diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6636d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.2)
+project (StatsdClient)
+
+set (StatsdClient_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
+set (StatsdClient_VERSION_MINOR 0)
+
+include_directories ("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src")
+add_subdirectory (src)
+
+configure_file (
+  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/StatsdClientConfig.h.in"
+  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/StatsdClientConfig.h"
+  )
+
+target_compile_features(StatsdClient PRIVATE cxx_nullptr)
+
+include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
+
+install (FILES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/StatsdClientConfig.h"
+         DESTINATION include)
+
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c67f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+add_library(StatsdClient statsd_client.cpp)
+
+install (TARGETS StatsdClient DESTINATION lib)
+install (FILES statsd_client.h DESTINATION include)
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index bfeb08f..0000000
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-
-CXX=g++
-CPPFLAGS += -Wall -g
-
-TARGET			= statsd_client
-TARGET_LIB		= lib$(TARGET).a
-TARGET_HEADER	= $(TARGET).h
-TARGET_SOURCE	= $(TARGET).cpp
-TARGET_OBJ		= $(TARGET).o
-
-all: $(TARGET_LIB)
-
-$(TARGET_LIB): $(TARGET_OBJ)
-	ar crus $@ $<
-
-$(TARGET_OBJ): $(TARGET_SOURCE) $(TARGET_HEADER)
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $< $(CPPFLAGS)
-
-clean:
-	rm -f $(TARGET_OBJ) $(TARGET_LIB)
-
diff --git a/src/StatsdClientConfig.h.in b/src/StatsdClientConfig.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37dc48d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/StatsdClientConfig.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#define StatsdClient_VERSION_MAJOR @StatsdClient_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define StatsdClient_VERSION_MINOR @StatsdClient_VERSION_MINOR@
diff --git a/src/statsd_client.cpp b/src/statsd_client.cpp
index 1fbadfa..8eb3d87 100644
--- a/src/statsd_client.cpp
+++ b/src/statsd_client.cpp
@@ -1,15 +1,26 @@
-
 #include <math.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
 #include <time.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <random>
 #include "statsd_client.h"
-#include <fcntl.h>
+
+
+/* platform-specific headers */
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    #include <winsock2.h>
+    #include <ws2tcpip.h>
+    #define CLOSE_SOCKET(s) closesocket(s)
+#else
+    #include <sys/socket.h>
+    #include <arpa/inet.h>
+    #include <netdb.h>  /* Needed for getaddrinfo() and freeaddrinfo() */
+    #include <unistd.h> /* Needed for close() */
+
+    #define CLOSE_SOCKET(s) close(s)
+#endif
 
 using namespace std;
 namespace statsd {
@@ -20,17 +31,6 @@ inline bool fequal(float a, float b)
     return ( fabs(a - b) < epsilon );
 }
 
-inline bool should_send(float sample_rate)
-{
-    if ( fequal(sample_rate, 1.0) )
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    float p = ((float)random() / RAND_MAX);
-    return sample_rate > p;
-}
-
 struct _StatsdClientData {
     int     sock;
     struct  sockaddr_in server;
@@ -40,25 +40,44 @@ struct _StatsdClientData {
     short   port;
     bool    init;
 
+    std::default_random_engine  rng_engine;
+    std::uniform_real_distribution<> rng_dist;
+
+
     char    errmsg[1024];
 };
 
+inline bool should_send(_StatsdClientData* d, float sample_rate)
+{
+    if ( fequal(sample_rate, 1.0) )
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    float p = d->rng_dist(d->rng_engine);
+    return sample_rate > p;
+}
+
 StatsdClient::StatsdClient(const string& host, int port, const string& ns)
 {
     d = new _StatsdClientData;
+
     d->sock = -1;
+    std::random_device rd;
+    d->rng_engine = std::default_random_engine(rd () );
+    d->rng_dist = std::uniform_real_distribution<>(0.0f, 1.0f);
+
     config(host, port, ns);
-    srandom(time(NULL));
 }
 
 StatsdClient::~StatsdClient()
 {
     // close socket
     if (d->sock >= 0) {
-        close(d->sock);
+        CLOSE_SOCKET(d->sock);
         d->sock = -1;
         delete d;
-        d = NULL;
+        d = nullptr;
     }
 }
 
@@ -69,7 +88,7 @@ void StatsdClient::config(const string& host, int port, const string& ns)
     d->port = port;
     d->init = false;
     if ( d->sock >= 0 ) {
-        close(d->sock);
+        CLOSE_SOCKET(d->sock);
     }
     d->sock = -1;
 }
@@ -88,25 +107,22 @@ int StatsdClient::init()
     d->server.sin_family = AF_INET;
     d->server.sin_port = htons(d->port);
 
-    int ret = inet_aton(d->host.c_str(), &d->server.sin_addr);
-    if ( ret == 0 )
-    {
-        // host must be a domain, get it from internet
-        struct addrinfo hints, *result = NULL;
-        memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
-        hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
-        hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
-
-        ret = getaddrinfo(d->host.c_str(), NULL, &hints, &result);
-        if ( ret ) {
-            snprintf(d->errmsg, sizeof(d->errmsg),
-                    "getaddrinfo fail, error=%d, msg=%s", ret, gai_strerror(ret) );
-            return -2;
-        }
-        struct sockaddr_in* host_addr = (struct sockaddr_in*)result->ai_addr;
-        memcpy(&d->server.sin_addr, &host_addr->sin_addr, sizeof(struct in_addr));
-        freeaddrinfo(result);
+    // host must be a domain, get it from internet
+    struct addrinfo hints, *result = NULL;
+    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
+    hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
+    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
+
+    // looks up IPv4/IPv6 address by host name or stringized IP address
+    int ret = getaddrinfo(d->host.c_str(), NULL, &hints, &result);
+    if ( ret ) {
+        snprintf(d->errmsg, sizeof(d->errmsg),
+                "getaddrinfo fail, error=%d, msg=%s", ret, gai_strerror(ret) );
+        return -2;
     }
+    struct sockaddr_in* host_addr = (struct sockaddr_in*)result->ai_addr;
+    memcpy(&d->server.sin_addr, &host_addr->sin_addr, sizeof(struct in_addr));
+    freeaddrinfo(result);
 
     d->init = true;
     return 0;
@@ -150,7 +166,7 @@ int StatsdClient::timing(const string& key, size_t ms, float sample_rate)
 
 int StatsdClient::send(string key, size_t value, const string &type, float sample_rate)
 {
-    if (!should_send(sample_rate)) {
+    if (!should_send(this->d, sample_rate)) {
         return 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/statsd_client.h b/src/statsd_client.h
index 9e97e83..874b023 100644
--- a/src/statsd_client.h
+++ b/src/statsd_client.h
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 #ifndef STATSD_CLIENT_H
 #define STATSD_CLIENT_H
 
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include "../StatsdClientConfig.h"
+
 #include <string>
 
+
 namespace statsd {
 
 struct _StatsdClientData;