diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a46222a649..f34a3097ac 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ endif()
 include(AddCustomXXXTimestamp)
 add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
 add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/media/baseset)
+add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     foreach(tgt IN ITEMS ${host_tools_list})
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ target_link_libraries(openttd
     openttd::languages
     openttd::settings
     openttd::basesets
+    openttd::binfiles
     Threads::Threads
 )
 
diff --git a/bin/CMakeLists.txt b/bin/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4ab6029fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+macro(copy_bin_dir dir)
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCE_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${dir}/*")
+    # Walk over all the bin files, and generate a command to copy them
+    foreach(SOURCE_FILE IN LISTS SOURCE_FILES)
+        get_filename_component(FILE_NAME "${SOURCE_FILE}" NAME)
+        set(BINARY_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${dir}/${FILE_NAME}")
+
+        add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${BINARY_FILE}
+                COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
+                        ${SOURCE_FILE}
+                        ${BINARY_FILE}
+                MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${SOURCE_FILE}
+                COMMENT "Copying ${FILE_NAME} bin/${dir}/ file"
+        )
+
+        list(APPEND BIN_BINARY_FILES ${BINARY_FILE})
+    endforeach()
+endmacro()
+
+copy_bin_dir(ai)
+copy_bin_dir(game)
+copy_bin_dir(scripts)
+
+# Create a new target which generates all bin files
+add_custom_target_timestamp(binfiles_files
+        DEPENDS
+        ${BIN_BINARY_FILES}
+)
+
+add_library(binfiles
+        INTERFACE
+)
+add_dependencies(binfiles
+        binfiles_files
+)
+add_library(openttd::binfiles ALIAS binfiles)