diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5d6f017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+find_package(Git REQUIRED QUIET)
+
+project(CPM LANGUAGES NONE)
+
+if(GIT_EXECUTABLE)
+  # Generate a git-describe version string from Git repository tags
+  execute_process(
+    COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} tag --points-at HEAD
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE CURRENT_CPM_VERSION
+    RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_DESCRIBE_ERROR_CODE
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+  )
+  if(NOT GIT_DESCRIBE_ERROR_CODE AND NOT CURRENT_CPM_VERSION STREQUAL "")
+    string(SUBSTRING ${CURRENT_CPM_VERSION} 1 -1 CURRENT_CPM_VERSION)
+  else()
+    set(CURRENT_CPM_VERSION 1.0.0-development-version)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/CPM.cmake")
diff --git a/cmake/CPM.cmake b/cmake/CPM.cmake
index 60b8fd6c..6db29283 100644
--- a/cmake/CPM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CPM.cmake
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ if(NOT COMMAND cpm_message)
   endfunction()
 endif()
 
-set(CURRENT_CPM_VERSION 1.0.0-development-version)
+if(NOT ${PROJECT_NAME} STREQUAL "CPM")
+  set(CURRENT_CPM_VERSION 1.0.0-development-version)
+endif()
 
 get_filename_component(CPM_CURRENT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}" REALPATH)
 if(CPM_DIRECTORY)