock")
+# build clock as library
+add_library(clock "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/ADOL-C/examples/additional_examples/clock/myclock.cpp")
+target_include_directories(clock PUBLIC "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/ADOL-C/examples/additional_examples/clock")
+
+
+# remove ipopt/
+# if not defined ADOLC_WITH_IPOPT
+if(NOT ADOLC_WITH_IPOPT)
+  list(REMOVE_ITEM additional_sources "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ADOL-C/examples/additional_examples/ipopt")
+endif()
+if(NOT ADOLC_WITH_CUDA)
+  list(REMOVE_ITEM additional_sources "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ADOL-C/examples/additional_examples/cuda")
+endif()
+
+
+# ideally each example directory has a CMakelists.txt file that specifies how to build the example
+foreach(source_file ${additional_sources})
+  # test if source_file is a directory
+  if(NOT IS_DIRECTORY ${source_file})
+    continue()
+  endif()
+  get_filename_component(dir_name ${source_file} NAME_WE)
+  file(GLOB sources_in_dir "${source_file}/*.cpp")
+
+
+  # if we're in ADOL-C/examples/additional_examples/lufact/ then compile LU.cpp as a
+  # library and the other two .cpp as executables
+  if(${dir_name} STREQUAL "lufact")
+    add_library(LU "${source_file}/LU.cpp")
+    target_link_libraries(LU adolc::adolc)
+    # remove LU.cpp from sources_in_dir
+    list(REMOVE_ITEM sources_in_dir "${source_file}/LU.cpp")
+    foreach(source_in_dir ${sources_in_dir})
+      get_filename_component(base_name ${source_in_dir} NAME_WE)
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "[^a-zA-Z0-9]" "_" base_name ${base_name})
+      set(target_name "additional_${base_name}")
+      add_executable(${target_name} ${source_in_dir})
+      target_link_libraries(${target_name} adolc::adolc LU)
+    endforeach()
+    continue()
+  endif()
+
+  # if we're in ADOL-C/examples/additional_examples/ext_diff_func/ then compile
+  # each cpp as its own executable
+  set(compile_separate "detexam" "ext_diff_func" "helm" "lighthouse" "openmp_exam" "sparse" "tapesave" "taylor")
+  if(${dir_name} IN_LIST compile_separate)
+    foreach(source_in_dir ${sources_in_dir})
+      get_filename_component(base_name ${source_in_dir} NAME_WE)
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "[^a-zA-Z0-9]" "_" base_name ${base_name})
+      set(target_name "additional_${base_name}")
+      add_executable(${target_name} ${source_in_dir})
+      target_link_libraries(${target_name} adolc::adolc clock)
+    endforeach()
+    continue()
+  endif()
+
+  # if we're in ode then compile vgenodemain.cpp 3 times for each of the other
+  # *.cpp files and use their name as target
+  if(${dir_name} STREQUAL "ode")
+    list(REMOVE_ITEM sources_in_dir "${source_file}/vgenodemain.cpp")
+    foreach(source_in_dir ${sources_in_dir})
+      get_filename_component(base_name ${source_in_dir} NAME_WE)
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "[^a-zA-Z0-9]" "_" base_name ${base_name})
+      set(target_name "additional_${base_name}")
+      add_executable(${target_name} "${source_file}/vgenodemain.cpp" ${source_in_dir})
+      target_link_libraries(${target_name} adolc::adolc clock)
+    endforeach()
+    continue()
+  endif()
+
+  # if we're in ode then compile vgenodemain.cpp 3 times for each of the other
+  # *.cpp files and use their name as target
+  if(${dir_name} STREQUAL "ode")
+    list(REMOVE_ITEM sources_in_dir "${source_file}/vgenodemain.cpp")
+    foreach(source_in_dir ${sources_in_dir})
+      get_filename_component(base_name ${source_in_dir} NAME_WE)
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "[^a-zA-Z0-9]" "_" base_name ${base_name})
+      set(target_name "additional_${base_name}")
+      add_executable(${target_name} "${source_file}/vgenodemain.cpp" ${source_in_dir})
+      target_link_libraries(${target_name} adolc::adolc clock)
+    endforeach()
+    continue()
+  endif()
+
+  # if we're in timing then compile vgenmain for every vfunc_*.cpp file and sgenmain for every sfunc_*.cpp file
+  if(${dir_name} STREQUAL "timing")
+    # compile rotations.cpp as a library
+    add_library(rotations "${source_file}/rotations.cpp")
+    target_link_libraries(rotations adolc::adolc)
+
+    list(REMOVE_ITEM sources_in_dir "${source_file}/vgenmain.cpp")
+    list(REMOVE_ITEM sources_in_dir "${source_file}/sgenmain.cpp")
+    foreach(source_in_dir ${sources_in_dir})
+      get_filename_component(base_name ${source_in_dir} NAME_WE)
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "[^a-zA-Z0-9]" "_" base_name ${base_name})
+      if(${base_name} MATCHES "vfunc_.*")
+        set(target_name "additional_vgenmain_${base_name}")
+        add_executable(${target_name} "${source_file}/vgenmain.cpp" ${source_in_dir})
+      elseif(${base_name} MATCHES "sfunc_.*")
+        set(target_name "additional_sgenmain_${base_name}")
+        add_executable(${target_name} "${source_file}/sgenmain.cpp" ${source_in_dir})
+      endif()
+      target_link_libraries(${target_name} adolc::adolc clock rotations)
+    endforeach()
+    continue()
+  endif()
+
+  set(target_name "additional_${dir_name}")
+  add_executable(${target_name} ${sources_in_dir})
+  target_link_libraries(${target_name} adolc::adolc clock)
+endforeach()