diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8756dddf5e3d..bfc75003b9a4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ endif()
 find_package(GMP REQUIRED)
 find_package(Json REQUIRED)
 find_package(Lua REQUIRED)
+find_package(Zmq REQUIRED)
+find_package(Zmqpp REQUIRED)
 if(NOT USE_LUAJIT)
 	set(LUA_BIT_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/bitop)
 	set(LUA_BIT_LIBRARY bitop)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f342da358b63..5830975b3ebc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Compiling
 
 For Debian/Ubuntu users:
 
-    sudo apt install g++ make libc6-dev cmake libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libxi-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libfreetype6-dev zlib1g-dev libgmp-dev libjsoncpp-dev libzstd-dev libluajit-5.1-dev libzmqpp-dev
+    sudo apt install g++ make libc6-dev cmake libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libxi-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libfreetype6-dev zlib1g-dev libgmp-dev libjsoncpp-dev libzstd-dev libluajit-5.1-dev libzmq3-dev libzmqpp-dev
 
 For Fedora users(Unsupported):
 
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindZmq.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindZmq.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..002012ec32e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindZmq.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+mark_as_advanced(ZMQ_LIBRARY ZMQ_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+find_path(ZMQ_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES zmq.h)
+message(${ZMQPP_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+find_library(ZMQ_LIBRARY NAMES zmq)
+message(${ZMQPP_LIBRARY})
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(Zmq DEFAULT_MSG ZMQ_LIBRARY ZMQ_INCLUDE_DIR)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindZmqpp.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindZmqpp.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b431db03bb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindZmqpp.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+mark_as_advanced(ZMQPP_LIBRARY ZMQPP_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+find_path(ZMQPP_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES zmqpp.hpp PATH_SUFFIXES zmqpp)
+message(${ZMQPP_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+find_library(ZMQPP_LIBRARY NAMES zmqpp)
+message(${ZMQPP_LIBRARY})
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(Zmqpp DEFAULT_MSG ZMQPP_LIBRARY ZMQPP_INCLUDE_DIR)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 54dad55c63aa..799ab5f0ab13 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ set(common_SRCS
 	raycast.cpp
 	reflowscan.cpp
 	remoteplayer.cpp
+	rlinterface.cpp
 	rollback.cpp
 	rollback_interface.cpp
 	serialization.cpp
@@ -484,6 +485,8 @@ include_directories(
 include_directories(SYSTEM
 	${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}
 	${ZSTD_INCLUDE_DIR}
+	${ZMQ_INCLUDE_DIR}
+	${ZMQPP_INCLUDE_DIR}
 	${SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR}
 	${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}
 	${GMP_INCLUDE_DIR}
@@ -522,6 +525,8 @@ if(BUILD_CLIENT)
 		${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
 		IrrlichtMt::IrrlichtMt
 		${ZSTD_LIBRARY}
+		${ZMQ_LIBRARY}
+		${ZMQPP_LIBRARY}
 		${X11_LIBRARIES}
 		${SOUND_LIBRARIES}
 		${SQLITE3_LIBRARY}
diff --git a/src/rlinterface.cpp b/src/rlinterface.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eac4c2fd8a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rlinterface.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* TODO: Understand LGPL copywrite */
+
+
+#include <zmqpp/zmqpp.hpp>
+
+zmqpp::context context;
diff --git a/src/rlinterface.h b/src/rlinterface.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3549c29bea56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rlinterface.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/*TODO: Figure out appropriate lisensing headers for the fork */
+
+#pragma once