diff --git a/interface/CMakeLists.txt b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f174c7494..ebd376daaf 100644
--- a/interface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ configure_file(InterfaceConfig.h.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/InterfaceConf
 # grab the implementation and header files from src dir
 file(GLOB INTERFACE_SRCS src/*.mm src/*.cpp src/*.h)
 
+# project subdirectories
+add_subdirectory(src/starfield)
+
 if (APPLE)
   # set how the icon shows up in the Info.plist file
   SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_ICON_FILE interface.icns) 
diff --git a/interface/src/starfield/CMakeLists.txt b/interface/src/starfield/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cd1dd34c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interface/src/starfield/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+project(starfield)
+
+# Only headers (that are facaded by the Stars.cpp file) here -
+# hence declared as custom target.
+
+file(GLOB_RECURSE STARFIELD_SRCS *.h)
+add_custom_target("starfield" SOURCES ${STARFIELD_SRCS})
+