diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb4bf1160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+SUBDIRS = include @ZLIBDIR@ src examples test
+EXTRA_DIST = docs Jamfile project-root.jam \
+m4/ac_cxx_namespaces.m4 m4/acx_pthread.m4 m4/ax_boost_date-time.m4 \
+m4/ax_boost_filesystem.m4 m4/ax_boost_thread.m4
+
+check: test
+	test/test_hasher && test/test_bencoding && test/test_ip_filter && echo "tests done, all OK"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ffd11d64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+AC_PREREQ(2.59)
+
+AC_INIT(src/torrent.cpp)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libtorrent, 0.9)
+
+AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_CPP
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+# AC_PROG_RANLIB is obsolete by AC_PROC_LIBTOOL
+
+dnl Check for pthreads and boost libraries.
+ACX_PTHREAD
+
+AX_BOOST_DATE_TIME
+
+dnl check that Boost.DateTime was found:
+if test -z "$BOOST_DATE_TIME_LIB"; then
+   AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to find Boost.DateTime library, currently this is required.])
+fi
+
+AX_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
+
+dnl check that Boost.Filesystem was found:
+if test -z "$BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB"; then
+   AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to find Boost.Filesystem library, currently this is required.])
+fi
+
+AX_BOOST_THREAD
+
+dnl check that Boost.Thread was found:
+if test -z "$BOOST_THREAD_LIB"; then
+   AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to find Boost.Thread library, currently this is required.])
+fi
+
+dnl try different ways of resolving gethostbyname
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname, ,
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv, gethostbyname, ,
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname, ,
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(ws2_32, main, ,
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(wsock32, main, ,
+	AC_MSG_ERROR([gethostbyname not found. Stopped.])))))
+)
+
+dnl the user can choose which zlib to use
+AC_ARG_WITH(
+	[zlib],
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-zlib=shipped|system],[Specify the zlib to use, shipped or system. Default is to autodetect system and fallback to shipped.]),
+	[[zlib=$withval]],
+	[[zlib=detect]]
+)
+dnl Check the value for the --with-zlib switch
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([which zlib implementation to use])
+case "$zlib" in
+	"detect")
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([autodetect])
+		AC_CHECK_LIB(z, main,
+			[zlib="system"],
+			[zlib="shipped"]
+		)
+		;;
+	"shipped")
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(shipped)
+		;;
+	"system")
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(system)
+		AC_CHECK_LIB(z, main, ,
+			AC_MSG_ERROR([libtorrent depends on zlib but zlib was not found on your system])
+		)
+		;;
+	"no")
+		AC_MSG_RESULT()
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([libtorrent depends on zlib, you must specify either "system" or "shipped".])
+		;;
+	*)
+		AC_MSG_RESULT()
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([Unknown zlib option "$zlib". Use either "system" or "shipped".])
+esac
+if [[ "$zlib" = "shipped" ]]; then
+	ZLIB="\$(top_builddir)/zlib/libzlib.la"
+	ZLIBDIR="zlib"
+	ZLIBINCL="-I\$(top_builddir)/zlib"
+	AC_CONFIG_FILES(zlib/Makefile)
+elif [[ "$zlib" = "system" ]]; then
+	ZLIB="-lz"
+	ZLIBDIR=""
+	ZLIBINCL=""
+fi
+
+dnl make ZLIB and ZLIBDIR visible to Makefiles
+AC_SUBST([ZLIB])
+AC_SUBST([ZLIBDIR])
+AC_SUBST([ZLIBINCL])
+
+dnl want some debugging symbols with that?
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(
+	[debug],
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-debug],[set compiler flags for debug symbols, default is "-g"]),
+	[case "$enableval" in
+		no)
+			DEBUGFLAGS="-DNDEBUG"
+			;;
+		yes)
+			DEBUGFLAGS="-g"
+			;;
+		*)
+			DEBUGFLAGS="$enableval"
+			;;
+	esac],
+	[DEBUGFLAGS="-g"]
+)
+AC_SUBST(DEBUGFLAGS)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile src/Makefile include/Makefile examples/Makefile test/Makefile)
+AC_OUTPUT
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diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb4bf1160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+SUBDIRS = include @ZLIBDIR@ src examples test
+EXTRA_DIST = docs Jamfile project-root.jam \
+m4/ac_cxx_namespaces.m4 m4/acx_pthread.m4 m4/ax_boost_date-time.m4 \
+m4/ax_boost_filesystem.m4 m4/ax_boost_thread.m4
+
+check: test
+	test/test_hasher && test/test_bencoding && test/test_ip_filter && echo "tests done, all OK"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ffd11d64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+AC_PREREQ(2.59)
+
+AC_INIT(src/torrent.cpp)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libtorrent, 0.9)
+
+AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_CPP
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+# AC_PROG_RANLIB is obsolete by AC_PROC_LIBTOOL
+
+dnl Check for pthreads and boost libraries.
+ACX_PTHREAD
+
+AX_BOOST_DATE_TIME
+
+dnl check that Boost.DateTime was found:
+if test -z "$BOOST_DATE_TIME_LIB"; then
+   AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to find Boost.DateTime library, currently this is required.])
+fi
+
+AX_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
+
+dnl check that Boost.Filesystem was found:
+if test -z "$BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB"; then
+   AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to find Boost.Filesystem library, currently this is required.])
+fi
+
+AX_BOOST_THREAD
+
+dnl check that Boost.Thread was found:
+if test -z "$BOOST_THREAD_LIB"; then
+   AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to find Boost.Thread library, currently this is required.])
+fi
+
+dnl try different ways of resolving gethostbyname
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname, ,
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv, gethostbyname, ,
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname, ,
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(ws2_32, main, ,
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(wsock32, main, ,
+	AC_MSG_ERROR([gethostbyname not found. Stopped.])))))
+)
+
+dnl the user can choose which zlib to use
+AC_ARG_WITH(
+	[zlib],
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-zlib=shipped|system],[Specify the zlib to use, shipped or system. Default is to autodetect system and fallback to shipped.]),
+	[[zlib=$withval]],
+	[[zlib=detect]]
+)
+dnl Check the value for the --with-zlib switch
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([which zlib implementation to use])
+case "$zlib" in
+	"detect")
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([autodetect])
+		AC_CHECK_LIB(z, main,
+			[zlib="system"],
+			[zlib="shipped"]
+		)
+		;;
+	"shipped")
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(shipped)
+		;;
+	"system")
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(system)
+		AC_CHECK_LIB(z, main, ,
+			AC_MSG_ERROR([libtorrent depends on zlib but zlib was not found on your system])
+		)
+		;;
+	"no")
+		AC_MSG_RESULT()
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([libtorrent depends on zlib, you must specify either "system" or "shipped".])
+		;;
+	*)
+		AC_MSG_RESULT()
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([Unknown zlib option "$zlib". Use either "system" or "shipped".])
+esac
+if [[ "$zlib" = "shipped" ]]; then
+	ZLIB="\$(top_builddir)/zlib/libzlib.la"
+	ZLIBDIR="zlib"
+	ZLIBINCL="-I\$(top_builddir)/zlib"
+	AC_CONFIG_FILES(zlib/Makefile)
+elif [[ "$zlib" = "system" ]]; then
+	ZLIB="-lz"
+	ZLIBDIR=""
+	ZLIBINCL=""
+fi
+
+dnl make ZLIB and ZLIBDIR visible to Makefiles
+AC_SUBST([ZLIB])
+AC_SUBST([ZLIBDIR])
+AC_SUBST([ZLIBINCL])
+
+dnl want some debugging symbols with that?
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(
+	[debug],
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-debug],[set compiler flags for debug symbols, default is "-g"]),
+	[case "$enableval" in
+		no)
+			DEBUGFLAGS="-DNDEBUG"
+			;;
+		yes)
+			DEBUGFLAGS="-g"
+			;;
+		*)
+			DEBUGFLAGS="$enableval"
+			;;
+	esac],
+	[DEBUGFLAGS="-g"]
+)
+AC_SUBST(DEBUGFLAGS)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile src/Makefile include/Makefile examples/Makefile test/Makefile)
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/docs/manual.html b/docs/manual.html
index 73750e168..cc3f9ef75 100755
--- a/docs/m
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