diff --git a/tools/imglab/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/imglab/CMakeLists.txt
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+#
+# This is a CMake makefile.  You can find the cmake utility and
+# information about it at http://www.cmake.org
+#
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+
+# create a variable called target_name and set it to the string "imglab"
+set (target_name imglab)
+
+PROJECT(${target_name})
+
+# add all the cpp files we want to compile to this list.  This tells
+# cmake that they are part of our target (which is the executable named imglab)
+ADD_EXECUTABLE(${target_name} 
+   src/main.cpp
+)
+
+
+
+# add the folder containing the dlib folder to the include path
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(../..)
+
+# There is a CMakeLists.txt file in the dlib source folder that tells cmake
+# how to build the dlib library.  Tell cmake about that file.
+add_subdirectory(../../dlib dlib_build)
+
+# Tell cmake to link our target executable to the non-gui version of the dlib
+# library.  
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${target_name} dlib )
+
+
+
+INSTALL(TARGETS ${target_name}
+	RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+	)
+
+
+#set default build type to Release
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING
+      "Choose the type of build, options are: Debug Release
+      RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel." FORCE)
+endif()
+
diff --git a/tools/imglab/src/main.cpp b/tools/imglab/src/main.cpp
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+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+
+#include <dlib/cmd_line_parser.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace dlib;
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        typedef dlib::cmd_line_parser<char>::check_1a_c parser_type;
+
+        parser_type parser;
+
+        parser.add_option("h","Displays this information.");
+        parser.add_option("c","Create an XML file named <arg> listing a set of images.",1);
+
+        parser.parse(argc, argv);
+
+        const char* singles[] = {"h","c"};
+        parser.check_one_time_options(singles);
+
+        if (parser.option("h"))
+        {
+            cout << "Options:\n";
+            parser.print_options(cout);
+            cout << endl;
+            return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+        }
+
+        if (parser.option("c"))
+        {
+
+            return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+        }
+
+    }
+    catch (exception& e)
+    {
+        cout << e.what() << endl;
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+}
+