mkdir build cd build cmake .. make Note that the default build flags in the top-leve CMakeLists.txt are for debugging - optimisation isn't enabled. If you'll be building a lot, then installing Ninja[1] is highly recommended. Wipe out the build directory and recreate it, but using: cmake -GNinja .. ninja If you want to cross-compile then there are example toolchain files for 32-bit Intel and ARM in util/. Wipe out the build directory, recreate it and run cmake like this: cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../util/arm-toolchain.cmake -GNinja .. If you want to build as a shared library you need to tweak the STATIC tags in the CMakeLists.txts and also define BORINGSSL_SHARED_LIBRARY and BORINGSSL_IMPLEMENTATION. On Windows, where functions need to be tagged with "dllimport" when coming from a shared library, you need just BORINGSSL_SHARED_LIBRARY defined in the code which #includes the BoringSSL headers. To build on Windows, Yasm[2] is required for assembly. Either ensure yasm.exe is in %PATH% or configure CMAKE_ASM_NASM_COMPILER appropriately. Note that full Windows support is still in progress. [1] http://martine.github.io/ninja/ [2] http://yasm.tortall.net/