diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f7896d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+target/
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12209ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+organization := "com.lightbend"
+name := "cloc-plugin"
+scalaVersion := "2.12.4"
+libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+  "org.scala-lang" % "scala-compiler" % scalaVersion.value % "provided",
+  "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.0.4" % "test"
+)
+scalacOptions ++= Seq(
+  "-encoding",
+  "utf-8",
+  "-deprecation",
+  "-unchecked",
+  "-feature",
+  "-Xlint",
+  "-Xfatal-warnings",
+  "-Yno-adapted-args",
+  "-Ywarn-dead-code",
+  "-Ywarn-infer-any",
+  "-Ywarn-numeric-widen",
+  "-Ywarn-value-discard"
+)
+// so we can invoke the Scala compiler at runtime without weird problems
+fork in Test := true
+
+val pluginPath = taskKey[File]("path to compiler plugin jar")
+enablePlugins(BuildInfoPlugin)
+buildInfoKeys := Seq[BuildInfoKey](pluginPath)
+pluginPath := (artifactPath in packageBin in Compile).value // TODO
+buildInfoPackage := "com.lightbend.tools"
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c091b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sbt.version=0.13.16
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7947368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.6.1")
+addSbtPlugin("com.dwijnand" % "sbt-dynver" % "2.0.0")
diff --git a/src/main/resources/scalac-plugin.xml b/src/main/resources/scalac-plugin.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c24618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/scalac-plugin.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<plugin>
+  <name>cloc</name>
+  <classname>com.lightbend.tools.ClocPlugin</classname>
+</plugin>
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/lightbend/tools/ClocComponent.scala b/src/main/scala/com/lightbend/tools/ClocComponent.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33d43f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/lightbend/tools/ClocComponent.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.lightbend.tools
+
+import scala.tools.nsc, nsc.plugins._
+import java.io.File
+
+abstract class ClocComponent extends PluginComponent {
+
+  override def description = "count lines of Scala code compiled"
+
+  // the following two members override abstract members in Transform
+  val phaseName: String = "cloc"
+  def newPhase(prev: nsc.Phase): StdPhase = new ClocPhase(prev)
+
+  class ClocPhase(prev: nsc.Phase) extends StdPhase(prev) {
+    override def apply(unit: global.CompilationUnit): Unit = {
+      val file = unit.source.file.file
+      println(s"$file: ${countLines(file)}")
+    }
+    override def run() {
+      super.run()
+      // TODO something at the end?
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def countLines(file: File): Int = {
+    val source = io.Source.fromFile(file)
+    try source.getLines.size
+    finally source.close()
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/lightbend/tools/ClocPlugin.scala b/src/main/scala/com/lightbend/tools/ClocPlugin.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5f50d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/lightbend/tools/ClocPlugin.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.lightbend.tools
+
+import scala.tools.nsc,
+  nsc.Global,
+  nsc.plugins.{Plugin, PluginComponent}
+
+class ClocPlugin(val global: Global) extends Plugin {
+
+  override val name = "cloc"
+  override val description = "count lines of Scala code compiled"
+
+  object component extends {
+    override val global = ClocPlugin.this.global
+  } with ClocComponent {
+    override val runsAfter = List("parser")
+    override val runsRightAfter = Some("parser")
+    override val terminal = true
+  }
+
+  override val components = List[PluginComponent](component)
+
+  override val optionsHelp: Option[String] = Some(
+    """|TODO""".stripMargin)
+
+  override def init(options: List[String], error: String => Unit) = {
+    assume(options.isEmpty)
+    true
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/lightbend/tools/PluginScaffold.scala b/src/test/scala/com/lightbend/tools/PluginScaffold.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85b9cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/lightbend/tools/PluginScaffold.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.lightbend.tools
+
+import scala.tools.nsc.{Settings, Global}
+import scala.tools.nsc.io.VirtualDirectory
+import scala.reflect.internal.util.BatchSourceFile
+import scala.reflect.io.AbstractFile
+
+object PluginScaffold {
+
+  def defaultSettings: Settings = {
+    val settings = new Settings
+    settings.processArgumentString(
+      s"""-usejavacp -Xplugin:${BuildInfo.pluginPath} -Xplugin-require:cloc""")
+    settings.outputDirs.setSingleOutput(new VirtualDirectory("(memory)", None))
+    settings
+  }
+
+  def compile(code: java.io.File,
+              showSourceInfo: Boolean = false): Unit = {
+    val settings = defaultSettings
+    val sources = List(new BatchSourceFile(AbstractFile.getFile(code)))
+    val compiler = new Global(settings)
+    val run = (new compiler.Run)
+    run.compileSources(sources)
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/lightbend/tools/PluginTests.scala b/src/test/scala/com/lightbend/tools/PluginTests.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d6328b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/lightbend/tools/PluginTests.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.lightbend.tools
+
+import org.scalatest.FunSuite
+
+class PluginTests extends FunSuite {
+  test("foo") {
+    PluginScaffold.compile(new java.io.File("/Users/tisue/euler/src/main/net/tisue/euler/BigRational.scala"))
+  }
+}