diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e629b185..34bf6ec9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *.o
 *.bin
+*.la
+*.lo
 
 autom4te.cache
 .deps
@@ -32,3 +34,9 @@ ckpool
 ltmain.sh
 
 *.m4
+
+.libs/
+
+libtool
+
+
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 00529772..7c60ab1c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libckpool.la
+libckpool_la_SOURCES = libckpool.c
+
 bin_PROGRAMS = ckpool
 ckpool_SOURCES = ckpool.c
+ckpool_LDADD = libckpool.la
diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
index 31dbf45b..4815aa44 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.c
+++ b/src/ckpool.c
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "libckpool.h"
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2014 Con Kolivas
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.  See COPYING for more details.
+ */
+
 int main(void)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/libckpool.c b/src/libckpool.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f13af11e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libckpool.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2014 Con Kolivas
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.  See COPYING for more details.
+ */
diff --git a/src/libckpool.h b/src/libckpool.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bf4fa0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libckpool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Con Kolivas
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.  See COPYING for more details.
+ */
+
+/* This file should contain all exported functions of libckpool */
+
+#ifndef LIBCKPOOL_H
+#define LIBCKPOOL_H
+
+#endif /* LIBCKPOOL_H */