diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
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index 000000000..72d0dcb43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#  Copyright (C)         CinelerraCV
+#    2007,               Christian Thaeter <ct@pipapo.org>
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+#  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+#  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+bin_PROGRAMS =
+lib_LTLIBRARIES =
+noinst_PROGRAMS =
+noinst_LIBRARIES =
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES =
+noinst_HEADERS =
+BUILT_SOURCES =
+EXTRA_DIST =
+SUBDIRS =
+
+#SUBDIRS +=
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/src/lib/Makefile.am
+
+#EXTRA_DIST += admin debian doc depcomp README.BUILD LICENSE \
+#	cinelerra-cvs-current.spec
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS=foreign
+#ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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index 000000000..5d7b42d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.ac
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+AC_INIT(cinelerra, 3.0pre)
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/lib/plugin.c)
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(scripts)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+AC_PREREQ(2.59)
+
+AC_COPYRIGHT([
+  Copyright (C)         CinelerraCV
+    2007,               Christian Thaeter <ct@pipapo.org>
+
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+])
+
+#
+# Required programs
+#
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_CPP
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_PROG_RANLIB
+
+#
+# test for headers
+#
+AC_STDC_HEADERS
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([pthread.h], AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PTHREAD_H))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([nobug.h], AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NOBUG_H))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([execinfo.h], AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EXECINFO_H))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([valgrind/valgrind.h], AC_DEFINE(HAVE_VALGRIND_VALGRIND_H))
+
+#
+# user options
+#
+
+
+############## NoBug build levels
+AH_TEMPLATE(EBUG_ALPHA, [Define to 1 for selecting NoBug ALPHA build level])
+AH_TEMPLATE(EBUG_BETA, [Define to 1 for selecting NoBug BETA build level])
+AH_TEMPLATE(NDEBUG, [Define to 1 for selecting NoBug RELEASE build level])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(alpha, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-alpha], [select NoBug ALPHA build level]),
+              nobug_level=alpha
+              AC_DEFINE(EBUG_ALPHA),
+[
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(beta, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-beta], [select NoBug BETA build level]),
+              nobug_level=beta
+              AC_DEFINE(EBUG_BETA),
+[
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(release, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-release], [select NoBug RELEASE build level]),
+              nobug_level=release
+              AC_DEFINE(NDEBUG),
+
+# default to ALPHA
+              nobug_level=alpha
+              AC_DEFINE(EBUG_ALPHA)
+)])])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([NoBug build level: $nobug_level])
+# END NoBug
+
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile)
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/src/lib/Makefile.am b/src/lib/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..236b916a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#  Copyright (C)         CinelerraCV
+#    2007,               Christian Thaeter <ct@pipapo.org>
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+#  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+#  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+libcin3_a_srcdir = $(top_srcdir)/src/lib
+noinst_LIBRARIES += libcin3.a
+
+#libcin3_a_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
+
+libcin3_a_SOURCES = $(libcin3_a_srcdir)/plugin.c
+noinst_HEADERS += $(libcin3_a_srcdir)/plugin.h