diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 55d2cde8..15646251 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
 
 add_subdirectory(swaybg)
 add_subdirectory(swaymsg)
+add_subdirectory(swaygrab)
 
 find_package(XKBCommon REQUIRED)
 find_package(WLC REQUIRED)
diff --git a/swaygrab/CMakeLists.txt b/swaygrab/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b47a694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swaygrab/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+project(swaygrab)
+
+set(CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../bin/)
+
+FILE(GLOB sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.c)
+FILE(GLOB common ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../common/*.c)
+
+add_executable(swaygrab
+  ${sources}
+  ${common}
+)
+
+install(
+  TARGETS   swaygrab
+  RUNTIME   DESTINATION bin
+  COMPONENT runtime)
diff --git a/swaygrab/main.c b/swaygrab/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a15bd06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swaygrab/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "log.h"
+
+void sway_terminate(void) {
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
+	init_log(L_INFO);
+	sway_log(L_INFO, "Hello world!");
+}