diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1864374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Top level CMake file
+
+# Set the minimum version of CMake required to run properly
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
+
+# Set the project name
+project(ALARA VERSION 2.7.1)
+
+# Add all subdirectories
+# add_subdirectory(data)
+# add_subdirectory(developer-info)
+# add_subdirectory(doc)
+# add_subdirectory(sample)
+add_subdirectory(src)
+# add_subdirectory(tools)
+
+
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d88bc99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# src directory CMake file
+
+include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+configure_file(config.h.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config.h")
+
+FILE(GLOB c_files "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.C")
+SET(SOURCE_FILES ${c_files})
+
+# Add the Data Library
+add_subdirectory(DataLib)
+
+# Add all source files
+add_executable(alara ${SOURCE_FILES})
+
+# Set direcotry variable names
+set(DFLT_XSDIR ${xsdir})
+set(DFLT_DATADIR ${nonxsdir})
diff --git a/src/DataLib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/DataLib/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..481b8dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DataLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# CMake file in the DataLib direcotry within the src directory
+
+FILE(GLOB h_files "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.h")
+FILE(GLOB c_files "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.C")
+FILE(GLOB cpp_files "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.cpp")
+SET(DATA_LIB_SOURCES ${c_files} ${cpp_files})
+
+
+# Add the library
+add_library(DataLib SHARED ${DATA_LIB_SOURCES})
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6377e7d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#define VERSION "@ALARA_VERSION_MAJOR@.@ALARA_VERSION_MINOR@.@ALARA_VERSION_PATCH@"
+#define PACKAGE_STRING "ALARA " VERSION
+#define DFLT_XSDIR "$(xsdir)"
+#define DFLT_DATADIR "$(nonxsdir)"
diff --git a/src/input.C b/src/input.C
index 7429f854..3c34cd15 100644
--- a/src/input.C
+++ b/src/input.C
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* $Id: input.C,v 1.14 2007-12-20 22:03:56 wilsonp Exp $ */
 #include "alara.h"
 #include "input_tokens.h"
-#include "dflt_datadir.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>