diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e69de29b..0a7b9299 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+SUBDIRS = src
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index e69de29b..b483139f 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+autoreconf --force --install -I m4
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e69de29b..5c00a70b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+AC_INIT(ckpool, 0.1, kernel@kolivas.org)
+
+AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/ckpool.c])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
+
+AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
+AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+
+dnl Make sure anyone changing configure.ac/Makefile.am has a clue
+AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
+
+dnl Checks for programs
+AC_PROG_CC
+# gl_EARLY - maybe later
+AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL
+AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+LT_INIT([disable-shared])
+
+# gl_INIT - maybe later
+
+dnl Checks for header files.
+AC_HEADER_STDC
+
+AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
+
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG()
+
+AC_OUTPUT([Makefile] [src/Makefile])
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index e69de29b..00529772 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+
+bin_PROGRAMS = ckpool
+ckpool_SOURCES = ckpool.c
diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31dbf45b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ckpool.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+int main(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}