diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3f6de09fb90f69..8c306015fcc3ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ node_modules
 package-lock.json
 *.pyc
 __pycache__
+.*.swp
+libcereal*.a
 
diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6a7df87f7a527c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Import('env')
+
+env.Library('cereal', [
+    'gen/c/car.capnp.c',
+    'gen/c/log.capnp.c',
+    'gen/cpp/car.capnp.c++',
+    'gen/cpp/log.capnp.c++',
+  ])
+
+