diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt.in b/CMakeLists.txt.in
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+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.5)
+
+include (ExternalProject)
+
+file (MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix)
+file (MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/include)
+
+# requires apt install autoconf-archive and autoconf
+externalproject_add (
+    sdbusplus-project PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sdbusplus-project
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/openbmc/sdbusplus.git GIT_TAG
+    6b4fb2969cd0c853ff6aa7f9bdd3ddaa0081c204 SOURCE_DIR
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sdbusplus-src BINARY_DIR
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sdbusplus-build CONFIGURE_COMMAND "" BUILD_COMMAND cd
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sdbusplus-src && ./bootstrap.sh clean && ./bootstrap.sh
+    && ./configure --prefix=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix
+    CPPFLAGS=-I${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/include/ --enable-transaction && make
+    && make install INSTALL_COMMAND "" LOG_DOWNLOAD ON
+)
+
+externalproject_add (
+    dbus-interfaces PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/phosphor-dbus-interfaces DEPENDS
+    sdbusplus-project GIT_REPOSITORY
+    https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-dbus-interfaces GIT_TAG
+    4132f4b6b1de57a993af9bd2bcd039957786a227 SOURCE_DIR
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/phosphor-dbus-interfaces-src BINARY_DIR
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/phosphor-dbus-interfaces-build CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+    BUILD_COMMAND cd ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/phosphor-dbus-interfaces-src && echo
+    "#!/bin/bash" > build.sh && echo
+    "export PYTHONPATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$ENV{PYTHONPATH}"
+    >> build.sh && echo "export PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/bin:$ENV{PATH}"
+    >> build.sh && echo
+    "export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/lib/pkgconfig" >>
+    build.sh && echo "./bootstrap.sh " >> build.sh && echo
+    "./configure --prefix=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix  CPPFLAGS=-I${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/include/ "
+    >> build.sh && echo "make verbose=1" >> build.sh && echo "make install " >>
+    build.sh && chmod 777 build.sh && ./build.sh INSTALL_COMMAND "" LOG_DOWNLOAD
+    ON
+)
+
+externalproject_add (
+    cereal GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/USCiLab/cereal GIT_TAG
+    51cbda5f30e56c801c07fe3d3aba5d7fb9e6cca4 SOURCE_DIR
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cereal-src" BINARY_DIR
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cereal-build" CONFIGURE_COMMAND "" BUILD_COMMAND ""
+    INSTALL_COMMAND mkdir -p "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/include/cereal" && cp
+    -r "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cereal-src/include/cereal"
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/include"
+)
+
+externalproject_add (
+    phosphor-logging PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/phosphor-logging DEPENDS cereal
+    sdbusplus-project dbus-interfaces GIT_REPOSITORY
+    https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-logging GIT_TAG
+    477b731ad0fd8c116ffcaa8265a508c9fb112479 SOURCE_DIR
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/phosphor-logging-src BINARY_DIR
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/phosphor-logging-build CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+    BUILD_COMMAND cd ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/phosphor-logging-src && echo
+    "#!/bin/bash" > build.sh && echo
+    "export PYTHONPATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$ENV{PYTHONPATH}"
+    >> build.sh && echo "export PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/bin:$ENV{PATH}"
+    >> build.sh && echo
+    "export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/lib/pkgconfig:$ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
+    >> build.sh && echo "./bootstrap.sh clean" >> build.sh && echo
+    "./bootstrap.sh" >> build.sh && echo
+    "./configure --prefix=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix  CPPFLAGS=-I${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/include/ \
+             YAML_DIR=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/share/phosphor-dbus-yaml/yaml --enable-metadata-processing"
+    >> build.sh && echo "make verbose=1" >> build.sh && echo "make install " >>
+    build.sh && chmod 777 build.sh && ./build.sh INSTALL_COMMAND "" LOG_DOWNLOAD
+    ON
+)
+
+externalproject_add (
+    nlohmann-json GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/nlohmann/json.git" GIT_TAG
+    d2dd27dc3b8472dbaa7d66f83619b3ebcd9185fe SOURCE_DIR
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/nlohmann-json-src" BINARY_DIR
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/nlohmann-json-build" CONFIGURE_COMMAND "" BUILD_COMMAND
+    "" INSTALL_COMMAND mkdir -p "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/include/nlohmann" &&
+    cp -r "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/nlohmann-json-src/include/nlohmann"
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/include"
+)
+
+externalproject_add (
+    host-ipmid PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/phosphor-host-ipmid DEPENDS
+    sdbusplus-project dbus-interfaces nlohmann-json GIT_REPOSITORY
+    https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-host-ipmid SOURCE_DIR
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/phosphor-ipmi-host BINARY_DIR
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/phosphor-host-ipmid-build CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+    BUILD_COMMAND "" INSTALL_COMMAND mkdir -p
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/include/ipmid" && cp
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/phosphor-ipmi-host/include/ipmid/api.h
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/include/ipmid LOG_DOWNLOAD ON
+)
+
+externalproject_add (
+    Boost URL
+    https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.66.0/source/boost_1_66_0.tar.gz
+    URL_MD5 d275cd85b00022313c171f602db59fc5 SOURCE_DIR
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/boost-src" BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/boost-build"
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND "" BUILD_COMMAND "" INSTALL_COMMAND mkdir -p
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/include/" && cp -R
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/boost-src/boost ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix/include
+)
+
+externalproject_add (
+    gtest GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/google/googletest.git" GIT_TAG
+    dfa853b63d17c787914b663b50c2095a0c5b706e CMAKE_ARGS
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build SOURCE_DIR
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src" BINARY_DIR
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build" CMAKE_ARGS
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/prefix
+)