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@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ You may need to logout/login for the change (chsh) to take effect.
 Compiling fish requires:
 
 * a C++11 compiler (g++ 4.8 or later, or clang 3.3 or later)
-* either GNU Make (all platforms) or Xcode (macOS only)
+* CMake, or GNU Make (all platforms), or Xcode (macOS only)
 * a curses implementation such as ncurses (headers and libraries)
 * PCRE2 (headers and libraries) - a copy is included with fish
 * MuParser (headers and libraries) - a copy is included with fish
@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ Compiling from git (that is, not a released tarball) also requires:
 
 ### Building from source
 
+#### Using CMake
+
+```bash
+mkdir build; cd build
+cmake .. #  add -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release for release build
+make install
+````
+
+#### Using autotools
+
 ```bash
 autoreconf --no-recursive #if building from Git
 ./configure