diff --git a/vtkm/CMakeLists.txt b/vtkm/CMakeLists.txt
index 6542c7e65..1409a771c 100644
--- a/vtkm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vtkm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ add_subdirectory(internal)
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #add the control and exec folders
 add_subdirectory(cont)
+add_subdirectory(exec)
diff --git a/vtkm/exec/CMakeLists.txt b/vtkm/exec/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b167b69a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vtkm/exec/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+##============================================================================
+##  Copyright (c) Kitware, Inc.
+##  All rights reserved.
+##  See LICENSE.txt for details.
+##  This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+##  the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+##  PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.
+##
+##  Copyright 2014 Sandia Corporation.
+##  Copyright 2014 UT-Battelle, LLC.
+##  Copyright 2014. Los Alamos National Security
+##
+##  Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation,
+##  the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
+##
+##  Under the terms of Contract DE-AC52-06NA25396 with Los Alamos National
+##  Laboratory (LANL), the U.S. Government retains certain rights in
+##  this software.
+##============================================================================
+
+set(headers
+  )
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+add_subdirectory(internal)
+
+vtkm_declare_headers(${impl_headers} ${headers})
+
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# add_subdirectory(testing)
diff --git a/vtkm/exec/internal/CMakeLists.txt b/vtkm/exec/internal/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cb1c2846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vtkm/exec/internal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+##============================================================================
+##  Copyright (c) Kitware, Inc.
+##  All rights reserved.
+##  See LICENSE.txt for details.
+##  This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+##  the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+##  PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.
+##
+##  Copyright 2014 Sandia Corporation.
+##  Copyright 2014 UT-Battelle, LLC.
+##  Copyright 2014. Los Alamos National Security
+##
+##  Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation,
+##  the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
+##
+##  Under the terms of Contract DE-AC52-06NA25396 with Los Alamos National
+##  Laboratory (LANL), the U.S. Government retains certain rights in
+##  this software.
+##============================================================================
+
+set(headers
+  ErrorMessageBuffer.h
+  WorkletBase.h
+  )
+
+vtkm_declare_headers(${headers})
+
+#add_subdirectory(test)