diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 57e9988..ab3b8bc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ cscope.out
 compile
 *~
 tags
+
+zig-cache/
+zig-out/
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ef9c78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+fn getVersionFromFile() ![]u8 {
+    const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(
+        "VERSION",
+        .{},
+    );
+    defer file.close();
+
+    const len = 32;
+    var buffer: [len]u8 = undefined;
+    try file.seekTo(0);
+    const bytes_read = try file.readAll(&buffer);
+    return buffer[0..@min(len, bytes_read)];
+}
+
+fn getVersionFromGit(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
+    const args = [_][]const u8{
+        "bash",
+        "scripts/version.sh",
+    };
+
+    const t = try std.ChildProcess.exec(.{
+        .allocator = allocator,
+        .argv = &args,
+        .max_output_bytes = 128,
+    });
+    defer {
+        allocator.free(t.stdout);
+        allocator.free(t.stderr);
+    }
+
+    const result = try allocator.alloc(u8, t.stdout.len);
+    @memcpy(result, t.stdout);
+    return result;
+}
+
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
+    const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
+    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
+
+    const allocator = b.allocator;
+
+    const version: []u8 = try getVersionFromGit(allocator);
+    const package = "tinyproxy";
+    const package_name = "Tinyproxy";
+    const package_tarname = package;
+    var package_string_buf: [128:0]u8 = undefined;
+    var package_string = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&package_string_buf, "{s} {s}", .{ package_name, version });
+    // const package_string: []u8 = try allocator.alloc(u8, package_name.len + 1 + version.len); // package_name ++ version;
+    // package_string[0..package_name.len].* = package_name.*;
+    // package_string[package_name.len] = ' ';
+    // package_string[package_name.len + 1 .. package_string.len].* = version.*;
+
+    const config_h = b.addConfigHeader(.{
+        .style = .blank,
+    }, .{
+        .VERSION = version,
+        .TINYPROXY_VERSION = version,
+        .XTINYPROXY_ENABLE = 1,
+        .FILTER_ENABLE = 1,
+        .UPSTREAM_SUPPORT = 1,
+        .REVERSE_SUPPORT = 1,
+        .TRANSPARENT_PROXY = 1,
+        .PACKAGE = package,
+        .PACKAGE_BUGREPORT = "https://tinyproxy.github.io/",
+
+        .PACKAGE_NAME = package_name,
+        .PACKAGE_STRING = package_string,
+
+        .PACKAGE_TARNAME = package_tarname,
+
+        .PACKAGE_URL = "",
+
+        .PACKAGE_VERSION = version,
+
+        // /* Define to 1 if you can safely include both <sys/time.h> and <time.h>. This
+        //    macro is obsolete. */
+        .TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME = 1,
+
+        // /* This controls remote proxy stats display. */
+        .TINYPROXY_STATHOST = "tinyproxy.stats",
+    });
+
+    const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+        .name = "tinyproxy",
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+    });
+    exe.addConfigHeader(config_h);
+    exe.addIncludePath(.{ .path = "src/" });
+
+    exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_CONFIG_H", null);
+    exe.defineCMacro("SYSCONFDIR", "\"/etc\"");
+    // exe.defineCMacro("LOCALSTATEDIR", "")
+
+    if (target.isWindows()) {
+        exe.defineCMacro("_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE", "1");
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_LIBCRYPT32", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_WINSOCK2_H", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_IOCTLSOCKET", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_SELECT", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("LIBSSH2_DH_GEX_NEW", "1");
+
+        if (target.getAbi().isGnu()) {
+            exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_UNISTD_H", null);
+            exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_INTTYPES_H", null);
+            exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_SYS_TIME_H", null);
+            exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY", null);
+        }
+    } else {
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_UNISTD_H", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_INTTYPES_H", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_STDLIB_H", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_SYS_UIO_H", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_SYS_TIME_H", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_SYS_UN_H", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_LONGLONG", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_INET_ADDR", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_POLL", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_SELECT", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_SOCKET", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_STRTOLL", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_SNPRINTF", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_O_NONBLOCK", null);
+        exe.defineCMacro("HAVE_SYSEXITS_H", null);
+    }
+
+    exe.addCSourceFiles(srcs, &.{});
+    exe.linkLibC();
+    b.installArtifact(exe);
+}
+
+const srcs = &.{
+    "src/hostspec.c",
+    "src/acl.c",
+    "src/anonymous.c",
+    "src/buffer.c",
+    "src/child.c",
+    "src/conf-tokens.c",
+    "src/conf.c",
+    "src/conns.c",
+    "src/daemon.c",
+    "src/heap.c",
+    "src/html-error.c",
+    "src/http-message.c",
+    "src/log.c",
+    "src/network.c",
+    "src/reqs.c",
+    "src/sock.c",
+    "src/stats.c",
+    "src/text.c",
+    "src/main.c",
+    "src/utils.c",
+    "src/upstream.c",
+    "src/basicauth.c",
+    "src/base64.c",
+    "src/sblist.c",
+    "src/hsearch.c",
+    "src/orderedmap.c",
+    "src/loop.c",
+    "src/mypoll.c",
+    "src/connect-ports.c",
+    "src/filter.c",
+    "src/reverse-proxy.c",
+    "src/transparent-proxy.c",
+};