diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b75e87378..f8dd9cb7a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,41 +1,39 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0)
+
 project(sway C)
+
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-g")
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99)
 SET(CMAKE_C_EXTENSIONS OFF)
-set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "bin/")
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bin")
 add_definitions("-Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -D_GNU_SOURCE")
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake)
-
-add_subdirectory(swaybg swaybg)
+list(INSERT CMAKE_MODULE_PATH 0
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake")
 
 if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
     execute_process(
         COMMAND git describe --always
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_HASH
         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
     )
     execute_process(
         COMMAND  git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_BRANCH
         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
     )
 endif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
 
-SET(VERSION_GIT_COMMIT_FLAG "-DSWAY_GIT_VERSION=\"g${GIT_COMMIT_HASH}\"")
-add_definitions("${VERSION_GIT_COMMIT_FLAG}")
+add_definitions("-DSWAY_GIT_VERSION=\"g${GIT_COMMIT_HASH}\"")
+add_definitions("-DSWAY_GIT_BRANCH=\"${GIT_BRANCH}\"")
 
-SET(VERSION_GIT_BRANCH_FLAG "-DSWAY_GIT_BRANCH=\"${GIT_BRANCH}\"")
-add_definitions("${VERSION_GIT_BRANCH_FLAG}")
+string(TIMESTAMP CURRENT_DATE "%Y-%m-%d" UTC)
+add_definitions("-DSWAY_VERSION_DATE=${CURRENT_DATE}")
 
-execute_process(
-    COMMAND date +"%Y-%m-%d"
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE CURRENT_DATE
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-)
-
-SET(VERSION_DATE_FLAG "-DSWAY_VERSION_DATE=${CURRENT_DATE}")
-add_definitions("${VERSION_DATE_FLAG}")
+include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
+add_subdirectory(common)
+add_subdirectory(swaybg)
 
 find_package(XKBCommon REQUIRED)
 find_package(WLC REQUIRED)
@@ -44,14 +42,12 @@ find_package(PCRE REQUIRED)
 find_package(JsonC REQUIRED)
 
 FILE(GLOB sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/sway/*.c)
-FILE(GLOB common ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/*.c)
 
 include_directories(
    ${WLC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
    ${PCRE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
    ${JSONC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
    ${XKBCOMMON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   include/
 )
 
 add_executable(sway
@@ -64,48 +60,52 @@ target_link_libraries(sway
    ${XKBCOMMON_LIBRARIES}
    ${PCRE_LIBRARIES}
    ${JSONC_LIBRARIES}
+   sway_common
 )
 
-INSTALL(
-    TARGETS sway
-    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-)
+install(
+  TARGETS   sway
+  RUNTIME   DESTINATION bin
+  COMPONENT runtime)
+install(
+  FILES       "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config"
+  DESTINATION /etc/sway/
+  COMPONENT   configuration)
 
-INSTALL(
-    FILES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/config
-    DESTINATION /etc/sway/
-)
+add_custom_target(man ALL)
 
-ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/sway.1
-  COMMAND ${A2X_COMMAND} --no-xmllint --doctype manpage --format manpage
-    -D ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sway.1.txt 
-  DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sway.1.txt
-)
+function (add_manpage name section)
+  add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${name}.${section}"
+    COMMAND "${A2X_COMMAND}"
+            --no-xmllint
+            --doctype manpage
+            --format manpage
+            -D "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${name}.${section}.txt"
+    DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${name}.${section}.txt"
+    COMMENT "Generating manpage for ${name}.${section}")
 
-ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/sway.5
-  COMMAND ${A2X_COMMAND} --no-xmllint --doctype manpage --format manpage
-    -D ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sway.5.txt 
-  DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sway.5.txt
-)
+  add_custom_target("man-${name}.${section}"
+    DEPENDS
+      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${name}.${section}")
+  add_dependencies(man
+    "man-${name}.${section}")
 
-ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(man ALL
-  DEPENDS ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/sway.1
-  DEPENDS ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/sway.5)
+  install(
+    FILES       "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${name}.${section}"
+    DESTINATION "share/man/man${section}"
+    COMPONENT   documentation)
+endfunction ()
 
-INSTALL(
-  FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/sway.1
-  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/man/man1
-)
+add_manpage(sway 1)
+add_manpage(sway 5)
 
-INSTALL(
-  FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/sway.5
-  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/man/man5
-)
-
-INSTALL(
-  FILES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/sway.desktop
-  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/wayland-sessions/)
-
-INSTALL(
-  FILES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/sway-xorg.desktop
-  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/xsessions/)
+install(
+  FILES       "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sway.desktop"
+  DESTINATION share/wayland-sessions
+  COMPONENT   data)
+install(
+  FILES       "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sway-xorg.desktop"
+  DESTINATION share/xsessions
+  COMPONENT   data)
diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3a00626e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+add_library(sway_common STATIC
+  list.c
+  log.c)
diff --git a/swaybg/CMakeLists.txt b/swaybg/CMakeLists.txt
index 9351441af..1ad433240 100644
--- a/swaybg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/swaybg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ find_package(Pango REQUIRED)
 include(Wayland)
 WAYLAND_ADD_PROTOCOL_CLIENT(proto-xdg-shell "xdg-shell.xml" xdg-shell)
 
-set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "../bin/")
 include_directories(
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../include
   ${WAYLAND_CLIENT_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${CAIRO_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${PANGO_INCLUDE_DIRS}
@@ -17,7 +15,6 @@ include_directories(
 
 FILE(GLOB sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.c)
 FILE(GLOB wl_sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../wayland/*.c)
-FILE(GLOB common ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../common/*.c)
 
 add_executable(swaybg
   ${sources}
@@ -25,9 +22,9 @@ add_executable(swaybg
   ${common}
 )
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(swaybg ${WAYLAND_CLIENT_LIBRARIES} ${CAIRO_LIBRARIES} ${PANGO_LIBRARIES})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(swaybg ${WAYLAND_CLIENT_LIBRARIES} ${CAIRO_LIBRARIES} ${PANGO_LIBRARIES} sway_common)
 
-INSTALL(
-  TARGETS swaybg
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-)
+install(
+  TARGETS   swaybg
+  RUNTIME   DESTINATION bin
+  COMPONENT runtime)