diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a434f07b..8d68ad183 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,114 @@ option(LLAMA_OPENBLAS               "llama: use OpenBLAS"
 option(LLAMA_BUILD_TESTS            "llama: build tests"    ${LLAMA_STANDALONE})
 option(LLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES         "llama: build examples" ${LLAMA_STANDALONE})
 
+INCLUDE(CheckCSourceRuns)
+
+SET(AVX_CODE "
+  #include <immintrin.h>
+  int main()
+  {
+    __m256 a;
+    a = _mm256_set1_ps(0);
+    return 0;
+  }
+")
+
+SET(AVX512_CODE "
+  #include <immintrin.h>
+  int main()
+  {
+    __m512i a = _mm512_set_epi8(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+    __m512i b = a;
+    __mmask64 equality_mask = _mm512_cmp_epi8_mask(a, b, _MM_CMPINT_EQ);
+    return 0;
+  }
+")
+
+SET(AVX2_CODE "
+  #include <immintrin.h>
+  int main()
+  {
+    __m256i a = {0};
+    a = _mm256_abs_epi16(a);
+    __m256i x;
+    _mm256_extract_epi64(x, 0); // we rely on this in our AVX2 code
+    return 0;
+  }
+")
+
+SET(FMA_CODE "
+  #include <immintrin.h>
+  int main()
+  {
+    __m256 acc = _mm256_setzero_ps();
+    const __m256 d = _mm256_setzero_ps();
+    const __m256 p = _mm256_setzero_ps();
+    acc = _mm256_fmadd_ps( d, p, acc );
+    return 0;
+  }
+")
+
+MACRO(CHECK_SSE type flags)
+  SET(__FLAG_I 1)
+  SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS_SAVE ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS})
+  FOREACH(__FLAG ${flags})
+    IF(NOT ${type}_FOUND)
+      SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS ${__FLAG})
+      CHECK_C_SOURCE_RUNS("${${type}_CODE}" HAS_${type}_${__FLAG_I})
+      IF(HAS_${type}_${__FLAG_I})
+        SET(${type}_FOUND TRUE CACHE BOOL "${type} support")
+        SET(${type}_FLAGS "${__FLAG}" CACHE STRING "${type} flags")
+      ENDIF()
+      MATH(EXPR __FLAG_I "${__FLAG_I}+1")
+    ENDIF()
+  ENDFOREACH()
+  SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS_SAVE})
+
+  IF(NOT ${type}_FOUND)
+    SET(${type}_FOUND FALSE CACHE BOOL "${type} support")
+    SET(${type}_FLAGS "" CACHE STRING "${type} flags")
+  ENDIF()
+
+  MARK_AS_ADVANCED(${type}_FOUND ${type}_FLAGS)
+
+ENDMACRO()
+
+CHECK_SSE("AVX" " ;-mavx;/arch:AVX")
+CHECK_SSE("AVX2" " ;-mavx2 -mfma;/arch:AVX2")
+CHECK_SSE("AVX512" " ;-mavx512f -mavx512dq -mavx512vl -mavx512bw -mfma;/arch:AVX512")
+CHECK_SSE("FMA" " ;-mfma;")
+
+IF(${AVX_FOUND})
+  set(LLAMA_AVX ON)
+ELSE()
+  set(LLAMA_AVX OFF)
+ENDIF()
+
+IF (${FMA_FOUND})
+  set(LLAMA_FMA ON)
+ELSE()
+  set(LLAMA_FMA OFF)
+ENDIF()
+
+IF(${AVX2_FOUND})
+  set(LLAMA_AVX2 ON)
+ELSE()
+  set(LLAMA_AVX2 OFF)
+ENDIF()
+
+IF(${AVX512_FOUND})
+  set(LLAMA_AVX512 ON)
+ELSE()
+  set(LLAMA_AVX512 OFF)
+ENDIF()
+
 #
 # Compile flags
 #