diff --git a/lib/netstd/Makefile.am b/lib/netstd/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6faaca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/netstd/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+SUBDIRS = . 
+
+all-local:
+	$(DOTNETCORE) build
+
+check-local:
+	$(DOTNETCORE) test Tests/Thrift.Tests/Thrift.Tests.csproj
+	${DOTNETCORE} test Tests/Thrift.IntegrationTests/Thrift.IntegrationTests.csproj
+
+clean-local:
+	$(RM) -r Thrift/bin
+	$(RM) -r Thrift/obj
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	README.md \
+	Tests/Thrift.IntegrationTests/Protocols \
+	Tests/Thrift.IntegrationTests/Thrift.IntegrationTests.csproj \
+	Tests/Thrift.PublicInterfaces.Compile.Tests/Thrift.PublicInterfaces.Compile.Tests.csproj \
+	Tests/Thrift.PublicInterfaces.Compile.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs \
+	Tests/Thrift.PublicInterfaces.Compile.Tests/CassandraTest.thrift \
+	Tests/Thrift.Tests/Thrift.Tests.csproj \
+	Tests/Thrift.Tests/Protocols \
+	Tests/Thrift.Tests/Collections \
+	Thrift/TApplicationException.cs \
+	Thrift/TBaseClient.cs \
+	Thrift/TException.cs \
+	Thrift/Thrift.csproj \
+	Thrift/Collections \
+	Thrift/Processor \
+	Thrift/Properties \
+	Thrift/Protocol \
+	Thrift/Server \
+	Thrift/Transport \
+	Thrift.sln \
+	build.cmd \
+	build.sh \
+	runtests.cmd \
+	runtests.sh
+	
\ No newline at end of file