diff --git a/implot-sys/Cargo.toml b/implot-sys/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/implot-sys/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "implot-sys"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2018"
+authors = ["Sandro Merkli", "implot-rs contributors"]
+description = "Raw FFI bindings to implot"
+license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
+categories = ["gui", "external-ffi-bindings"]
+build = "build.rs"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+cc = "1.0"
diff --git a/implot-sys/build.rs b/implot-sys/build.rs
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+++ b/implot-sys/build.rs
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+use std::io;
+
+fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
+    // Does nothing yet
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/implot-sys/src/lib.rs b/implot-sys/src/lib.rs
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+++ b/implot-sys/src/lib.rs
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+fn _does_nothing() {
+    println!("This does nothing yet");
+}