diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 95618dbf2a..3d8c213e20 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ menu "Development tools"
 	source "package/binutils/Config.in"
 	source "package/bsdiff/Config.in"
 	source "package/bustle/Config.in"
+	source "package/cmake/Config.in"
 	source "package/cppunit/Config.in"
 	source "package/cvs/Config.in"
 if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
diff --git a/package/cmake/0001-rename_cmake_rootfile.patch b/package/cmake/0001-rename_cmake_rootfile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..915b7e32bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cmake/0001-rename_cmake_rootfile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+ctest fails on the target, because it cannot find CMake.cmake inside
+CMAKE_DATA_DIR (typically set to "/usr/share/cmake-3.0"): all *.cmake
+files are removed at build time via the target-finalize rule.
+
+This buildroot-specific patch makes sure ctest looks also for
+"Modules/CMake.cmake.ctest" before complaining
+
+Signed-off-by: Davide Viti <zinosat@tiscali.it>
+
+--- cmake-3.0.2/Source/cmake.cxx~	2014-09-11 15:24:01.000000000 +0200
++++ cmake-3.0.2/Source/cmake.cxx	2014-11-25 15:48:04.461033690 +0100
+@@ -957,7 +957,10 @@
+      "Path to cpack program executable.", cmCacheManager::INTERNAL);
+ #endif
+   if(!cmSystemTools::FileExists(
+-       (cmSystemTools::GetCMakeRoot()+"/Modules/CMake.cmake").c_str()))
++       (cmSystemTools::GetCMakeRoot()+"/Modules/CMake.cmake").c_str()) &&
++     !cmSystemTools::FileExists(
++       (cmSystemTools::GetCMakeRoot()+"/Modules/CMake.cmake.ctest").c_str())
++     )
+     {
+     // couldn't find modules
+     cmSystemTools::Error("Could not find CMAKE_ROOT !!!\n"
diff --git a/package/cmake/Config.in b/package/cmake/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b5bba9754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cmake/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_CMAKE
+	bool
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_CMAKE_CTEST
+	bool "ctest"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_CMAKE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_XZ
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libarchive
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	help
+	  CTest is a testing tool distributed as a part of CMake. It
+	  can be used to automate updating (using CVS for example),
+	  configuring, building, testing, performing memory checking,
+	  performing coverage, and submitting results to a CDash or
+	  Dart dashboard system.
+
+	  http://www.cmake.org/
+
+comment "ctest needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/cmake/cmake.mk b/package/cmake/cmake.mk
index a00b8cda6a..9a939bf314 100644
--- a/package/cmake/cmake.mk
+++ b/package/cmake/cmake.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ CMAKE_LICENSE = BSD-3c
 CMAKE_LICENSE_FILES = Copyright.txt
 
 HOST_CMAKE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+CMAKE_DEPENDENCIES = zlib libcurl libarchive expat bzip2 xz
+
+CMAKE_CONF_OPTS = \
+	-DKWSYS_LFS_WORKS=$(if $(BR2_LARGEFILE),TRUE,FALSE) \
+	-DKWSYS_CHAR_IS_SIGNED=TRUE \
+	-DCMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=1 \
+	-DCTEST_USE_XMLRPC=OFF \
+	-DBUILD_CursesDialog=OFF
 
 # Get rid of -I* options from $(HOST_CPPFLAGS) to prevent that a
 # header available in $(HOST_DIR)/usr/include is used instead of a
@@ -39,4 +47,26 @@ define HOST_CMAKE_INSTALL_CMDS
 	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) install
 endef
 
+define CMAKE_REMOVE_EXTRA_DATA
+	rm $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/{cmake,cpack}
+	rm -fr $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/cmake-$(CMAKE_VERSION_MAJOR)/{completions,editors}
+	rm -fr $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/cmake-$(CMAKE_VERSION_MAJOR)/{Help,include}
+endef
+
+define CMAKE_INSTALL_CTEST_CFG_FILE
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/Modules/CMake.cmake \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/cmake-$(CMAKE_VERSION_MAJOR)/Modules/CMake.cmake.ctest
+endef
+
+CMAKE_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += CMAKE_REMOVE_EXTRA_DATA
+CMAKE_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += CMAKE_INSTALL_CTEST_CFG_FILE
+
+define CMAKE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	(cd $(@D); \
+		$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) \
+		cmake -P cmake_install.cmake \
+	)
+endef
+
+$(eval $(cmake-package))
 $(eval $(host-generic-package))