diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index eab2391..8ce7a51 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ add_project_link_arguments(
 
 inc = include_directories('.')
 capnhook = subproject('capnhook')
+
+subdir('util')
diff --git a/util/meson.build b/util/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed0929d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+util_lib = static_library(
+    'util',
+    include_directories : inc,
+    implicit_include_directories : false,
+    c_pch : '../precompiled.h',
+    dependencies : [
+        capnhook.get_variable('hook_dep'),
+    ],
+    sources : [
+    ],
+)