diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7a149a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS=foreign
+
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS=-I m4
+
+SUBDIRS=src include
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e052ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+AC_INIT(yaml-cpp, 0.6.2)
+AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
+AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
+
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.10])
+AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
+LT_INIT
+
+AC_ARG_WITH(boostinc,
+	AC_HELP_STRING([--with-boostinc], [where to find boost headers (path w/o trailing /boost)])
+)
+
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_CXX
+
+#AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([src include])
+
+AM_CONDITIONAL([BOOSTINC], [test -n "$with_boostinc"])
+AC_SUBST([boostinc],"$with_boostinc")
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile src/Makefile include/Makefile)
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0519e85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS=foreign
+#ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS=-Im4
+
+nobase_include_HEADERS=yaml-cpp/exceptions.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/mark.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/impl.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/emit.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/ptr.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/node.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/parse.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/type.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/detail/node_ref.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/detail/node_iterator.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/detail/impl.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/detail/node.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/detail/memory.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator_fwd.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/detail/bool_type.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/detail/node_data.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/convert.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/node/iterator.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/binary.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/anchor.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/yaml.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/emittermanip.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/dll.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/noncopyable.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/emitter.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/contrib/anchordict.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/contrib/graphbuilder.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/eventhandler.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/null.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/emitfromevents.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/traits.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/parser.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/ostream_wrapper.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/stlemitter.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/emitterstyle.h
+nobase_include_HEADERS+=yaml-cpp/emitterdef.h
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..412f2eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS=foreign subdir-objects
+#ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS=-I@srcdir@/../m4
+
+AM_CPPFLAGS=-I@srcdir@/../include
+
+if BOOSTINC
+AM_CPPFLAGS+=-I@boostinc@
+endif
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES=libyaml-cpp.la
+
+include_HEADERS=
+
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES=emitter.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=scantoken.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=emitterstate.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=node.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=convert.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=parse.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=directives.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=parser.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=node_data.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=memory.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=tag.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=exceptions.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=emitfromevents.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=scanner.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=binary.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=contrib/graphbuilderadapter.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=contrib/graphbuilder.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=exp.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=nodeevents.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=stream.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=scantag.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=singledocparser.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=nodebuilder.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=emitterutils.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=simplekey.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=null.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=regex_yaml.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=ostream_wrapper.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=scanscalar.cpp
+libyaml_cpp_la_SOURCES+=emit.cpp