diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b00f64a..d53a13d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ x64/
 *.log
 *.pdb
 *.py
-*.tlog
\ No newline at end of file
+*.tlog
+.zig-cache/
+zig-out/
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9df33f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
+    const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
+
+    const exe_mod = b.createModule(.{
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+    });
+
+    const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+        .name = "Beryl",
+        .root_module = exe_mod,
+    });
+
+    const eigen = b.dependency("Eigen", .{
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+    });
+
+    exe.addCSourceFiles(.{
+        .root = b.path(""),
+        .files = &.{
+        "cmdLine.cpp",
+        "globals.cpp",
+        "main.cpp",
+        "permutation.cpp",
+        "solver.cpp",
+        "symmetry.cpp",
+        "util.cpp",
+        },
+        .flags = &.{"-std=c++17"},
+    });
+
+    exe.addIncludePath(eigen.path(""));
+
+    exe.linkLibCpp();
+
+    b.installArtifact(exe);
+
+    const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
+
+    run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
+
+    if (b.args) |args| {
+        run_cmd.addArgs(args);
+    }
+
+    const run_step = b.step("run", "Run the app");
+    run_step.dependOn(&run_cmd.step);
+}
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbf0c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+.{
+    .name = .Beryl,
+
+    .version = "0.0.0",
+
+    .fingerprint = 0x565a8f7bc37099d, // Changing this has security and trust implications.
+
+    .minimum_zig_version = "0.14.0",
+
+    .dependencies = .{
+        .Eigen = .{
+            .url = "https://gitlab.com/libeigen/eigen/-/archive/3.4.0/eigen-3.4.0.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "N-V-__8AABPI6wAbBLaww8cKO-HchZ0ft-BxUOEOyQtTSccD",
+        },
+    },
+    .paths = .{
+        "build.zig",
+        "build.zig.zon",
+        "cmdLine.cpp",
+        "cmdLine.h",
+        "globals.cpp",
+        "globals.h",
+        "LICENSE",
+        "main.cpp",
+        "permutation.cpp",
+        "permutation.h",
+        "plane.h",
+        "README.md",
+        "solver.cpp",
+        "solver.h",
+        "symmetry.cpp",
+        "symmetry.h",
+        "types.h",
+        "util.cpp",
+        "util.h",
+    },
+}