diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
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+++ b/Makefile.am
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+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign dist-bzip2 1.6
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+
+INCLUDES = $(all_includes) -I$(top_srcdir)/include
+SUBDIRS = src include
+
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = libosmo-asn1-tcap.pc
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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+++ b/configure.ac
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+AC_INIT([libosmo-asn1-tcap], 0.0.0, [openbsc-devel@lists.openbsc.org])
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2])
+
+dnl kernel style compile messages
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+
+dnl checks for programs
+AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+LT_INIT
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+
+# The following test is taken from WebKit's webkit.m4
+saved_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fvisibility=hidden "
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if ${CC} supports -fvisibility=hidden])
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([char foo;],
+      [ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+        SYMBOL_VISIBILITY="-fvisibility=hidden"],
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([no]))
+CFLAGS="$saved_CFLAGS"
+AC_SUBST(SYMBOL_VISIBILITY)
+
+AC_OUTPUT(
+        libosmo-asn1-tcap.pc
+        src/Makefile
+        include/Makefile
+        Makefile)
+
diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
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+osmo_asn1_tcap_HEADERS = \
+	ExternalPDU.h	\
+	Dialog1.h	\
+	TCMessage.h	\
+	Unidirectional.h	\
+	Begin.h	\
+	End.h	\
+	Continue.h	\
+	Abort.h	\
+	Reason.h	\
+	DialoguePortion.h	\
+	DialogueOC.h	\
+	OrigTransactionID.h	\
+	DestTransactionID.h	\
+	P-AbortCause.h	\
+	ComponentPortion.h	\
+	Component.h	\
+	Invoke.h	\
+	Parameter.h	\
+	ReturnResult.h	\
+	ReturnError.h	\
+	Reject.h	\
+	InvokeIdType.h	\
+	OPERATION.h	\
+	ERROR.h	\
+	GeneralProblem.h	\
+	InvokeProblem.h	\
+	ReturnResultProblem.h	\
+	ReturnErrorProblem.h	\
+	ErrorCode.h
+
+osmo_asn1_tcapdir = $(includedir)/osmocom/tcap
+
diff --git a/libosmo-asn1-tcap.pc.in b/libosmo-asn1-tcap.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47a37a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libosmo-asn1-tcap.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: ASN.1 library for TCAP protocol (SS7)
+Description: C Utility Library
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lasn1c
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/
+
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
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+# This is _NOT_ the library release version, it's an API version.
+# Please read Chapter 6 "Library interface versions" of the libtool
+# documentation before making any modification
+LIBVERSION=0:0:0
+
+INCLUDES = $(all_includes) -I/usr/local/include/asn1c -I$(top_srcdir)/include
+AM_CFLAGS = -fPIC -Wall
+
+libosmo_asn1_tcap_la_SOURCES =	\
+	ExternalPDU.c	\
+	Dialog1.c	\
+	TCMessage.c	\
+	Unidirectional.c	\
+	Begin.c	\
+	End.c	\
+	Continue.c	\
+	Abort.c	\
+	Reason.c	\
+	DialoguePortion.c	\
+	DialogueOC.c	\
+	OrigTransactionID.c	\
+	DestTransactionID.c	\
+	P-AbortCause.c	\
+	ComponentPortion.c	\
+	Component.c	\
+	Invoke.c	\
+	Parameter.c	\
+	ReturnResult.c	\
+	ReturnError.c	\
+	Reject.c	\
+	InvokeIdType.c	\
+	OPERATION.c	\
+	ERROR.c	\
+	GeneralProblem.c	\
+	InvokeProblem.c	\
+	ReturnResultProblem.c	\
+	ReturnErrorProblem.c	\
+	ErrorCode.c
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES=libosmo-asn1-tcap.la