diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d58b9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+.deps*
+.libs*
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+ar-lib
+arm-openbmc-linux-gnueabi-libtool
+autom4te.cache*
+compile
+config.*
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+stamp-h1
+*.la
+*.lo
+*.o
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
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index 0000000..74a2686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+AM_DEFAULT_SOURCE_EXT = .cpp
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4c0b0f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+AUTOCONF_FILES="Makefile.in aclocal.m4 ar-lib autom4te.cache compile \
+        config.guess config.h.in config.h.in~ config.sub configure depcomp \
+        install-sh ltmain.sh missing *libtool"
+
+case $1 in
+    clean)
+        test -f Makefile && make maintainer-clean
+        for file in ${AUTOCONF_FILES}; do
+            find -name "$file" | xargs -r rm -rf
+        done
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+esac
+
+autoreconf -if
+echo 'Run "./configure ${CONFIGURE_FLAGS} && make"'
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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index 0000000..ee10e62
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+++ b/configure.ac
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+# Initialization
+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
+AC_INIT([phosphor-fan-presence], [1.0],
+[https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-fan-presence/issues])
+AC_LANG([C++])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects -Wall -Werror foreign dist-xz])
+AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
+
+# Checks for programs.
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AM_PROG_AR
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+
+# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_14([noext])
+AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wall -Werror], [CXXFLAGS])
+
+# Checks for libraries.
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SYSTEMD], [libsystemd >= 221], ,
+[AC_MSG_ERROR([The systemd development package is required])])
+
+# Checks for library functions.
+LT_INIT # Required for systemd linking
+
+# Create configured output
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT