diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e8e48ed..54b5f36 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,32 @@
+
+
+# cmake
 CMakeCache.txt
 CMakeFiles
-Makefile
 CTestTestfile.cmake
+Testing
 cmake_install.cmake
 install_manifest.txt
-*.a
-Testing
+
+# tags
 tags
+
+# autotools
+
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+*.a
+*.am
+*.lo
+*.la
+*.dylib
+*.o
+/aclocal.m4
+/autom4te.cache
+/compile
+/configure
+/depcomp
+/install-sh
+/missing
+/stamp-h1
+
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c155820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SUBDIRS=src tests
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e097dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+lib_LTLIBRARIES=libr3.la
+libr3_la_SOURCES=node.c edge.c list.c str.c token.c
+libr3_la_LIBADD=$(DEPS_LIBS)
+AM_CFLAGS=$(DEPS_CFLAGS) -I$(top_builddir)/include
+# AM_CFLAGS=$(DEPS_CFLAGS)