diff --git a/thirdparty/Makefile.inc b/thirdparty/Makefile.inc
index 702cbc2da..f6e032fa7 100644
--- a/thirdparty/Makefile.inc
+++ b/thirdparty/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-DEPS_CMAKE = libwebsockets criterion jansson
+DEPS_CMAKE = libxil libwebsockets criterion jansson
 DEPS_AUTOCONF = libnl libconfig libcurl
 
-DEPS = libxil $(DEPS_CMAKE) $(DEPS_AUTOCONF)
+DEPS = $(DEPS_CMAKE) $(DEPS_AUTOCONF)
 
 .PHONY: $(DEPS)
 
 # Install all dependencies
-thirdparty: $(DEPS)
+thirdparty: libxil
 
 # Install & compile autotools based projects
 $(DEPS_AUTOCONF): | $(BUILDDIR)/thirdparty/$$@/
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ $(DEPS_CMAKE): | $(BUILDDIR)/thirdparty/$$@/
 	      -B$(BUILDDIR)/thirdparty/$@
 	make  -C$(BUILDDIR)/thirdparty/$@ install
 
-# Install & compile Xilinx standalone drivers
-libxil: | $(BUILDDIR)/thirdparty/$$@/
-	make -C$(BUILDDIR)/thirdparty/$@ \
-	     -f$(SRCDIR)/thirdparty/$@/Makefile install
-
 clean-thirdparty:
 	for DEP in $(DEPS); do \
 	  pushd $$DEP; \
diff --git a/thirdparty/libxil/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/libxil/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f710497e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/libxil/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.2)
+
+project(libxil C)
+
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -O3 -fPIC -I$(SRCDIR)/include/xilinx -Iorig/common_v1_00_a/src -Wno-int-conversion -Wno-pointer-to-int-cast -Wno-int-to-pointer-cast")
+
+file(GLOB SOURCES src/*.c orig/*/src/*.c)
+
+include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/xilinx)
+
+add_library(xil SHARED ${SOURCES})
+
+include(FindPkgConfig QUIET)
+if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+	# convert lists of link libraries into -lstdc++ -lm etc..
+	foreach(LIB ${CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${PLATFORM_LIBS})
+		set(PRIVATE_LIBS "${PRIVATE_LIBS} -l${LIB}")
+	endforeach()
+
+	# Produce a pkg-config file for linking against the shared lib
+	configure_file("libxil.pc.in" "libxil.pc" @ONLY)
+	install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libxil.pc" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig")
+endif()
+
+install(TARGETS xil DESTINATION lib)
+
+file(GLOB HEADERS include/xilinx/*.h)
+
+# Make sure we dont install symlinks
+set (HEADERS_RESOLVED "")
+foreach (HEADER ${HEADERS})
+    get_filename_component(HEADER_RESOLVED "${HEADER}" REALPATH)
+    list (APPEND HEADERS_RESOLVED "${HEADER_RESOLVED}")
+endforeach()
+
+install(FILES ${HEADERS_RESOLVED} DESTINATION include/xilinx)
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diff --git a/thirdparty/libxil/Makefile b/thirdparty/libxil/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index ad8ff1af4..000000000
--- a/thirdparty/libxil/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-LIB = libxil.so
-
-PREFIX ?= /usr/local
-
-SRCDIR := $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-
-VPATH = $(SRCDIR)
-
-SRCS  = $(wildcard $(SRCDIR)/src/*.c)
-SRCS += $(wildcard $(SRCDIR)/orig/*/src/*.c)
-OBJS  = $(SRCS:$(SRCDIR)/%.c=%.o)
-
-CC = gcc
-CFLAGS = -O3 -fPIC -I$(SRCDIR)/include/xilinx -Iorig/common_v1_00_a/src -Wno-int-conversion -Wno-pointer-to-int-cast -Wno-int-to-pointer-cast
-
-ifdef DEBUG
-	CFLAGS += -DDEBUG -DXDEBUG_WARNING -g
-endif
-
-all: $(LIB)
-
-$(LIB): $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $^
-
-clean:
-	rm -f $(LIB) $(OBJS)
-
-install: $(LIB)
-	mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/include/xilinx
-	install -m 0644 $(LIB) $(PREFIX)/lib
-	install -m 0644 $(SRCDIR)/include/xilinx/*.h $(PREFIX)/include/xilinx
-	@echo "note: you may need to run 'ldconfig'"
-	@echo "note: make sure $(PREFIX)/lib is in your /etc/ld.so.conf or $$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-
-.SECONDEXPANSION:
-	
-$(OBJS): | $$(dir $$@)
-
-%/:
-	mkdir -p $@
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diff --git a/thirdparty/libxil/libxil.pc.in b/thirdparty/libxil/libxil.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f98b236a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/libxil/libxil.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+
+Name: xil
+Description: Xilinx standalone drivers
+Version: 1.0.0
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lxil
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