diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f2efb0..8c0baac 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8...3.22)
-project(sapphire-compiler LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(sapphire-compiler LANGUAGES CXX C)
 
 set(CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED 17)
 
+find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
+
+message(STATUS "Found LLVM ${LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+message(STATUS "Using LLVMConfig.cmake in: ${LLVM_DIR}")
+
+include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+separate_arguments(LLVM_DEFINITIONS_LIST NATIVE_COMMAND ${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
+add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS_LIST})
+
 add_executable(
     sapphirec
     src/sapphire.cpp
@@ -47,3 +56,8 @@ add_executable(
 
 target_include_directories(sapphirec PUBLIC src)
 target_include_directories(sapphirec PUBLIC src/tclap-1.2.5/include)
+
+llvm_map_components_to_libnames(llvm_libs support core irreader)
+
+# Link against LLVM libraries
+target_link_libraries(sapphirec ${llvm_libs})