diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75d40b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+project(matplotlibcpp CXX)
+
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+find_package(PythonLibs 2.7 REQUIRED)
+
+add_library(matplotlibcpp INTERFACE)
+
+target_include_directories(matplotlibcpp
+	INTERFACE
+		${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+		$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}>
+		$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:./>)
+
+target_link_libraries(matplotlibcpp INTERFACE ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
+
+# 'make install' to the correct locations (provided by GNUInstallDirs).
+install(TARGETS matplotlibcpp EXPORT matplotlibcpp-config
+    ARCHIVE  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+    LIBRARY  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+    RUNTIME  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+install(FILES matplotlibcpp.h DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
+install(EXPORT matplotlibcpp-config DESTINATION cmake)
+
+# Makes the project importable from the build directory
+export(TARGETS matplotlibcpp FILE matplotlibcpp-config.cmake)
diff --git a/matplotlibcpp.h b/matplotlibcpp.h
index ca81460a..bc0d13bc 100644
--- a/matplotlibcpp.h
+++ b/matplotlibcpp.h
@@ -407,11 +407,10 @@ namespace matplotlibcpp {
 		PyObject* yerrarray = get_array(yerr);
 
 		PyObject *kwargs = PyDict_New();
+		PyDict_SetItemString(kwargs, "fmt", PyString_FromString(s.c_str()));
 
 		PyDict_SetItemString(kwargs, "yerr", yerrarray);
 
-		PyObject *pystring = PyString_FromString(s.c_str());
-
 		PyObject *plot_args = PyTuple_New(2);
 		PyTuple_SetItem(plot_args, 0, xarray);
 		PyTuple_SetItem(plot_args, 1, yarray);