diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83f0e0fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2019, 2020, Collabora, Ltd.
+# Copyright 2019, 2021, Visual Computing Lab, ISTI - Italian National Research Council
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)
+project(MeshLab)
+
+### Build options
+option(MESHLAB_BUILD_MINI "Build only common and meshlab - other plugin targets must be set manually" OFF)
+option(MESHLAB_BUILD_STRICT "Strictly enforce resolution of all symbols" ON)
+option(MESHLAB_BUILD_WITH_DOUBLE_SCALAR "Use double type instead of float type for scalars" OFF)
+option(MESHLAB_ENABLE_DEBUG_LOG_FILE "If enabled, all the logs of MeshLab will be also saved into a log file" OFF)
+
+option(MESHLAB_BUILD_ONLY_LIBRARIES "Build only meshlab-common and plugins, excluding executables" OFF)
+option(MESHLAB_USE_DEFAULT_BUILD_AND_INSTALL_DIRS "If set to OFF, it expects that you set manually the binary and install directories" ON)
+
+option(MESHLAB_IS_NIGHTLY_VERSION "Nightly version of meshlab will be used instead of ML_VERSION" OFF)
+
+add_subdirectory(src)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/Linux/1_build.sh b/scripts/Linux/1_build.sh
index b63f45d92..f8cb7fc58 100644
--- a/scripts/Linux/1_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/Linux/1_build.sh
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 
 #default paths wrt the script folder
 SCRIPTS_PATH="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
-SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../../src
-BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../build
-INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../install/usr/
+SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../..
+BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/build
+INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/install/usr/
 DOUBLE_PRECISION_OPTION=""
 NIGHTLY_OPTION=""
 QT_DIR=""
diff --git a/scripts/Linux/make_it.sh b/scripts/Linux/make_it.sh
index 7b8995d3e..4ebeecd1f 100644
--- a/scripts/Linux/make_it.sh
+++ b/scripts/Linux/make_it.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # bash make_it.sh --build_path=path/to/build --install_path=path/to/install -j8
 
 SCRIPTS_PATH="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
-SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../../src
+SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../..
 BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../build
 INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../install
 PACKAGE_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../packages
diff --git a/scripts/Windows/1_build.sh b/scripts/Windows/1_build.sh
index 6a793f8e0..f450168bc 100644
--- a/scripts/Windows/1_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/Windows/1_build.sh
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 
 #default paths wrt the script folder
 SCRIPTS_PATH="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
-SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../../src
-BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../build
-INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../install
+SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../..
+BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/build
+INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/install
 DOUBLE_PRECISION_OPTION=""
 NIGHTLY_OPTION=""
 QT_DIR=""
diff --git a/scripts/Windows/make_it.sh b/scripts/Windows/make_it.sh
index 4a7f084fa..ec045b468 100644
--- a/scripts/Windows/make_it.sh
+++ b/scripts/Windows/make_it.sh
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 # bash make_it.sh --build_path=path/to/build --install_path=path/to/install -j8
 
 SCRIPTS_PATH="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
-SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../../src
-BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../build
-INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../install
-PACKAGE_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../packages
+SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../..
+BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/build
+INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/install
+PACKAGE_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/packages
 
 DOUBLE_PRECISION_OPTION=""
 NIGHTLY_OPTION=""
diff --git a/scripts/macOS/1_build.sh b/scripts/macOS/1_build.sh
index 990eb0854..0b629a46c 100644
--- a/scripts/macOS/1_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/macOS/1_build.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@
 
 #default paths wrt the script folder
 SCRIPTS_PATH=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
-SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../../src
-RESOURCES_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../../resources
-BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../build
-INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../install
+SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../..
+BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/build
+INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/install
 DOUBLE_PRECISION_OPTION=""
 NIGHTLY_OPTION=""
 QT_DIR=""
diff --git a/scripts/macOS/make_it.sh b/scripts/macOS/make_it.sh
index acd7cb74e..044148b18 100644
--- a/scripts/macOS/make_it.sh
+++ b/scripts/macOS/make_it.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 # bash make_it.sh --build_path=path/to/build --install_path=path/to/install -j8
 
 SCRIPTS_PATH=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
-SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../../src
-BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../build
-INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../install
-PACKAGE_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/../packages
+SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../..
+BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/build
+INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/install
+PACKAGE_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/packages
 
 DOUBLE_PRECISION_OPTION=""
 NIGHTLY_OPTION=""
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 53417670a..e6d4eec1d 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,20 +2,6 @@
 # Copyright 2019, 2021, Visual Computing Lab, ISTI - Italian National Research Council
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)
-project(MeshLab)
-
-### Build options
-option(MESHLAB_BUILD_MINI "Build only common and meshlab - other plugin targets must be set manually" OFF)
-option(MESHLAB_BUILD_STRICT "Strictly enforce resolution of all symbols" ON)
-option(MESHLAB_BUILD_WITH_DOUBLE_SCALAR "Use double type instead of float type for scalars" OFF)
-option(MESHLAB_ENABLE_DEBUG_LOG_FILE "If enabled, all the logs of MeshLab will be also saved into a log file" OFF)
-
-option(MESHLAB_BUILD_ONLY_LIBRARIES "Build only meshlab-common and plugins, excluding executables" OFF)
-option(MESHLAB_USE_DEFAULT_BUILD_AND_INSTALL_DIRS "If set to OFF, it expects that you set manually the binary and install directories" ON)
-
-option(MESHLAB_IS_NIGHTLY_VERSION "Nightly version of meshlab will be used instead of ML_VERSION" OFF)
-
 ### Dependencies
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/meshlab_global_settings.cmake" NO_POLICY_SCOPE)