diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d09bb20..f58214b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,29 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
 
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(glfw)
 
+# Compiles the shaders #
+set(SHADER_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shaders")
+file(GLOB SHADERS
+    "${SHADER_DIR}/*.frag"
+    "${SHADER_DIR}/*.vert"
+)
+
+foreach (SHADER ${SHADERS})
+    get_filename_component(FILENAME_WE ${SHADER} NAME_WE)
+    set(SPIRV_FILE "${SHADER_DIR}/${FILENAME_WE}.spv")
+
+    add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${SPIRV_FILE}
+        COMMAND ${Vulkan_GLSLANG_VALIDATOR_EXECUTABLE} -V ${SHADER} -o ${SPIRV_FILE}
+        DEPENDS ${SHADER}
+        COMMENT "Compiling shader ${FILENAME}"
+    )
+
+    list(APPEND SPIRV_BINARY_FILES ${SPIRV_FILE})
+endforeach()
+
+add_custom_target(CompileShaders ALL DEPENDS ${SPIRV_BINARY_FILES})
+
 # Creates the output binary
 project(VulkanRenderer LANGUAGES CXX)
 add_executable(VulkanRenderer
@@ -39,6 +62,8 @@ add_executable(VulkanRenderer
         src/VulkanRenderer.h
 )
 
+add_dependencies(VulkanRenderer CompileShaders)
+
 target_precompile_headers(VulkanRenderer PRIVATE src/VulkanRenderer.h)
 
 # Links the libraries to the binary #