diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f6290d2c..ec1bceda4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 *.o
 *~
 data
-mw-scripts
+CMakeFiles
+CMakeCache.txt
+Makefile
+cmake*.cmake
+openmw
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6fc1e4fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# We probably support older versions than this.
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+
+# Local files
+set(BSA bsa/bsa_archive.cpp bsa/bsa_file.cpp)
+set(NIF nif/nif_file.cpp nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp)
+set(TOOLS tools/stringops.cpp)
+set(MANGLE_VFS mangle/vfs/servers/ogre_vfs.cpp)
+set(GAME game/main.cpp)
+
+# Dependencies
+# Not exactly platform independent, FIXME!
+add_definitions(-I/usr/local/include/OGRE)
+
+# Main executable
+add_executable(openmw ${BSA} ${TOOLS} ${GAME})
+target_link_libraries(openmw OgreMain)
diff --git a/game/main.cpp b/game/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60755ea87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "../bsa/bsa_archive.h"
+#include "../esm/records.hpp"
+
+#include "Ogre.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+// Absolute minimal OGRE setup
+void ogre_setup()
+{
+  using namespace Ogre;
+
+  // Disable Ogre logging
+  new LogManager;
+  Log *log = LogManager::getSingleton().createLog("");
+  log->setDebugOutputEnabled(false);
+
+  // Set up Root.
+  new Root();
+}
+
+void maintest()
+{
+  const char* bsaFile = "data/Morrowind.bsa";
+  const char* esmFile = "data/Morrowind.esm";
+
+  cout << "Hello, fellow traveler!\n";
+
+  cout << "Initializing OGRE\n";
+  ogre_setup();
+
+  cout << "Adding " << bsaFile << endl;
+  addBSA(bsaFile);
+
+  cout << "Loading ESM " << esmFile << " (header only)\n";
+  ESM::ESMReader esm;
+  esm.open(esmFile);
+
+  cout << "\nThat's all for now!\n";
+}
+
+int main(/*int argc, char**argv*/)
+{
+  try { maintest(); }
+  catch(exception &e)
+    {
+      cout << "\nERROR: " << e.what() << endl;
+      return 1;
+    }
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.h b/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.h
index 846457c92..8d03118e7 100644
--- a/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.h
+++ b/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.h
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
     Afterwards, you can use the mesh name "somemesh.nif" normally to
     create entities and so on. The mesh isn't loaded from disk until
     OGRE needs it for rendering. Thus the above load() command is not
-    very resource intensive.
+    very resource intensive, and can safely be done for a large number
+    of meshes at load time.
  */
 struct NIFLoader : Ogre::ManualResourceLoader
 {