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+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
+project (ipmbbridged CXX)
+set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fno-rtti")
+set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fno-rtti")
+
+# check for necessary headers / download if missing
+enable_language (C)
+include (CheckIncludeFile)
+check_include_file ("linux/i2c-dev-user.h" header_present)
+if (NOT header_present)
+    message (
+        "Could not find linux/i2c-dev-user.h: Attempting to download locally "
+        "for building from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openbmc/linux/"
+        "dev-4.13/include/uapi/linux/i2c-dev.h"
+    )
+
+    string (CONCAT url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openbmc/linux/"
+                   "dev-4.13/include/uapi/linux/i2c-dev.h")
+
+    file (DOWNLOAD ${url} "linux/i2c-dev-user.h" SHOW_PROGRESS STATUS status)
+
+    list (GET status 0 status_code)
+
+    if (NOT status_code EQUAL 0)
+        message (FATAL_ERROR "i2c-dev-user.h missing")
+    endif ()
+endif ()
+
+include_directories (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+find_package (Boost REQUIRED)
+include_directories (${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+add_definitions (-DBOOST_ERROR_CODE_HEADER_ONLY)
+add_definitions (-DBOOST_SYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED)
+add_definitions (-DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB)
+add_definitions (-DBOOST_NO_RTTI)
+add_definitions (-DBOOST_NO_TYPEID)
+add_definitions (-DBOOST_ASIO_DISABLE_THREADS)
+
+set (SRC_FILES ipmbbridged.cpp ipmbutils.cpp)
+
+# import libsystemd
+find_package (PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+pkg_check_modules (SYSTEMD libsystemd REQUIRED)
+
+# import sdbusplus
+find_package (PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+pkg_check_modules (SDBUSPLUSPLUS sdbusplus REQUIRED)
+
+# import phosphor-logging
+find_package (PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+pkg_check_modules (LOGGING phosphor-logging REQUIRED)
+
+add_executable (${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRC_FILES})
+target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME} systemd)
+target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME} boost_coroutine)
+target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME} sdbusplus -lstdc++fs)
+target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+
+link_directories (${EXTERNAL_INSTALL_LOCATION}/lib)
+
+set (SERVICE_FILES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/ipmb.service)
+
+install (TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME} DESTINATION sbin)
+install (FILES ${SERVICE_FILES} DESTINATION /lib/systemd/system/)