diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e039fd9d..ed751af3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ elseif(WIN32)
 	set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 else()
 	set(_OSNAME unix)
+	set(_HASVERSION TRUE)
+	set(_VERSION "0")
+
+	# always use our rpath
+	set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH TRUE)
+	set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "\$ORIGIN")
 endif()
 
 # common flags
@@ -115,6 +121,18 @@ else()
 	target_compile_definitions(${_LIBUINAME}
 		PRIVATE "_UI_EXTERN=__attribute__((visibility(\"default\"))) extern")
 endif()
+if(NOT WIN32)
+	# on non-Windows platforms cmake adds an extra lib-
+	# note that we apply this to libui, not to any intermediates
+	set_target_properties(libui PROPERTIES
+		OUTPUT_NAME ui)
+endif()
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+	if(_HASVERSION)
+		set_target_properties(${_LIBUINAME} PROPERTIES
+			SOVERSION "${_VERSION}")
+	endif()
+endif()
 
 macro(_add_exec _name)
 	add_executable(${_name}
diff --git a/migrate_build/CMakeLists.txt b/migrate_build/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ae649d2..c4917780 100644
--- a/migrate_build/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/migrate_build/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,17 +84,11 @@ elseif(WIN32)
 	set(_RESOURCES_RC resources.rc)
 else()
 	set(_OSDIR unix)
-	set(_SETVERSION TRUE)
-	set(_VERSION "0")
 
-	find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-	pkg_check_modules(GTK REQUIRED gtk+-3.0)
 	string(REPLACE ";" " " _LIBUI_CFLAGS "${GTK_CFLAGS}")
 	set(_PLATFORM_LIBS "${GTK_LDFLAGS} -lm -ldl")
 
-	# always use our rpath
-	set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH TRUE)
-	set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "\$ORIGIN")
+
 endif()
 
 if(MSVC)
diff --git a/migrate_build/unix_CMakeLists.txt b/migrate_build/unix_CMakeLists.txt
index b98091ef..e36a66b6 100644
--- a/migrate_build/unix_CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/migrate_build/unix_CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,22 +44,5 @@ set_target_properties(libui-unix PROPERTIES
 
 # thanks to Mr-Hide in irc.freenode.net/#cmake
 macro(_add_static _name)
-	add_library(${_name}-temporary STATIC "${ARGN}")
-	set_target_properties(${_name}-temporary PROPERTIES
-		ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
-	set(_aname $<TARGET_FILE:${_name}-temporary>)
-	set(_oname ${_name}-combined.o)
-	add_custom_command(
-		OUTPUT ${_oname}
-		COMMAND
-			ld -r --whole-archive ${_aname} -o ${_oname}
-		COMMAND
-			objcopy --localize-hidden ${_oname}
-		COMMENT "Removing hidden symbols")
-	add_library(${_name} STATIC ${_oname})
-	# otherwise cmake won't know which linker to use
-	set_target_properties(${_name} PROPERTIES
-		LINKER_LANGUAGE C)
-	set(_aname)
-	set(_oname)
+
 endmacro()
diff --git a/unix/CMakeLists.txt b/unix/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8626062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unix/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# 3 june 2016
+
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+pkg_check_modules(GTK REQUIRED gtk+-3.0)
+
+list(APPEND _LIBUI_SOURCES
+	unix/alloc.c
+	unix/area.c
+	unix/box.c
+	unix/button.c
+	unix/checkbox.c
+	unix/child.c
+	unix/colorbutton.c
+	unix/combobox.c
+	unix/control.c
+	unix/datetimepicker.c
+	unix/debug.c
+	unix/draw.c
+	unix/drawmatrix.c
+	unix/drawpath.c
+	unix/drawtext.c
+	unix/editablecombo.c
+	unix/entry.c
+	unix/fontbutton.c
+	unix/graphemes.c
+	unix/group.c
+	unix/label.c
+	unix/main.c
+	unix/menu.c
+	unix/multilineentry.c
+	unix/progressbar.c
+	unix/radiobuttons.c
+	unix/separator.c
+	unix/slider.c
+	unix/spinbox.c
+	unix/stddialogs.c
+	unix/tab.c
+	unix/text.c
+	unix/util.c
+	unix/window.c
+)
+set(_LIBUI_SOURCES ${_LIBUI_SOURCES} PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+list(APPEND _LIBUI_INCLUDEDIRS
+	unix
+)
+set(_LIBUI_INCLUDEDIRS _LIBUI_INCLUDEDIRS PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+set(_LIBUINAME libui PARENT_SCOPE)
+if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+	set(_LIBUINAME libui-temporary PARENT_SCOPE)
+endif()
+macro(_handle_static)
+	set_target_properties(${_LIBUINAME} PROPERTIES
+		ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
+	set(_aname $<TARGET_FILE:${_LIBUINAME}>)
+	set(_oname libui-combined.o)
+	add_custom_command(
+		OUTPUT ${_oname}
+		COMMAND
+			ld -r --whole-archive ${_aname} -o ${_oname}
+		COMMAND
+			objcopy --localize-hidden ${_oname}
+		COMMENT "Removing hidden symbols")
+	add_library(libui STATIC ${_oname})
+	# otherwise cmake won't know which linker to use
+	set_target_properties(libui PROPERTIES
+		LINKER_LANGUAGE C)
+	set(_aname)
+	set(_oname)
+endmacro()
+
+# TODO the other variables don't work?
+set(_LIBUI_CFLAGS
+	${GTK_CFLAGS}
+PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+set(_LIBUI_LIBS
+	${GTK_LDFLAGS} m dl
+PARENT_SCOPE)