diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2bbbd9da..387c9114 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ add_definitions(
 set(PROJECT_CMAKE_MODULES cmake/modules)
 set(PROJECT_CMAKE_IN cmake/in)
 set(PROJECT_BUILD_DIR build)
+set(PROJECT_DEPS_DIR deps)
 set(PROJECT_DOCS_DIR docs)
 set(PROJECT_SRC_DIR src)
 set(PROJECT_TEST_DIR test)
@@ -100,19 +101,22 @@ find_package(LibRt)
 # Download and unpack dependencies
 #
 
-# gtest, gtest_main, gmock and gmock_main targets are available from now on
-configure_file(${PROJECT_CMAKE_IN}/googletest.in googletest/CMakeLists.txt)
-execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" . WORKING_DIRECTORY googletest)
-execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . WORKING_DIRECTORY googletest)
-set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest/src ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest/build)
+set(GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${PROJECT_DEPS_DIR}/googletest)
+set(LIBUV_DEPS_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${PROJECT_DEPS_DIR}/libuv)
 
-configure_file(${PROJECT_CMAKE_IN}/libuv.in libuv/CMakeLists.txt)
-execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" . WORKING_DIRECTORY libuv)
-execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . WORKING_DIRECTORY libuv)
-include_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libuv/src/include)
-find_library(libuv_static NAMES libuv.a libuv PATHS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libuv/src PATH_SUFFIXES .libs Release NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_library(libuv_shared NAMES uv libuv PATHS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libuv/src PATH_SUFFIXES .libs Release NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+# gtest, gtest_main, gmock and gmock_main targets are available from now on
+configure_file(${PROJECT_CMAKE_IN}/googletest.in ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt)
+execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" . WORKING_DIRECTORY ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR})
+execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . WORKING_DIRECTORY ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR})
+set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+add_subdirectory(${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}/src ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}/build)
+
+configure_file(${PROJECT_CMAKE_IN}/libuv.in ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt)
+execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" . WORKING_DIRECTORY ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR})
+execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . WORKING_DIRECTORY ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR})
+include_directories(${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/src/include)
+find_library(libuv_static NAMES libuv.a libuv PATHS ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/src PATH_SUFFIXES .libs Release NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_library(libuv_shared NAMES uv libuv PATHS ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/src PATH_SUFFIXES .libs Release NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 
 #
 # Referenced directories and targets
diff --git a/cmake/in/googletest.in b/cmake/in/googletest.in
index 5a3e3427..f3f1b314 100644
--- a/cmake/in/googletest.in
+++ b/cmake/in/googletest.in
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     googletest
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
     GIT_TAG master
-    SOURCE_DIR src
-    BINARY_DIR build
+    DOWNLOAD_DIR ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}
+    TMP_DIR ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}/tmp
+    STAMP_DIR ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}/stamp
+    SOURCE_DIR ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}/src
+    BINARY_DIR ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}/build
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
     BUILD_COMMAND ""
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
diff --git a/cmake/in/libuv.in b/cmake/in/libuv.in
index 38f3d965..8147d6ae 100644
--- a/cmake/in/libuv.in
+++ b/cmake/in/libuv.in
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ if(WIN32)
         libuv
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libuv/libuv.git
         GIT_TAG v1.x
-        SOURCE_DIR src
+        DOWNLOAD_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}
+        TMP_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/tmp
+        STAMP_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/stamp
+        SOURCE_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/src
         BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
         CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/vcbuild.bat release x86 shared
         BUILD_COMMAND ""
@@ -20,7 +23,10 @@ else(WIN32)
         libuv
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libuv/libuv.git
         GIT_TAG v1.x
-        SOURCE_DIR src
+        DOWNLOAD_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}
+        TMP_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/tmp
+        STAMP_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/stamp
+        SOURCE_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/src
         BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
         CONFIGURE_COMMAND sh <SOURCE_DIR>/autogen.sh && ./configure
         BUILD_COMMAND make -j4
diff --git a/deps/.gitignore b/deps/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6b7ef32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore