diff --git a/modules/line_descriptor/.gitignore b/modules/line_descriptor/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4819118a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/line_descriptor/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.o
+./bin/*
+.~
diff --git a/modules/line_descriptor/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/line_descriptor/CMakeLists.txt
index b21a10bd4..aa7d995b1 100644
--- a/modules/line_descriptor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/line_descriptor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,64 +1,2 @@
-#INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(/data1/lz/LilianTests/ARPACKLAB/arpack++/include/)
-#INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(/data1/lz/LilianTests/ARPACKLAB/arpack++)
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(/usr/include/arpack++/include/)
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(/usr/include/arpack++)
-
-#project name
-PROJECT(LILIANTESTS)
-
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
-
-if(COMMAND cmake_policy)
-  cmake_policy(SET CMP0003 NEW)
-endif(COMMAND cmake_policy)
-
-SET(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
-
-## where are user-specific cmake modules
-SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH $ENV{CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
-
-OPTION(USE_BIAS OFF)
-
-#IF(USE_BIAS)
-#FIND_PACKAGE(BIAS)
-#IF(BIAS_FOUND)
-#  INCLUDE(${BIAS_USE_FILE})
-#ELSE(BIAS_FOUND)
-#  MESSAGE(SEND_ERROR "BIAS lib not found.")
-#ENDIF(BIAS_FOUND)
-#ENDIF(USE_BIAS)
-
-
-IF(USE_BIAS)
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${BIAS_INCLUDE_DIR} /usr/local/include/BIAS /usr/include/ImageMagick /usr/local/include/opencv2 ${WXWIDGETS_INCLUDE_DIR})
-LINK_DIRECTORIES( ${BIAS_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
-ENDIF(USE_BIAS)
-  
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${BIAS_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++0x")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}  ${BIAS_C_FLAGS}")
-
-# source files of library "LineMatchingLib" to be created
-SET(LineMatchingLib_SRCS
-    #src/PairwiseLineMatching.cpp
-    src/LineDescriptor.cpp
-    src/EDLineDetector.cpp
-)
-# header files to be installed
-SET(LineMatchingLib_HEADER
-    #include/PairwiseLineMatching.hh
-    include/LineDescriptor.hh
-    include/EDLineDetector.hh
-    include/LineStructure.hh
-)
-
-
-ADD_LIBRARY(LineMatchingLib
-            ${LineMatchingLib_SRCS}
-            ${LineMatchingLib_HEADER})
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(LineMatchingLib /usr/lib/libsuperlu.so opencv_core opencv_highgui opencv_imgproc) 
-
-
-#ADD_EXECUTABLE(TestLineMatchingAlgorithm src/TestLineMatchingAlgorithm.cpp)
-#TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(TestLineMatchingAlgorithm   LineMatchingLib )
-
-
+set(the_description "Line descriptor")
+ocv_define_module(line_descriptor)