diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2c043752b..9c3c6e431 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES(
   [include/libtorrent/Makefile]
   [examples/Makefile]
   [test/Makefile]
+  [tools/Makefile]
   [bindings/Makefile]
   [bindings/python/Makefile]
   [bindings/python/setup.py]
diff --git a/tools/Jamfile b/tools/Jamfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a16f62b6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/Jamfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import modules ;
+
+BOOST_ROOT = [ modules.peek : BOOST_ROOT ] ;
+
+use-project /torrent : .. ;
+
+if $(BOOST_ROOT)
+{
+	use-project /boost : $(BOOST_ROOT) ;
+}
+
+project tools
+   : requirements
+	<threading>multi <library>/torrent//torrent
+	: default-build
+	<link>static
+   ;  
+
+exe parse_hash_fails : parse_hash_fails.cpp ;
+