diff --git a/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt b/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
+include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+                     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src
+                     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/commands
+                     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/columns
+                     ${TASK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+set (tasksh_SRCS shell.cpp shell.h)
+
+add_library (tasksh STATIC ${tasksh_SRCS})
+add_executable (tasksh_executable main.cpp)
+
+# Yes, 'task' is included twice, other linking fails on CentOS.
+target_link_libraries (tasksh_executable task commands columns tasksh task ${TASK_LIBRARIES})
+
+set_property (TARGET tasksh_executable PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME "tasksh")
+
+install (TARGETS tasksh_executable DESTINATION ${TASK_BINDIR})
+
+set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE debug)
+set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}   -g -Wall")
+set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O3 -Wall")
+
+#SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE gcov)
+#SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
+#SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
+#SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
diff --git a/src/shell/main.cpp b/src/shell/main.cpp
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+++ b/src/shell/main.cpp
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+int main()
+{
+  return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/shell/shell.cpp b/src/shell/shell.cpp
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index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/src/shell/shell.h b/src/shell/shell.h
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index 000000000..e69de29bb