diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
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+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.common
+
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 --install
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+             autogen.sh \
+             README.md \
+             $(EMPTY)
+
+dist_doc_DATA = \
+                COPYING \
+                AUTHORS \
+                README.md \
+                $(EMPTY)
+
+SUBDIRS = \
+          src \
+          $(EMPTY)
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
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index 0000000..6df5ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
+
+EMPTY =
+
+LIBSF_C_CXX = $(DS2TOOLS_CFLAGS)
+LIBSF_CXX   =
+
+LIBSL       = $(DS2TOOLS_LIBS)
+
+FLAGS_C_CXX = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/src/ -ggdb -Wall -Wno-multichar \
+              -Wpointer-arith -Wshadow -Wsign-compare -Wtype-limits \
+              -Wuninitialized -Wunused-parameter $(WERROR)
+FLAGS_C     =
+FLAGS_CXX   = -Wnon-virtual-dtor
+
+AM_CFLAGS   = $(FLAGS_C_CXX) $(FLAGS_C)   $(LIBSF_C_CXX) $(LIBSF_C)
+AM_CXXFLAGS = $(FLAGS_C_CXX) $(FLAGS_CXX) $(LIBSF_C_CXX) $(LIBSF_CXX)
+LDADD       = $(LIBSL)
+
+LIBS =
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4ddff99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=`dirname "$0"`
+test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=.
+
+olddir=`pwd`
+cd $srcdir
+
+AUTORECONF=`which autoreconf`
+if test -z $AUTORECONF; then
+        echo "*** No autoreconf found, please install it ***"
+        exit 1
+fi
+
+autoreconf --force --install --verbose
+
+cd $olddir
diff --git a/build-aux/config.rpath b/build-aux/config.rpath
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4cac65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+AC_PREREQ([2.65])
+
+AC_INIT([darkseed2-tools],[0.0.0],[drmccoy@drmccoy.de],[darkseed2-tools],[https://github.com/DrMcCoy/darkseed2-tools/])
+
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
+
+AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 -Wall -Wno-portability no-dist-gzip dist-xz subdir-objects])
+# Support silent build rules. Disable
+# by either passing --disable-silent-rules to configure or passing V=1
+# to make
+AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
+
+dnl If AM_PROG_AR exists, call it, to shut up a libtool warning (and make it more portable, I guess?)
+m4_ifdef([AM_PROG_AR], [AM_PROG_AR])
+
+dnl libtool
+LT_PREREQ([2.2])
+LT_INIT([disable-shared])
+
+dnl We're C++
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+dnl We want a make install
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+
+dnl --with-werror
+AC_ARG_WITH([werror], [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-werror], [Compile with -Werror @<:@default=no@:>@])], [], [with_werror=no])
+
+AS_IF([test "x$with_werror" = "xyes"], [WERROR="-Werror -Werror=unused-but-set-variable"])
+
+dnl Standard C, C++
+AC_C_CONST
+AC_HEADER_STDC
+
+dnl Endianness
+AC_C_BIGENDIAN()
+
+dnl Special variables of the size of pointers
+AC_TYPE_INTPTR_T
+AC_TYPE_UINTPTR_T
+
+dnl Extra flags
+AS_CASE([$target],
+	[*darwin*], [
+		DS2TOOLS_CFLAGS="-DUNIX -DMACOSX"
+		DS2TOOLS_LIBS=""
+	],
+	[*mingw*], [
+		DS2TOOLS_CFLAGS="-mconsole"
+		DS2TOOLS_LIBS=""
+	],
+	[
+		DS2TOOLS_CFLAGS="-DUNIX"
+		DS2TOOLS_LIBS=""
+	]
+)
+
+AC_SUBST(DS2TOOLS_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(DS2TOOLS_LIBS)
+
+AC_SUBST(WERROR)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([src/Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/m4/README b/m4/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b842a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The extra m4 files go here
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a272f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.common
+
+SUBDIRS = \
+          $(EMPTY)
+
+noinst_HEADERS = \
+                 $(EMPTY)
+
+bin_PROGRAMS = \
+               $(EMPTY)