diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1de408bb4..3cfdb5f97 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -158,3 +158,13 @@ if (APPLE)
     MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_NAME "OpenMW"
   )
 endif (APPLE)
+
+# Tools
+option(BUILD_MWCOMPILER "build standalone Morrowind script compiler" ON)
+
+if (BUILD_MWCOMPILER)
+set(TOOLS_MWCOMPILER apps/mwcompiler/main.cpp)
+
+add_executable(mwcompiler ${TOOLS_MWCOMPILER})
+endif()
+
diff --git a/apps/mwcompiler/main.cpp b/apps/mwcompiler/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e42b7caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mwcompiler/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// Stand-alone MW-script compiler
+
+int main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+
+
+}
+