diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3701bc1..b153ce3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+pkg_search_module(GLIB REQUIRED glib-2.0)
+pkg_check_modules(GTK3 REQUIRED gtk+-3.0)
+
+project(gds-render)
+
+add_subdirectory(glade)
+
+include_directories(${GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${GTK3_INCLUDE_DIRS} "layer-widget")
+link_directories(${GLIB_LINK_DIRS} ${GTK3_LINK_DIRS})
+add_definitions(${GLIB2_CFLAGS_OTHER})
+
 
 aux_source_directory("layer-widget" SUB_SOURCES)
 set(SOURCE "main.c" "gdsparse.c" "layer-selector.c")
@@ -9,16 +21,9 @@ set(SOURCE
   ${SUB_SOURCES}
 )
 
-find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-pkg_search_module(GLIB REQUIRED glib-2.0)
-pkg_check_modules(GTK3 REQUIRED gtk+-3.0)
-
-include_directories(${GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${GTK3_INCLUDE_DIRS} "layer-widget")
-link_directories(${GLIB_LINK_DIRS} ${GTK3_LINK_DIRS})
-configure_file(glade/main.glade glade/main.glade COPYONLY)
-configure_file(glade/layer-widget.glade glade/layer-widget.glade COPYONLY)
-
-project(gds-render)
-add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCE})
 
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/glade/resources.c)
+add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME} glib-resources)
+SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/glade/resources.c PROPERTIES GENERATED 1)
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${GLIB_LDFLAGS} ${GTK3_LDFLAGS} m)
+
diff --git a/glade/CMakeLists.txt b/glade/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6570bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glade/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+add_custom_target(glib-resources DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/resources.c)
+add_custom_command(DEPENDS
+			 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources.xml
+		   OUTPUT
+			${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/resources.c
+		   COMMAND
+			echo "$(pwd)"
+		   COMMAND 
+			glib-compile-resources --target="${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/resources.c" --sourcedir="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" --generate-source "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources.xml"
+		   )
diff --git a/glade/resources.xml b/glade/resources.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3603dd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glade/resources.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<gresources>
+  <gresource>
+    <file compressed="true">main.glade</file>
+    <file>layer-widget.glade</file>
+  </gresource>
+</gresources>
+
+
diff --git a/layer-widget/layer-element.c b/layer-widget/layer-element.c
index 38a3530..9d7ce8a 100644
--- a/layer-widget/layer-element.c
+++ b/layer-widget/layer-element.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static void layer_element_init(LayerElement *self)
 {
 	GtkBuilder *builder;
 	GtkWidget *glade_box;
-	builder = gtk_builder_new_from_file("glade/layer-widget.glade");
+	builder = gtk_builder_new_from_resource("/layer-widget.glade");
 	glade_box = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_builder_get_object(builder, "box"));
 	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(self), glade_box, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
 
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 6fdcc35..7a27ed2 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
 
-	main_builder = gtk_builder_new_from_file("glade/main.glade");
+	main_builder = gtk_builder_new_from_resource("/main.glade");
 	gtk_builder_connect_signals(main_builder, NULL);