diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..403c8ef104b8bf3476b7a5155be3158eae28734e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+* text=auto
+*.zig text eol=lf
+zigmod.* text eol=lf
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..755aa68f03a30361a954cb1bfbf823ba9fa604ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.zig-cache
+zig-out
+.zigmod
+deps.zig
+files.zig
+zigmod.lock
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..68609fb927bd9fe47693b2d3fdfff7f7e708f383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2025 Meghan Denny
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..629f32099d91efb146e1f88465f3060f00f2f4cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const deps = @import("./deps.zig");
+
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
+    const mode = b.option(std.builtin.Mode, "mode", "") orelse .Debug;
+    const disable_llvm = b.option(bool, "disable_llvm", "use the non-llvm zig codegen") orelse false;
+
+    const tests = b.addTest(.{
+        .root_source_file = b.path("test.zig"),
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = mode,
+    });
+    deps.addAllTo(tests);
+    tests.use_llvm = !disable_llvm;
+    tests.use_lld = !disable_llvm;
+
+    const test_step = b.step("test", "Run all library tests");
+    const tests_run = b.addRunArtifact(tests);
+    tests_run.has_side_effects = true;
+    test_step.dependOn(&tests_run.step);
+}
diff --git a/licenses.txt b/licenses.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c4c204e73b4ce1f423d62984fca622689e338415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/licenses.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+MIT:
+= https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT
+- This
+- git https://github.com/nektro/zig-errno
+
+GPL-2.0-only:
+= https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0-only
+- git https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
diff --git a/mod.zig b/mod.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95a0b682a71942e4010a9c8ee96461fb9a3b53a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mod.zig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+const std = @import("std");
diff --git a/test.zig b/test.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95a0b682a71942e4010a9c8ee96461fb9a3b53a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.zig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+const std = @import("std");
diff --git a/zigmod.yml b/zigmod.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ebcae56102575b23a2d7252914c35b92484fb107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zigmod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+id: h7tv7ayhffakkgy9wy5c88n4snmonw35f1bk5xuowvrxympr
+name: sys-linux
+main: mod.zig
+license: MIT
+description: OS bindings layer for directly making Linux syscalls
+dependencies:
+  - src: git https://github.com/nektro/zig-errno
+
+root_dependencies:
+  - src: git https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
+    license: GPL-2.0-only
+    keep: true