diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 003f80b0..c3beb2ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,3 +50,6 @@ cmake_install.cmake
 *.db
 *.opendb
 .vscode
+
+# objects
+*.o
diff --git a/SModule b/SModule
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72e80d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SModule
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+import json
+
+
+Import('env')
+
+nana_sources = []
+nana_sources += Glob('source/*.cpp')
+nana_sources += Glob('source/detail/*.cpp')
+nana_sources += Glob('source/detail/posix/*.cpp')
+nana_sources += Glob('source/filesystem/*.cpp')
+nana_sources += Glob('source/gui/*.cpp')
+nana_sources += Glob('source/gui/detail/*.cpp')
+nana_sources += Glob('source/gui/widgets/*.cpp')
+nana_sources += Glob('source/gui/widgets/skeletons/*.cpp')
+nana_sources += Glob('source/paint/*.cpp')
+nana_sources += Glob('source/paint/detail/*.cpp')
+nana_sources += Glob('source/system/*.cpp')
+nana_sources += Glob('source/threads/*.cpp')
+
+with open('dependencies.json', 'r') as f:
+  dependencies = env.DepsFromJson(json.load(f))
+
+
+cppflags = []
+if env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'gcc':
+  cppflags += ['-Wno-changes-meaning', '-Wno-deprecated-declarations', '-Wno-deprecated-copy'] # TODO: get rid of these
+
+lib_nana = env.UnityStaticLibrary(
+    CXXFLAGS = env['CXXFLAGS'] + cppflags,
+    CPPPATH = env['CPPPATH'] + [env.Dir('include')],
+    target = env['LIB_DIR'] + '/nana',
+    source = nana_sources,
+    dependencies = dependencies,
+#    CPPDEFINES = list(env['CPPDEFINES']) + cppdefines
+)
+
+LIB_CONFIG = {
+    'CPPPATH': [env.Dir('include')],
+#    'CPPDEFINES': cppdefines,
+    'LIBS': [lib_nana]
+}
+
+Return('LIB_CONFIG')
diff --git a/dependencies.json b/dependencies.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6031c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "X11":
+  {
+	"condition": "target_os == 'posix'"
+  },
+  "Xft":
+  {
+	"condition": "target_os == 'posix'"
+  }
+}