diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b1f6927ee..43c163b61 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ mk_cmake:
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(MK_INSTALL_PATH) \
 		-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$(VCPKG_UNIX_PATH) \
 		-DKOMPUTE_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS=$(MK_KOMPUTE_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS) \
+		-DKOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_TESTS=1 \
+		-DKOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_DOCS=1 \
+		-DKOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_SHADERS=1 \
+		-DKOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_SINGLE_HEADER=1 \
+		-DKOMPUTE_OPT_ENABLE_SPDLOG=1 \
 		$(MK_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS) \
 		-G "Unix Makefiles"
 
@@ -89,6 +94,11 @@ vs_cmake:
 		$(VS_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS) \
 		-DKOMPUTE_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS=$(VS_KOMPUTE_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS) \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(VS_INSTALL_PATH) \
+		-DKOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_TESTS=1 \
+		-DKOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_DOCS=1 \
+		-DKOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_SHADERS=1 \
+		-DKOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_SINGLE_HEADER=1 \
+		-DKOMPUTE_OPT_ENABLE_SPDLOG=1 \
 		-G "Visual Studio 16 2019"
 
 vs_build_all:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb438a473..6ad1b4489 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -246,6 +246,37 @@ Simplified Kompute Components
 
 ## Build Overview
 
+The build system provided is CMAKE which allows for cross platform builds. Below is a brief overview of the build system.
+
+### CMAKE parameters
+
+The recommended approach to build the project is as out-of-source build in the `build` folder. This project comes with a `Makefile` that provides a set of commands that help with developer workflows. You can see some of the commands if you want to add some of the more advanced commands.
+
+For a base build you just have to run:
+```
+cmake -Bbuild
+```
+
+This by default configures without any of the extra build tasks (such as building shaders) and compiles without the optional dependencies. The table below provides more detail.
+
+|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| -DKOMPUTE_ENABLE_SPDLOG=1           | Enables the build with SPDLOG and FMT dependencies (must be installed)   |
+|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\            | Enables local installation (which won't require admin privileges)        |
+| "build/src/CMakefiles/Export/"      | This can be used for the standalone samples in the examples folder       |
+|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="..."        | This is the path for your package manager if you use it such as vcpkg    |
+|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| -DKOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_TESTS=1         | Enable if you wish to build and run the tests (must have deps installed. |
+|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| -DKOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_DOCS=1          | Enable if you wish to build the docs (must have docs deps installed)     |
+|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| -DKOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_SINGLE_HEADER=1 | Option to build the single header file using "quom" utility              |
+|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| -DKOMPUTE_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS="..."     | Allows you to pass extra config flags to compiler                        |
+|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+
+
 ### Dependencies
 
 Given Kompute is expected to be used across a broad range of architectures and hardware, it will be important to make sure we are able to minimise dependencies.