diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..378eac25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6162d13f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+################################################################################
+#    Copyright (C) 2018 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH    #
+#                                                                              #
+#              This software is distributed under the terms of the             #
+#              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             #
+#                  copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE"                       #
+################################################################################
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9.4 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+
+# Project ######################################################################
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
+include(FairMQLib)
+
+set_fairmq_cmake_policies()
+get_git_version(OUTVAR_PREFIX FairMQ)
+
+project(FairMQ VERSION ${FairMQ_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX)
+message("${BWhite}${PROJECT_NAME}${CR} ${FairMQ_GIT_VERSION} from ${FairMQ_DATE}")
+
+set_fairmq_defaults()
+################################################################################
+
+
+# Build options ################################################################
+option(BUILD_OFI_TRANSPORT "Build OFI transport." OFF)
+################################################################################
+
+
+# Dependencies #################################################################
+if(Boost_INCLUDE_DIR) # Silence output, if Boost was found already
+  set(SILENCE_BOOST QUIET)
+endif()
+find_package(Boost 1.64 ${SILENCE_BOOST} REQUIRED COMPONENTS system)
+
+if(BUILD_OFI_TRANSPORT)
+  find_package(OFI 1.6.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS fi_sockets)
+endif()
+################################################################################
+
+
+# Targets ######################################################################
+# Configure Version.hpp
+configure_file(${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER}/Version.h.in
+  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER}/Version.h
+  @ONLY
+)
+
+add_subdirectory(fairmq)
+################################################################################
+
+
+# Installation #################################################################
+install_fairmq_cmake_package()
+################################################################################
+
+
+# Summary ######################################################################
+message("  ")
+message("  ${Cyan}COMPONENT  BUILT?  INFO${CR}")
+message("  ${BWhite}library${CR}          ${BGreen}YES${CR}    (default, always built)")
+if(BUILD_OFI_TRANSPORT)
+  set(ofi_summary "${BGreen}YES${CR}    (disable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_OFI_TRANSPORT=OFF${CR})")
+else()
+  set(ofi_summary "${BRed} NO${CR}    (default, enable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_OFI_TRANSPORT=ON${CR})")
+endif()
+message("  ${BWhite}OFI transport${CR}    ${ofi_summary}")
+message("  ")
+################################################################################
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5de37c59..8701fe42 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,42 @@ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=./fairmq_install ../fairmq
 cmake --build . --target install
 ```
 
-# Documentation
+## Usage
+
+In your `CMakeLists.txt`:
+
+```cmake
+find_package(FairMQ)
+```
+
+If FairMQ is not installed in system directories, you can hint the installation:
+
+```cmake
+set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH /path/to/FairMQ/installation ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
+find_package(FairMQ)
+```
+
+`find_package(FairMQ)` will define an imported target `FairMQ::FairMQ` (An alias `FairRoot::FairMQ` is also defined, but it is deprecated).
+
+By default, `find_package(FairMQ)` will also invoke `find_package` commands for all its dependencies. You can override this behaviour though, e.g.:
+
+```cmake
+set(FairMQ_PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES_DISABLED ON)
+find_package(FairMQ)
+
+find_package(Boost COMPONENTS ${FairMQ_BOOST_COMPONENTS})
+find_package(ZeroMQ)
+# ...
+```
+
+The above allows you to customize the `find_package` calls in the case, you project also has a direct dependency to FairMQ's dependencies. Check the next section for more options on how to customize dependency discovery.
+
+## CMake options
+
+  * `-DDISABLE_COLOR=ON` disables coloured console output.
+  * `-DFairMQ_PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES_DISABLED=ON` disables transitive package dependency discovery. 
+
+## Documentation
 
 Standard [FairRoot](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairRoot) is running all the different analysis tasks within one process. FairMQ ([Message Queue](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_queue)) allows starting tasks on different processes and provides the communication layer between these processes.
 
diff --git a/cmake/FairMQConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/FairMQConfig.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fcaac6d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FairMQConfig.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+################################################################################
+#    Copyright (C) 2018 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH    #
+#                                                                              #
+#              This software is distributed under the terms of the             #
+#              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             #
+#                  copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE"                       #
+################################################################################
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9.4 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+@PACKAGE_INIT@
+
+### General variables for project discovery/inspection
+set(FAIRMQ_VERSION @PROJECT_VERSION@)
+set(FAIRMQ_GIT_VERSION @FAIRMQ_GIT_VERSION@)
+
+set_and_check(FairMQ_ROOT @PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@)
+set_and_check(FairMQ_BINDIR @PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@FairMQ_INSTALL_BINDIR@)
+set_and_check(FairMQ_INCDIR @PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@FairMQ_INSTALL_INCDIR@)
+set_and_check(FairMQ_LIBDIR @PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@FairMQ_INSTALL_LIBDIR@)
+set_and_check(FairMQ_DATADIR @PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@FairMQ_INSTALL_DATADIR@)
+set_and_check(FairMQ_CMAKEMODDIR @PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@FairMQ_INSTALL_CMAKEMODDIR@)
+
+### Import cmake modules
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${FairMQ_CMAKEMODDIR} ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
+
+### Package dependencies
+include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
+
+if(    NOT (FairMQ_BOOST_DISABLED OR FairMQ_PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES_DISABLED)
+   AND (@Boost_FOUND@ OR FairMQ_Boost_REQUIRED))
+  set(FairMQ_Boost_COMPONENTS system)
+  if(FairMQ_ADDITIONAL_Boost_COMPONENTS)
+    list(APPEND FairMQ_Boost_COMPONENTS ${FairMQ_ADDITIONAL_Boost_COMPONENTS})
+    list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES FairMQ_Boost_COMPONENTS)
+  endif()
+  if(Boost_INCLUDE_DIR) # checks for cached boost variable which indicates if Boost is already found
+    set(SILENCE_BOOST QUIET)
+  endif()
+  find_dependency(Boost 1.64 ${SILENCE_BOOST}
+    COMPONENTS ${FairMQ_Boost_COMPONENTS}
+  )
+endif()
+
+if(    NOT (FairMQ_OFI_DISABLED OR FairMQ_PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES_DISABLED)
+   AND (@OFI_FOUND@ OR FairMQ_OFI_REQUIRED))
+  set(FairMQ_OFI_COMPONENTS fi_sockets)
+  if(FairMQ_ADDITIONAL_OFI_COMPONENTS)
+    list(APPEND FairMQ_OFI_COMPONENTS ${FairMQ_ADDITIONAL_OFI_COMPONENTS})
+    list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES FairMQ_OFI_COMPONENTS)
+  endif()
+  find_dependency(OFI 1.6.0
+    COMPONENTS ${FairMQ_OFI_COMPONENTS}
+  )
+endif()
+
+### Import targets
+include(@PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@PACKAGE_INSTALL_DESTINATION@/FairMQTargets.cmake)
+
+### Alias target for backwards compat (DEPRECATED)
+if(NOT TARGET FairRoot::FairMQ)
+  add_library(FairRoot::FairMQ ALIAS FairMQ::FairMQ)
+endif()
+
+check_required_components(FairMQ)
diff --git a/cmake/FairMQLib.cmake b/cmake/FairMQLib.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de02b832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FairMQLib.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+################################################################################
+#    Copyright (C) 2018 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH    #
+#                                                                              #
+#              This software is distributed under the terms of the             #
+#              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             #
+#                  copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE"                       #
+################################################################################
+
+### PUBLIC
+
+# Defines some variables with console color escape sequences
+if(NOT WIN32 AND NOT DISABLE_COLOR)
+  string(ASCII 27 Esc)
+  set(CR       "${Esc}[m")
+  set(CB       "${Esc}[1m")
+  set(Red      "${Esc}[31m")
+  set(Green    "${Esc}[32m")
+  set(Yellow   "${Esc}[33m")
+  set(Blue     "${Esc}[34m")
+  set(Magenta  "${Esc}[35m")
+  set(Cyan     "${Esc}[36m")
+  set(White    "${Esc}[37m")
+  set(BRed     "${Esc}[1;31m")
+  set(BGreen   "${Esc}[1;32m")
+  set(BYellow  "${Esc}[1;33m")
+  set(BBlue    "${Esc}[1;34m")
+  set(BMagenta "${Esc}[1;35m")
+  set(BCyan    "${Esc}[1;36m")
+  set(BWhite   "${Esc}[1;37m")
+endif()
+
+# set_fairmq_cmake_policies()
+#
+# Sets CMake policies.
+macro(set_fairmq_cmake_policies)
+  # Find more details to each policy with cmake --help-policy CMPXXXX
+  foreach(policy
+    CMP0028 # Double colon in target name means ALIAS or IMPORTED target.
+    CMP0048 # The ``project()`` command manages VERSION variables.
+    CMP0054 # Only interpret ``if()`` arguments as variables or keywords when unquoted.
+  )
+    if(POLICY ${policy})
+      cmake_policy(SET ${policy} NEW)
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
+endmacro()
+
+
+find_package(Git)
+# get_git_version([DEFAULT_VERSION version] [DEFAULT_DATE date] [OUTVAR_PREFIX prefix])
+#
+# Sets variables #prefix#_VERSION, #prefix#_GIT_VERSION, #prefix#_DATE, #prefix#_GIT_DATE
+function(get_git_version)
+  cmake_parse_arguments(ARGS "" "DEFAULT_VERSION;DEFAULT_DATE;OUTVAR_PREFIX" "" ${ARGN})
+
+  if(NOT ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX)
+    set(ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX FairMQ)
+  endif()
+
+  if(GIT_FOUND AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --tags --dirty --match "v*"
+      OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_VERSION
+      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    )
+    if(${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_VERSION)
+      # cut first two characters "v-"
+      string(SUBSTRING ${${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_VERSION} 1 -1 ${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_VERSION)
+    endif()
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} log -1 --format=%cd
+      OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_DATE
+      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    )
+  endif()
+
+  if(NOT ${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_VERSION)
+    if(ARGS_DEFAULT_VERSION)
+      set(${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_VERSION ${ARGS_DEFAULT_VERSION})
+    else()
+      set(${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_VERSION 0.0.0.0)
+    endif()
+  endif()
+
+  if(NOT ${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_DATE)
+    if(ARGS_DEFAULT_DATE)
+      set(${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_DATE ${ARGS_DEFAULT_DATE})
+    else()
+      set(${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_DATE "Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 +0000")
+    endif()
+  endif()
+
+  string(REGEX MATCH "^([^-]*)" blubb ${${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_VERSION})
+
+  # return values
+  set(${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_VERSION ${CMAKE_MATCH_0} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  set(${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_DATE ${${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_DATE} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  set(${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_VERSION ${${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_VERSION} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  set(${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_DATE ${${ARGS_OUTVAR_PREFIX}_GIT_DATE} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+
+# Set defaults
+macro(set_fairmq_defaults)
+  string(TOLOWER ${PROJECT_NAME} PROJECT_NAME_LOWER)
+
+  # Set a default build type
+  if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE RelWithDebInfo)
+  endif()
+
+  # Handle C++ standard level
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+  if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+  elseif(${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD} LESS 11)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "A minimum CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD of 11 is required.")
+  endif()
+  if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+  endif()
+
+  # Generate compile_commands.json file (https://clang.llvm.org/docs/JSONCompilationDatabase.html)
+  set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
+
+  # Define CMAKE_INSTALL_*DIR family of variables
+  include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+  # Define install dirs
+  set(FairMQ_INSTALL_BINDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+  set(FairMQ_INSTALL_LIBDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER})
+  set(FairMQ_INSTALL_INCDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER})
+  set(FairMQ_INSTALL_DATADIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER})
+  set(FairMQ_INSTALL_CMAKEMODDIR ${FairMQ_INSTALL_DATADIR}/cmake)
+
+  # Define export set, only one for now
+  set(FairMQ_EXPORT_SET ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets)
+endmacro()
+
+
+# Configure/Install CMake package
+macro(install_fairmq_cmake_package)
+  # Install cmake modules
+  install( FILES cmake/FindOFI.cmake
+    DESTINATION ${FairMQ_INSTALL_CMAKEMODDIR}
+  )
+
+  include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
+  set(PACKAGE_INSTALL_DESTINATION
+    ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}
+  )
+  install(EXPORT ${FairMQ_EXPORT_SET}
+    NAMESPACE ${PROJECT_NAME}::
+    DESTINATION ${PACKAGE_INSTALL_DESTINATION}
+    EXPORT_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES
+  )
+  write_basic_package_version_file(
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake
+    COMPATIBILITY AnyNewerVersion
+  )
+  configure_package_config_file(
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake.in
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake
+    INSTALL_DESTINATION ${PACKAGE_INSTALL_DESTINATION}
+    PATH_VARS CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX
+  )
+  install(FILES
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake
+    DESTINATION ${PACKAGE_INSTALL_DESTINATION}
+  )
+endmacro()
diff --git a/cmake/FindOFI.cmake b/cmake/FindOFI.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..652089ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindOFI.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+################################################################################
+#    Copyright (C) 2018 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH    #
+#                                                                              #
+#              This software is distributed under the terms of the             #
+#              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             #
+#                  copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE"                       #
+################################################################################
+
+# According to the docs the modification of the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment should
+# not be necessary, but it does not work otherwise.
+if(OFI_ROOT)
+  list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "${OFI_ROOT}/lib/pkgconfig")
+  set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} "${OFI_ROOT}/lib/pkgconfig:" $ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH})
+endif()
+
+if(ENV{OFI_ROOT})
+  list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "$ENV{OFI_ROOT}/lib/pkgconfig")
+  set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} "$ENV{OFI_ROOT}/lib/pkgconfig:" $ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH})
+endif()
+
+# This should be the default as of CMake 3.1, but it is not set. BUG? Also, it does not work
+set(PKG_CONFIG_USE_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH 1)
+find_package(PkgConfig)
+
+if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+  # Find include dir and dependencies from pkgconfig
+  pkg_check_modules(_OFI libfabric QUIET)
+
+  # Retrieve version from pkgconfig
+  execute_process(
+    COMMAND ${PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} libfabric --modversion
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE OFI_VERSION
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+  )
+
+  # The IMPORTED_TARGET option of the pkg_check_modules() function is useless,
+  # so let's build it ourselves
+  find_library(OFI_LIBFABRIC
+    NAMES libfabric.so libfabric.dylib
+    HINTS ${OFI_ROOT} $ENV{OFI_ROOT}
+    PATH_SUFFIXES lib
+  )
+
+  # Just take the include dirs found by the PkgConfig module
+  set(OFI_INCLUDE_DIRS ${_OFI_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+  # Find fi_info command to be able to check required features of the OFI installation
+  find_program(OFI_INFO_EXECUTABLE
+    NAMES fi_info
+    HINTS ${OFI_ROOT} $ENV{OFI_ROOT}
+    PATH_SUFFIXES bin
+  )
+
+  # Detect ofi providers, they can be required via the COMPONENTS argument of find_package
+  if(OFI_INFO_EXECUTABLE)
+    execute_process(
+      COMMAND ${OFI_INFO_EXECUTABLE} -l
+      OUTPUT_VARIABLE output
+    )
+    string(REPLACE "\n" ";" lines ${output})
+    foreach(line IN LISTS lines)
+      string(REGEX
+        MATCH "^([a-zA-Z0-9_]+):"
+        found "${line}"
+      )
+      if(found)
+        string(TOLOWER "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}" provider)
+        set(OFI_fi_${provider}_FOUND TRUE)
+      endif()
+    endforeach()
+  endif()
+
+  # Check search result, check version constraints and print status
+  include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+  find_package_handle_standard_args(OFI
+    REQUIRED_VARS OFI_LIBFABRIC OFI_INCLUDE_DIRS OFI_INFO_EXECUTABLE
+    VERSION_VAR OFI_VERSION
+    HANDLE_COMPONENTS
+  )
+endif()
+
+if(OFI_FOUND)
+  # Define an imported target
+  add_library(OFI::libfabric SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+  set_target_properties(OFI::libfabric PROPERTIES
+    IMPORTED_LOCATION ${OFI_LIBFABRIC}
+    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${OFI_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  )
+endif()
diff --git a/fairmq/Version.h.in b/fairmq/Version.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e07f861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fairmq/Version.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/********************************************************************************
+ *    Copyright (C) 2018 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH    *
+ *                                                                              *
+ *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
+ *              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             *
+ *                  copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE"                       *
+ ********************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef FAIR_MQ_VERSION_H
+
+#define FAIRMQ_VERSION "@PROJECT_VERSION@"
+#define FAIRMQ_VERSION_DEC (@PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@ * 10000) + (@PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@ * 100) + @PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@
+#define FAIRMQ_VERSION_HEX (@PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@ << 16) + (@PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@ << 8) + @PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@
+#define FAIRMQ_VERSION_MAJOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define FAIRMQ_VERSION_MINOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@
+#define FAIRMQ_VERSION_PATCH @PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@
+#define FAIRMQ_GIT_VERSION "@FairMQ_GIT_VERSION@"
+#define FAIRMQ_GIT_DATE "@FairMQ_GIT_DATE@"
+
+#endif // FAIR_MQ_VERSION_H