diff --git a/backends/trtllm/csrc/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/trtllm/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
index e69de29b..cffb9ef3 100644
--- a/backends/trtllm/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/trtllm/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
+
+project(tgi_trtllm_backend)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+
+# Projects user-defined variables
+set(TGI_TRTLLM_BACKEND_TRTLLM_ROOT_DIR CACHE PATH "Root path where to find TensorRT-LLM")
+
+# Project variables
+set(TGI_TRTLLM_BACKEND_SOURCES backend.cpp)
+
+if (NOT EXISTS ${TGI_TRTLLM_BACKEND_TRTLLM_ROOT_DIR})
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find TensorRT-LLM at ${TGI_TRTLLM_BACKEND_TRTLLM_ROOT_DIR}")
+endif ()
+
+message(STATUS "Found TensorRT-LLM ${TGI_TRTLLM_BACKEND_TRTLLM_ROOT_DIR}")
+
+# Set some TensorRT-LLM specific variables
+set(TRTLLM_ROOT_DIR ${TGI_TRTLLM_BACKEND_TRTLLM_ROOT_DIR})
+set(TRTLLM_INCLUDE_DIR "${TRTLLM_ROOT_DIR}/include")
+set(TRTLLM_SOURCES_DIR "${TRTLLM_ROOT_DIR}/cpp")
+
+# Ensure CUDA is found
+find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
+message(STATUS "CUDA library status:")
+message(STATUS "    version: ${CUDAToolkit_VERSION}")
+message(STATUS "    libraries: ${CUDAToolkit_LIBRARY_DIR}")
+message(STATUS "    include path: ${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+
+#include(${TRTLLM_ROOT_DIR}/cpp/cmake/modules/set_ifndef.cmake)
+#include(${TRTLLM_ROOT_DIR}/cpp/cmake/modules/find_library_create_target.cmake)
+#
+#set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -pthread -lstdc++")
+#set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3")
+#
+## TRT dependencies
+#set_ifndef(TRT_LIB_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+#set_ifndef(TRT_INCLUDE_DIR /usr/include/${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}-linux-gnu)
+#set(TRT_LIB nvinfer)
+## On Windows major version is appended to nvinfer libs.
+#if (WIN32)
+#    set(TRT_LIB_NAME nvinfer_10)
+#else ()
+#    set(TRT_LIB_NAME nvinfer)
+#endif ()
+#find_library_create_target(${TRT_LIB} ${TRT_LIB_NAME} SHARED ${TRT_LIB_DIR})
+#message(${TRT_INCLUDE_DIR})
+#include_directories("${TRT_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+#
+#if (${CUDAToolkit_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "11")
+#    add_definitions("-DENABLE_BF16")
+#    message(
+#            STATUS
+#            "CUDA_VERSION ${CUDA_VERSION} is greater or equal than 11.0, enable -DENABLE_BF16 flag"
+#    )
+#endif ()
+#
+#if (${CUDAToolkit_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "11.8")
+#    add_definitions("-DENABLE_FP8")
+#    message(
+#            STATUS
+#            "CUDA_VERSION ${CUDA_VERSION} is greater or equal than 11.8, enable -DENABLE_FP8 flag"
+#    )
+#endif ()
+#
+## tensorrt_llm shared lib
+#add_library(tensorrt_llm SHARED IMPORTED)
+#set_property(TARGET tensorrt_llm PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${TRTLLM_LIB_PATH})
+#set_property(
+#        TARGET tensorrt_llm PROPERTY IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES
+#        CUDA::cuda_driver CUDA::cudart_static CUDA::nvml)
+#
+## nvinfer_plugin_tensorrt_llm shared lib
+#add_library(nvinfer_plugin_tensorrt_llm SHARED IMPORTED)
+#set_property(TARGET nvinfer_plugin_tensorrt_llm PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${TRTLLM_PLUGIN_PATH})
+#set_property(TARGET nvinfer_plugin_tensorrt_llm PROPERTY IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES tensorrt_llm)
+#
+#include_directories(${TRTLLM_INCLUDE_DIR} ${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+add_library(tgi_trtllm_backend ${TGI_TRTLLM_BACKEND_SOURCES})
+target_link_libraries(tgi_trtllm_backend)
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