diff --git a/paddle/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/CMakeLists.txt
index eff296bcb0174c71e05ee169c85236343a3e1164..c6fd9cc54ae3a671c5bdcf54cbaa873c59280694 100644
--- a/paddle/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ add_subdirectory(pserver)
 add_subdirectory(trainer)
 add_subdirectory(scripts)
 
+find_package(boost QUIET)
+
+if(Boost_FOUND)
+  include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+  include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+  add_subdirectory(majel)
+endif()
+
 if(WITH_C_API)
     add_subdirectory(capi)
 endif()
diff --git a/paddle/majel/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/majel/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f2f57900c8b6bf86fcb0104dd0e9fd67584c67f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/majel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+set(MAJEL_CXX_FILES place.cpp)
+set(MAJEL_CUDA_FILES "")
+
+if(CUDA_FOUND)
+    cuda_add_library(majel ${MAJEL_CUDA_FILES} ${MAJEL_CXX_FILES})
+else()
+    add_library(majel ${MAJEL_CXX_FILES})
+endif()
+
+file(GLOB_RECURSE CHECK_FILES RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "*.cpp" "*.h")
+add_style_check_target(majel ${CHECK_FILES})
+
+if(WITH_TESTING)
+    add_subdirectory(test)
+endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/paddle/majel/test/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/majel/test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a07b1bf5d8585589dddb9ac7823ecf7e4908f057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/majel/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+file(GLOB_RECURSE ALL_TEST_FILES RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "*.cpp" "*.cc")
+
+add_executable(majel_tests ${ALL_TEST_FILES})
+add_dependencies(majel_tests majel ${external_project_dependencies})
+target_link_libraries(majel_tests     
+                      ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
+                      ${GTEST_LIBRARIES}
+                      majel
+                     )
+add_test(majel_tests majel_tests)