diff --git a/apps/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc516ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0 FATAL_ERROR)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON) #...is required...
+set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF) #...without compiler extensions like gnu++11
+include_directories(../)
+include_directories(../eigenlib)
+add_subdirectory(metro)
+add_subdirectory(tridecimator)
diff --git a/apps/metro/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/metro/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f628ace7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/metro/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+project (metro)
+add_executable(metro metro.cpp ../../wrap/ply/plylib.cpp)
diff --git a/apps/tridecimator/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/tridecimator/CMakeLists.txt
index fa817a76..7f337fcb 100644
--- a/apps/tridecimator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/tridecimator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,2 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0 FATAL_ERROR)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
-set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON) #...is required...
-set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF) #...without compiler extensions like gnu++11
 project (tridecimator)
 add_executable(tridecimator tridecimator.cpp ../../wrap/ply/plylib.cpp)
-include_directories(../../)
-include_directories(../../eigenlib)