diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 45faa45826..62b22af84d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 set(CMAKE_Swift_MODULE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/swift)
 
+# Optionally build tools (on by default) but only when building shared libraries
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    option(FOUNDATION_BUILD_TOOLS "build tools" ON)
+endif()
+
 set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE YES)
 
 # Fetchable dependcies
diff --git a/Sources/CMakeLists.txt b/Sources/CMakeLists.txt
index 457edf4d2b..0ee266a4bc 100644
--- a/Sources/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Sources/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ add_subdirectory(_CFURLSessionInterface)
 add_subdirectory(Foundation)
 add_subdirectory(FoundationXML)
 add_subdirectory(FoundationNetworking)
+if(FOUNDATION_BUILD_TOOLS)
+	add_subdirectory(plutil)
+endif()
diff --git a/Sources/plutil/CMakeLists.txt b/Sources/plutil/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6795e6894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/plutil/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+##===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+##
+## This source file is part of the Swift open source project
+##
+## Copyright (c) 2024 Apple Inc. and the Swift project authors
+## Licensed under Apache License v2.0
+##
+## See LICENSE.txt for license information
+## See CONTRIBUTORS.md for the list of Swift project authors
+##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+##
+##===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+
+add_executable(plutil
+	main.swift)
+
+target_link_libraries(plutil PRIVATE
+	Foundation)
+
+target_link_options(plutil PRIVATE
+    "SHELL:-no-toolchain-stdlib-rpath")
+
+set_target_properties(plutil PROPERTIES
+	INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN/../lib/swift/${SWIFT_SYSTEM_NAME}")
+
+set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY Foundation_EXPORTS plutil)
+install(TARGETS plutil
+	DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})