diff --git a/modules/core/applications.nix b/modules/core/applications.nix
index 10103a5..ec3048f 100644
--- a/modules/core/applications.nix
+++ b/modules/core/applications.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     ++ lib.optionals config.bchmnn.collections.development.enable [
       pkgs.gcc13
       pkgs.clang
+      pkgs.cmake
       pkgs.universal-ctags # a maintained ctags implementation
       pkgs.unifdef # selectively remove c preprocessor conditionals
       pkgs.doxygen # source code documentation generator tool