diff --git a/c_impl/Makefile b/c_impl/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32cbceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c_impl/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+COMMON_FLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic
+ifdef DEBUG
+	CFLAGS = ${COMMON_FLAGS} -O0 -g
+else
+	CFLAGS = ${COMMON_FLAGS} -O3 -DNDEBUG
+endif
+
+SOURCES = \
+	src/main.o
+
+all: fields_from_csv
+
+fields_from_csv: ${SOURCES}
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o fields_from_csv $^
+
+.PHONY: clean
+
+clean:
+	rm -f src/*.o
+	rm -f fields_from_csv
diff --git a/c_impl/src/main.c b/c_impl/src/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11b7fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c_impl/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    return 0;
+}