diff --git a/api/Makefile b/api/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0da6f5b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+UNAME := $(shell uname -s)
+
+ifeq ($(UNAME),Darwin)
+	include ../Makefile.osx
+else ifeq ($(UNAME), FreeBSD)
+	include ../Makefile.bsd
+else
+	include ../Makefile.linux
+endif
+
+SHARED_LIB = libi2pd.so
+all: obj $(SHARED_LIB)
+
+$(SHARED_LIB): $(OBJECTS:obj/%=obj/%)
+	$(CXX) -shared -o $(SHARED_LIB) $^
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+.SUFFIXES:	.c .cc .C .cpp .o
+
+obj/%.o : ../%.cpp
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $< -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(NEEDED_CXXFLAGS) $(INCFLAGS) -I.. -fPIC $(CPU_FLAGS)
+
+obj/api.o: api.cpp
+	$(CXX) -o obj/api.o api.cpp -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(NEEDED_CXXFLAGS) $(INCFLAGS) -I.. -fPIC $(CPU_FLAGS)
+
+obj:
+	mkdir -p obj
+
+clean:
+	rm -fr obj $(SHARED_LIB)
+
+.PHONY: all
+.PHONY: clean
diff --git a/api/api.cpp b/api/api.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a838f5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/api.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include "api.h"
+
+namespace i2p
+{
+namespace api
+{
+}
+}
+
diff --git a/api/api.h b/api/api.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e615a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/api.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef API_H__
+#define API_H__
+
+namespace i2p
+{
+namespace api
+{
+}
+}
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/api/filelist.mk b/api/filelist.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d0665c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/filelist.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+
+CPP_FILES := ../CryptoConst.cpp ../base64.cpp ../NTCPSession.cpp ../RouterInfo.cpp \
+	../Transports.cpp ../RouterContext.cpp ../NetDb.cpp ../LeaseSet.cpp Tunnel.cpp \
+	../TunnelEndpoint.cpp ../TunnelGateway.cpp ../TransitTunnel.cpp ../I2NPProtocol.cpp \
+	../Log.cpp ../Garlic.cpp ../HTTPServer.cpp ../Streaming.cpp ../Destination.cpp \
+	../Identity.cpp ../SSU.cpp ../SSUSession.cpp ../SSUData.cpp ../util.cpp ../Reseed.cpp \
+	../DaemonLinux.cpp ../SSUData.cpp ../aes.cpp ../SOCKS.cpp ../UPnP.cpp ../TunnelPool.cpp \
+	../HTTPProxy.cpp ../AddressBook.cpp ../I2PTunnel.cpp ../SAM.cpp ../ClientContext.cpp \
+	../Datagram.cpp api.cpp
+
+
+H_FILES := ../CryptoConst.h ../base64.h ../NTCPSession.h ../RouterInfo.h ../Transports.h \
+	../RouterContext.h ../NetDb.h ../LeaseSet.h ../Tunnel.h ../TunnelEndpoint.h \
+	../TunnelGateway.h ../TransitTunnel.h ../I2NPProtocol.h ../Log.h ../Garlic.h \
+	../HTTPServer.h ../Streaming.h ../Destination.h ../Identity.h ../SSU.h ../SSUSession.h \
+	../SSUData.h ../util.h ../Reseed.h ../DaemonLinux.h ../SSUData.h ../aes.h ../SOCKS.h \
+	../UPnP.h ../TunnelPool.h ../HTTPProxy.h ../AddressBook.h ../I2PTunnel.h ../version.h \
+	../Signature.h ../SAM.h ../ClientContext.h ../TransportSession.h ../Datagram.h api.h
+
+
+OBJECTS = $(addprefix obj/, $(notdir $(CPP_FILES:.cpp=.o)))
+