diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b76f03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mason_packages
+node_modules
+build
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b08bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule ".mason"]
+	path = .mason
+	url = https://github.com/mapbox/mason
diff --git a/.mason b/.mason
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..76de7eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mason
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 76de7ebd9bfc838c23754c23f9cc745a4c84da9f
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8131feb..c645dce 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,35 @@
-language: node_js
-node_js:
-  - "4"
-  - "stable"
+sudo: false
+dist: trusty
+cache: apt
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - language: generic
+      env: CXX=g++-5
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources: [ 'ubuntu-toolchain-r-test' ]
+          packages: [ 'g++-5' ]
+      script:
+        - make test
+
+    - language: generic
+      env: CXX=clang++-3.8
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources: [ 'ubuntu-toolchain-r-test' ]
+          packages: [ 'clang-3.8', 'libstdc++-5-dev', 'libstdc++6' ]
+      script:
+        - make test
+
+    - language: node
+      node_js: 4
+      script:
+        - npm install
+        - npm test
+
+    - language: node
+      node_js: stable
+      script:
+        - npm install
+        - npm test
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3987c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+CXXFLAGS += -I. -std=c++14 -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -Werror -g -fPIC
+
+MASON ?= .mason/mason
+VARIANT = variant 1.1.4
+GEOMETRY = geometry 0.9.0
+RAPIDJSON = rapidjson 1.1.0
+
+DEPS = `$(MASON) cflags $(VARIANT)` \
+       `$(MASON) cflags $(GEOMETRY)` \
+       `$(MASON) cflags $(RAPIDJSON)`
+
+mason_packages/headers/geometry:
+	$(MASON) install $(VARIANT)
+	$(MASON) install $(GEOMETRY)
+	$(MASON) install $(RAPIDJSON)
+
+build:
+	mkdir -p build
+
+build/test: test/test.cpp polylabel.hpp build mason_packages/headers/geometry
+	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(DEPS) $< -o $@
+
+test: build/test
+	./build/test
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d979510..09b00fb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "polylabel",
   "version": "1.0.2",
   "description": "A JS library for finding optimal label position inside a polygon",
-  "main": "index.js",
+  "main": "polylabel.js",
   "scripts": {
     "pretest": "eslint *.js test/*.js",
     "test": "tape test/test.js"
diff --git a/polylabel.hpp b/polylabel.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c6bb75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polylabel.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <mapbox/geometry/polygon.hpp>
+#include <mapbox/geometry/envelope.hpp>
+#include <mapbox/geometry/point.hpp>
+#include <mapbox/geometry/point_arithmetic.hpp>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <queue>
+
+namespace mapbox {
+
+namespace detail {
+
+// get squared distance from a point to a segment
+template <class T>
+T getSegDistSq(const geometry::point<T>& p,
+               const geometry::point<T>& a,
+               const geometry::point<T>& b) {
+    auto x = a.x;
+    auto y = a.y;
+    auto dx = b.x - x;
+    auto dy = b.y - y;
+
+    if (dx != 0 || dy != 0) {
+
+        auto t = ((p.x - x) * dx + (p.y - y) * dy) / (dx * dx + dy * dy);
+
+        if (t > 1) {
+            x = b.x;
+            y = b.y;
+
+        } else if (t > 0) {
+            x += dx * t;
+            y += dy * t;
+        }
+    }
+
+    dx = p.x - x;
+    dy = p.y - y;
+
+    return dx * dx + dy * dy;
+}
+
+// signed distance from point to polygon outline (negative if point is outside)
+template <class T>
+auto pointToPolygonDist(const geometry::point<T>& point, const geometry::polygon<T>& polygon) {
+    bool inside = false;
+    auto minDistSq = std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity();
+
+    for (const auto& ring : polygon) {
+        for (std::size_t i = 0, len = ring.size(), j = len - 1; i < len; j = i++) {
+            const auto& a = ring[i];
+            const auto& b = ring[j];
+
+            if ((a.y > point.y) != (b.y > point.y) &&
+                (point.x < (b.x - a.x) * (point.y - a.y) / (b.y - a.y) + a.x)) inside = !inside;
+
+            minDistSq = std::min(minDistSq, getSegDistSq(point, a, b));
+        }
+    }
+
+    return (inside ? 1 : -1) * std::sqrt(minDistSq);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+struct Cell {
+    Cell(const geometry::point<T>& c_, T h_, const geometry::polygon<T>& polygon)
+        : c(c_),
+          h(h_),
+          d(pointToPolygonDist(c, polygon)),
+          max(d + h * std::sqrt(2))
+        {}
+
+    geometry::point<T> c; // cell center
+    T h; // half the cell size
+    T d; // distance from cell center to polygon
+    T max; // max distance to polygon within a cell
+};
+
+// get polygon centroid
+template <class T>
+Cell<T> getCentroidCell(const geometry::polygon<T>& polygon) {
+    T area = 0;
+    geometry::point<T> c { 0, 0 };
+    const auto& ring = polygon.at(0);
+
+    for (std::size_t i = 0, len = ring.size(), j = len - 1; i < len; j = i++) {
+        const geometry::point<T>& a = ring[i];
+        const geometry::point<T>& b = ring[j];
+        auto f = a.x * b.y - b.x * a.y;
+        c.x += (a.x + b.x) * f;
+        c.y += (a.y + b.y) * f;
+        area += f * 3;
+    }
+
+    return Cell<T>(area == 0 ? ring.at(0) : c / area, 0, polygon);
+}
+
+} // namespace detail
+
+template <class T>
+geometry::point<T> polylabel(const geometry::polygon<T>& polygon, T precision = 1, bool debug = false) {
+    using namespace detail;
+
+    // find the bounding box of the outer ring
+    const geometry::box<T> envelope = geometry::envelope(polygon.at(0));
+
+    const geometry::point<T> size {
+        envelope.max.x - envelope.min.x,
+        envelope.max.y - envelope.min.y
+    };
+
+    const T cellSize = std::min(size.x, size.y);
+    T h = cellSize / 2;
+
+    // a priority queue of cells in order of their "potential" (max distance to polygon)
+    auto compareMax = [] (const Cell<T>& a, const Cell<T>& b) {
+        return a.max < b.max;
+    };
+    using Queue = std::priority_queue<Cell<T>, std::vector<Cell<T>>, decltype(compareMax)>;
+    Queue cellQueue(compareMax);
+
+    if (cellSize == 0) {
+        return envelope.min;
+    }
+
+    // cover polygon with initial cells
+    for (T x = envelope.min.x; x < envelope.max.x; x += cellSize) {
+        for (T y = envelope.min.y; y < envelope.max.y; y += cellSize) {
+            cellQueue.push(Cell<T>({x + h, y + h}, h, polygon));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // take centroid as the first best guess
+    auto bestCell = getCentroidCell(polygon);
+
+    // special case for rectangular polygons
+    Cell<T> bboxCell(envelope.min + size / 2.0, 0, polygon);
+    if (bboxCell.d > bestCell.d) {
+        bestCell = bboxCell;
+    }
+
+    auto numProbes = cellQueue.size();
+    while (!cellQueue.empty()) {
+        // pick the most promising cell from the queue
+        auto cell = cellQueue.top();
+        cellQueue.pop();
+
+        // update the best cell if we found a better one
+        if (cell.d > bestCell.d) {
+            bestCell = cell;
+            if (debug) std::cout << "found best " << std::round(1e4 * cell.d) / 1e4 << " after " << numProbes << " probes" << std::endl;
+        }
+
+        // do not drill down further if there's no chance of a better solution
+        if (cell.max - bestCell.d <= precision) continue;
+
+        // split the cell into four cells
+        h = cell.h / 2;
+        cellQueue.push(Cell<T>({cell.c.x - h, cell.c.y - h}, h, polygon));
+        cellQueue.push(Cell<T>({cell.c.x + h, cell.c.y - h}, h, polygon));
+        cellQueue.push(Cell<T>({cell.c.x - h, cell.c.y + h}, h, polygon));
+        cellQueue.push(Cell<T>({cell.c.x + h, cell.c.y + h}, h, polygon));
+        numProbes += 4;
+    }
+
+    if (debug) {
+        std::cout << "num probes: " << numProbes << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "best distance: " << bestCell.d << std::endl;
+    }
+
+    return bestCell.c;
+}
+
+} // namespace mapbox
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.js b/polylabel.js
similarity index 100%
rename from index.js
rename to polylabel.js
diff --git a/test/test.cpp b/test/test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7af0d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#include <polylabel.hpp>
+
+#include <rapidjson/document.h>
+#include <rapidjson/writer.h>
+#include <rapidjson/stringbuffer.h>
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace mapbox;
+
+// Use the CrtAllocator, because the MemoryPoolAllocator is broken on ARM
+// https://github.com/miloyip/rapidjson/issues/200, 301, 388
+using rapidjson_allocator = rapidjson::CrtAllocator;
+using rapidjson_document = rapidjson::GenericDocument<rapidjson::UTF8<>, rapidjson_allocator>;
+using rapidjson_value = rapidjson::GenericValue<rapidjson::UTF8<>, rapidjson_allocator>;
+
+geometry::polygon<double> fixture(const std::string& path) {
+    std::ifstream t(path.c_str());
+    std::stringstream buffer;
+    buffer << t.rdbuf();
+
+    rapidjson_document d;
+    d.Parse(buffer.str().c_str());
+
+    geometry::polygon<double> result;
+
+    for (const auto& ringArray : d.GetArray()) {
+        geometry::linear_ring<double> ring;
+        for (const auto& point : ringArray.GetArray()) {
+            ring.push_back({
+                point[0].GetDouble(),
+                point[1].GetDouble()
+            });
+        }
+        result.push_back(std::move(ring));
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+int main() {
+    geometry::polygon<double> water1 = fixture("./test/fixtures/water1.json");
+    geometry::polygon<double> water2 = fixture("./test/fixtures/water2.json");
+
+    // finds pole of inaccessibility for water1 and precision 1
+    assert(polylabel(water1, 1.0) == geometry::point<double>(3865.85009765625, 2124.87841796875));
+
+    // finds pole of inaccessibility for water1 and precision 50
+    assert(polylabel(water1, 50.0) == geometry::point<double>(3854.296875, 2123.828125));
+
+    // finds pole of inaccessibility for water2 and default precision 1
+    assert(polylabel(water2) == geometry::point<double>(3263.5, 3263.5));
+
+    // works on degenerate polygons
+    assert(polylabel(geometry::polygon<double>({{{0, 0}, {1, 0}, {2, 0}, {0, 0}}}))
+        == geometry::point<double>(0, 0));
+    assert(polylabel(geometry::polygon<double>({{{0, 0}, {1, 0}, {1, 1}, {1, 0}, {0, 0}}}))
+        == geometry::point<double>(0, 0));
+
+    return 0;
+}