diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 351a0f6c36..5e89031d85 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -138,6 +138,19 @@ set(DEBUG_PORT "/dev/ttyACM0" CACHE STRING "debugging port")
 #
 # must come before project to set toolchain
 
+string(REPLACE "_" ";" config_args ${CONFIG})
+list(GET config_args 0 OS)
+list(GET config_args 1 BOARD)
+list(GET config_args 2 LABEL)
+set(target_name "${OS}-${BOARD}-${LABEL}")
+
+message(STATUS "${target_name}")
+
+# switch to ros CMake file if building ros
+if (${OS} STREQUAL "ros")
+	include("cmake/ros-CMakeLists.txt")
+else()  # otherwise use the rest of this file
+
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 set(config_module "configs/${CONFIG}")
 include(${config_module})
@@ -179,14 +192,6 @@ set(version_patch 1)
 set(version "${version_major}.${version_minor}.${version_patch}")
 set(package-contact "px4users@googlegroups.com")
 
-string(REPLACE "_" ";" config_args ${CONFIG})
-list(GET config_args 0 OS)
-list(GET config_args 1 BOARD)
-list(GET config_args 2 LABEL)
-set(target_name "${OS}-${BOARD}-${LABEL}")
-
-message(STATUS "${target_name}")
-
 #=============================================================================
 # programs
 #
@@ -298,4 +303,6 @@ set(CPACK_GENERATOR "ZIP")
 set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "ZIP")
 include(CPack)
 
+endif() # ros alternative endif
+
 # vim: set noet fenc=utf-8 ff=unix ft=cmake :
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ea1344a4ef..387199e34b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -87,11 +87,16 @@ nuttx_sim_simple:
 posix_sitl_simple:
 	$(call cmake-build,$@)
 
+ros_sitl_simple:
+	$(call cmake-build,$@)
+
 qurt_eagle_travis:
 	$(call cmake-build,$@)
 
 posix: posix_sitl_simple
 
+ros: ros_sitl_simple
+
 run_sitl_quad: posix
 	Tools/sitl_run.sh posix-configs/SITL/init/rcS
 
diff --git a/cmake/ros-CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/ros-CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59c5bac304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/ros-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,333 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
+project(px4)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
+add_definitions(-D__PX4_ROS)
+add_definitions(-D__EXPORT=)
+add_definitions(-DMAVLINK_DIALECT=common)
+
+## Find catkin macros and libraries
+## if COMPONENTS list like find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS xyz)
+## is used, also find other catkin packages
+find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS
+  roscpp
+  rospy
+  std_msgs
+  geometry_msgs
+  message_generation
+  cmake_modules
+  gazebo_msgs
+  sensor_msgs
+  mav_msgs
+  libmavconn
+  tf
+)
+find_package(Eigen REQUIRED)
+
+## System dependencies are found with CMake's conventions
+# find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system)
+
+
+## Uncomment this if the package has a setup.py. This macro ensures
+## modules and global scripts declared therein get installed
+## See http://ros.org/doc/api/catkin/html/user_guide/setup_dot_py.html
+# catkin_python_setup()
+
+################################################
+## Declare ROS messages, services and actions ##
+################################################
+
+## To declare and build messages, services or actions from within this
+## package, follow these steps:
+## * Let MSG_DEP_SET be the set of packages whose message types you use in
+##   your messages/services/actions (e.g. std_msgs, actionlib_msgs, ...).
+## * In the file package.xml:
+##   * add a build_depend and a run_depend tag for each package in MSG_DEP_SET
+##   * If MSG_DEP_SET isn't empty the following dependencies might have been
+##     pulled in transitively but can be declared for certainty nonetheless:
+##     * add a build_depend tag for "message_generation"
+##     * add a run_depend tag for "message_runtime"
+## * In this file (CMakeLists.txt):
+##   * add "message_generation" and every package in MSG_DEP_SET to
+##     find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS ...)
+##   * add "message_runtime" and every package in MSG_DEP_SET to
+##     catkin_package(CATKIN_DEPENDS ...)
+##   * uncomment the add_*_files sections below as needed
+##     and list every .msg/.srv/.action file to be processed
+##   * uncomment the generate_messages entry below
+##   * add every package in MSG_DEP_SET to generate_messages(DEPENDENCIES ...)
+
+## Generate messages in the 'msg' folder
+add_message_files(
+  FILES
+  rc_channels.msg
+  vehicle_attitude.msg
+  vehicle_attitude_setpoint.msg
+  manual_control_setpoint.msg
+  actuator_controls.msg
+  actuator_controls_0.msg
+  actuator_controls_virtual_mc.msg
+  vehicle_rates_setpoint.msg
+  mc_virtual_rates_setpoint.msg
+  vehicle_attitude.msg
+  vehicle_control_mode.msg
+  actuator_armed.msg
+  parameter_update.msg
+  vehicle_status.msg
+  vehicle_local_position.msg
+  position_setpoint.msg
+  position_setpoint_triplet.msg
+  vehicle_local_position_setpoint.msg
+  vehicle_global_velocity_setpoint.msg
+  offboard_control_mode.msg
+  vehicle_force_setpoint.msg
+  distance_sensor.msg
+)
+
+## Generate services in the 'srv' folder
+# add_service_files(
+#   FILES
+#   Service1.srv
+#   Service2.srv
+# )
+
+## Generate actions in the 'action' folder
+# add_action_files(
+#   FILES
+#   Action1.action
+#   Action2.action
+# )
+
+## Generate added messages and services with any dependencies listed here
+generate_messages(
+  DEPENDENCIES
+  std_msgs
+  gazebo_msgs
+)
+
+###################################
+## catkin specific configuration ##
+###################################
+## The catkin_package macro generates cmake config files for your package
+## Declare things to be passed to dependent projects
+## INCLUDE_DIRS: uncomment this if you package contains header files
+## LIBRARIES: libraries you create in this project that dependent projects also need
+## CATKIN_DEPENDS: catkin_packages dependent projects also need
+## DEPENDS: system dependencies of this project that dependent projects also need
+catkin_package(
+  INCLUDE_DIRS src/include
+  LIBRARIES px4
+  CATKIN_DEPENDS message_runtime roscpp rospy std_msgs libmavconn
+  DEPENDS system_lib
+)
+
+###########
+## Build ##
+###########
+
+## Specify additional locations of header files
+## Your package locations should be listed before other locations
+include_directories(
+  ${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/platforms
+  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/platforms/ros/px4_messages
+  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/include
+  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/modules
+  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/modules
+  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/
+  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/lib
+  ${EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/integrationtests
+)
+
+## generate multiplatform wrapper headers
+## note that the message header files are generated as in any ROS project with generate_messages()
+set(MULTIPLATFORM_HEADER_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/platforms/ros/px4_messages)
+set(MULTIPLATFORM_TEMPLATE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/msg/templates/px4/ros)
+set(TOPICHEADER_TEMP_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/topics_temporary)
+set(MULTIPLATFORM_PREFIX px4_)
+add_custom_target(multiplatform_message_headers ALL ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Tools/px_generate_uorb_topic_headers.py
+	-d ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/msg -o ${MULTIPLATFORM_HEADER_DIR} -e ${MULTIPLATFORM_TEMPLATE_DIR}
+	-t ${TOPICHEADER_TEMP_DIR} -p ${MULTIPLATFORM_PREFIX})
+
+## Declare a cpp library
+add_library(px4
+  src/platforms/ros/px4_ros_impl.cpp
+  src/platforms/ros/perf_counter.cpp
+  src/platforms/ros/geo.cpp
+  src/lib/mathlib/math/Limits.cpp
+  src/modules/systemlib/circuit_breaker.cpp
+)
+add_dependencies(px4 ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp multiplatform_message_headers)
+
+target_link_libraries(px4
+  ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
+)
+
+## Declare a test publisher
+add_executable(publisher
+	src/examples/publisher/publisher_main.cpp
+	src/examples/publisher/publisher_example.cpp)
+add_dependencies(publisher ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp multiplatform_message_headers)
+target_link_libraries(publisher
+  ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
+  px4
+)
+
+## Declare a test subscriber
+add_executable(subscriber
+	src/examples/subscriber/subscriber_main.cpp
+	src/examples/subscriber/subscriber_example.cpp)
+add_dependencies(subscriber ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp multiplatform_message_headers)
+target_link_libraries(subscriber
+  ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
+  px4
+)
+
+## MC Attitude Control
+add_executable(mc_att_control
+	src/modules/mc_att_control_multiplatform/mc_att_control_main.cpp
+	src/modules/mc_att_control_multiplatform/mc_att_control.cpp
+	src/modules/mc_att_control_multiplatform/mc_att_control_base.cpp)
+add_dependencies(mc_att_control ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp_cpp)
+target_link_libraries(mc_att_control
+  ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
+  px4
+)
+
+## MC Position Control
+add_executable(mc_pos_control
+	src/modules/mc_pos_control_multiplatform/mc_pos_control_main.cpp
+	src/modules/mc_pos_control_multiplatform/mc_pos_control.cpp)
+add_dependencies(mc_pos_control ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp_cpp)
+target_link_libraries(mc_pos_control
+  ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
+  px4
+)
+
+## Attitude Estimator dummy
+add_executable(attitude_estimator
+	src/platforms/ros/nodes/attitude_estimator/attitude_estimator.cpp)
+add_dependencies(attitude_estimator ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp_cpp)
+target_link_libraries(attitude_estimator
+  ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
+  px4
+)
+
+## Position Estimator dummy
+add_executable(position_estimator
+	src/platforms/ros/nodes/position_estimator/position_estimator.cpp)
+add_dependencies(position_estimator ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp_cpp)
+target_link_libraries(position_estimator
+  ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
+  px4
+)
+
+## Manual input
+add_executable(manual_input
+	src/platforms/ros/nodes/manual_input/manual_input.cpp)
+add_dependencies(manual_input ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp_cpp)
+target_link_libraries(manual_input
+  ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
+  px4
+)
+
+## Multicopter Mixer dummy
+add_executable(mc_mixer
+  src/platforms/ros/nodes/mc_mixer/mc_mixer.cpp)
+add_dependencies(mc_mixer ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp_cpp)
+target_link_libraries(mc_mixer
+  ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
+  px4
+)
+
+## Commander dummy
+add_executable(commander
+	src/platforms/ros/nodes/commander/commander.cpp)
+add_dependencies(commander ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp_cpp)
+target_link_libraries(commander
+  ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
+  px4
+)
+
+## Mavlink dummy
+add_executable(mavlink
+	src/platforms/ros/nodes/mavlink/mavlink.cpp)
+add_dependencies(mavlink ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp_cpp)
+target_link_libraries(mavlink
+  ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
+  px4
+)
+
+## Offboard Position Setpoint Demo
+add_executable(demo_offboard_position_setpoints
+	src/platforms/ros/nodes/demo_offboard_position_setpoints/demo_offboard_position_setpoints.cpp)
+add_dependencies(demo_offboard_position_setpoints ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp_cpp)
+target_link_libraries(demo_offboard_position_setpoints
+  ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
+  px4
+)
+
+## Offboard Attitude Setpoint Demo
+add_executable(demo_offboard_attitude_setpoints
+	src/platforms/ros/nodes/demo_offboard_attitude_setpoints/demo_offboard_attitude_setpoints.cpp)
+add_dependencies(demo_offboard_attitude_setpoints ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp_cpp)
+target_link_libraries(demo_offboard_attitude_setpoints
+  ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
+  px4
+)
+
+#############
+## Install ##
+#############
+
+# all install targets should use catkin DESTINATION variables
+# See http://ros.org/doc/api/catkin/html/adv_user_guide/variables.html
+
+## Mark executable scripts (Python etc.) for installation
+## in contrast to setup.py, you can choose the destination
+# install(PROGRAMS
+#   scripts/my_python_script
+#   DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_BIN_DESTINATION}
+# )
+
+## Mark executables and/or libraries for installation
+install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
+  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_BIN_DESTINATION}
+)
+
+## Mark cpp header files for installation
+# install(DIRECTORY include/${PROJECT_NAME}/
+#   DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_INCLUDE_DESTINATION}
+#   FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h"
+#   PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
+# )
+
+## Mark other files for installation (e.g. launch and bag files, etc.)
+# install(FILES
+#   # myfile1
+#   # myfile2
+#   DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_SHARE_DESTINATION}
+# )
+
+#############
+## Testing ##
+#############
+
+## Add gtest based cpp test target and link libraries
+# catkin_add_gtest(${PROJECT_NAME}-test test/test_px4test.cpp)
+# if(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}-test)
+#   target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}-test ${PROJECT_NAME})
+# endif()
+
+## Add folders to be run by python nosetests
+# catkin_add_nosetests(test)
+
+if(CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING)
+  find_package(rostest REQUIRED)
+  add_rostest(integrationtests/demo_tests/direct_tests.launch)
+  add_rostest(integrationtests/demo_tests/mavros_tests.launch)
+endif()
+
+