diff --git a/include/ircd/ircd.h b/include/ircd/ircd.h
index 5bc4eb3a0..20780d06a 100644
--- a/include/ircd/ircd.h
+++ b/include/ircd/ircd.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "json/json.h"
 #include "cbor/cbor.h"
 #include "openssl.h"
+#include "pbc.h"
 #include "fmt.h"
 #include "http.h"
 #include "http2/http2.h"
diff --git a/include/ircd/pbc.h b/include/ircd/pbc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12666e850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ircd/pbc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Matrix Construct
+//
+// Copyright (C) Matrix Construct Developers, Authors & Contributors
+// Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Jason Volk <jason@zemos.net>
+//
+// Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+// purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+// copyright notice and this permission notice is present in all copies. The
+// full license for this software is available in the LICENSE file.
+
+#pragma once
+#define HAVE_IRCD_PBC_H
+
+/// Pairing-Based Cryptography
+namespace ircd::pbc
+{
+	IRCD_EXCEPTION(ircd::error, error)
+
+}
diff --git a/ircd/Makefile.am b/ircd/Makefile.am
index 33e3f0414..72e15b796 100644
--- a/ircd/Makefile.am
+++ b/ircd/Makefile.am
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ libircd_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	@JS_LDFLAGS@ \
 	@BOOST_LDFLAGS@ \
 	@SSL_LDFLAGS@ \
+	@PBC_LDFLAGS@ \
 	@CRYPTO_LDFLAGS@ \
 	@SODIUM_LDFLAGS@ \
 	@MAGIC_LDFLAGS@ \
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ libircd_la_LIBADD = \
 	@ROCKSDB_LIBS@ \
 	@JS_LIBS@ \
 	@BOOST_LIBS@ \
+	@PBC_LIBS@ \
 	@SSL_LIBS@ \
 	@CRYPTO_LIBS@ \
 	@SODIUM_LIBS@ \
@@ -119,6 +121,9 @@ endif
 if SODIUM
 libircd_la_SOURCES += sodium.cc
 endif
+if PBC
+libircd_la_SOURCES += pbc.cc
+endif
 libircd_la_SOURCES += openssl.cc
 libircd_la_SOURCES += rfc1459.cc
 libircd_la_SOURCES += rfc3986.cc
@@ -210,6 +215,9 @@ net_dns_resolver.lo:  AM_CPPFLAGS := ${ASIO_UNIT_CPPFLAGS} ${AM_CPPFLAGS}
 openssl.lo:           AM_CPPFLAGS := @SSL_CPPFLAGS@ @CRYPTO_CPPFLAGS@ ${AM_CPPFLAGS}
 parse.lo:             AM_CPPFLAGS := ${SPIRIT_UNIT_CPPFLAGS} ${AM_CPPFLAGS}
 parse.lo:             AM_CXXFLAGS := ${SPIRIT_UNIT_CXXFLAGS} ${AM_CXXFLAGS}
+if PBC
+pbc.lo:               AM_CPPFLAGS := @PBC_CPPFLAGS@ ${AM_CPPFLAGS}
+endif
 rfc1459.lo:           AM_CPPFLAGS := ${SPIRIT_UNIT_CPPFLAGS} ${AM_CPPFLAGS}
 rfc1459.lo:           AM_CXXFLAGS := ${SPIRIT_UNIT_CXXFLAGS} ${AM_CXXFLAGS}
 rfc3986.lo:           AM_CPPFLAGS := ${SPIRIT_UNIT_CPPFLAGS} ${AM_CPPFLAGS}
diff --git a/ircd/pbc.cc b/ircd/pbc.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0965b2258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ircd/pbc.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Matrix Construct
+//
+// Copyright (C) Matrix Construct Developers, Authors & Contributors
+// Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Jason Volk <jason@zemos.net>
+//
+// Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+// purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+// copyright notice and this permission notice is present in all copies. The
+// full license for this software is available in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include <pbc.h>
+
+namespace ircd::pbc
+{
+	static void init() __attribute__((constructor));
+
+	extern info::versions version_api, version_abi;
+}
+
+decltype(ircd::pbc::version_api)
+ircd::pbc::version_api
+{
+	"pbc", info::versions::API, 0
+};
+
+decltype(ircd::pbc::version_abi)
+ircd::pbc::version_abi
+{
+	"pbc", info::versions::ABI, 0
+};
+
+void
+ircd::pbc::init()
+{
+
+}