diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index adb1c740a..0653c5d61 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ add_subdirectory(strings)
 add_subdirectory(sorting)
 add_subdirectory(geometry)
 add_subdirectory(probability)
+add_subdirectory(backtracking)
 add_subdirectory(data_structures)
 add_subdirectory(machine_learning)
 add_subdirectory(numerical_methods)