diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84636a0a..86831f8b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -101,3 +101,6 @@ tests/triangle-vulkan
 tests/window
 tests/windows
 
+#build files
+bin/
+bin-obj/
diff --git a/premake5.lua b/premake5.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26794bc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/premake5.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+project "GLFW"
+    kind "StaticLib"
+    language "C"
+
+    targetdir ("bin/" .. outputdir .. "/%{prj.name}")
+    objdir ("bin-obj/" .. outputdir .. "/%{prj.name}")
+
+    files {
+        "include/GLFW/glfw3.h",
+        "include/GLFW/glfw3native.h",
+        "src/glfw_config.h",
+        "src/context.c",
+        "src/init.c",
+        "src/input.c",
+        "src/monitor.c",
+        "src/window.c",
+
+        "src/win32_init.c",
+        "src/win32_joystick.c",
+        "src/win32_monitor.c",
+        "src/win32_time.c",
+        "src/win32_thread.c",
+        "src/wgl_context.c",
+        "src/egl_context.c",
+        "src/osmesa_context.c"
+    }
+
+    staticruntime "off"
+    systemversion "latest"
+
+    defines {
+        "_GLFW_WIN32",
+        "_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
+    }
+
+    filter "configurations:Debug"
+		runtime "Debug"
+		symbols "on"
+
+	filter "configurations:Release"
+		runtime "Release"
+		optimize "on"
+
+    filter "configurations:Distribution"
+		runtime "Release"
+		optimize "on"
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