diff --git a/lib/erl/include/thrift.hrl.orig b/lib/erl/include/thrift.hrl.orig
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+++ b/lib/erl/include/thrift.hrl.orig
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+%%% Copyright (c) 2007- Facebook
+%%% Distributed under the Thrift Software License
+%%% 
+%%% See accompanying file LICENSE or visit the Thrift site at:
+%%% http://developers.facebook.com/thrift/
+
+-define(APPLICATION, thrift).
+
+-define(CONFIG_FILE, filename:join(code:priv_dir(?APPLICATION), 
+				   atom_to_list(?APPLICATION) ++ ".conf")).
+
+-define(ERROR(F, D),
+	error_logger:format(F, D)).
+
+-define(INFO(Type, Report),
+	error_logger:info_report({thrift_info, Type}, Report)).
+
+-include("thrift_macros.hrl").
+-include("thrift_constants.hrl").
diff --git a/lib/erl/include/thrift_constants.hrl b/lib/erl/include/thrift_constants.hrl
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+++ b/lib/erl/include/thrift_constants.hrl
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+%%% Copyright (c) 2007- Facebook
+%%% Distributed under the Thrift Software License
+%%% 
+%%% See accompanying file LICENSE or visit the Thrift site at:
+%%% http://developers.facebook.com/thrift/
+
+%% TType
+-define(tType_STOP, 0).
+-define(tType_VOID, 1).
+-define(tType_BOOL, 2).
+-define(tType_BYTE, 3).
+-define(tType_DOUBLE, 4).
+-define(tType_I16, 6).
+-define(tType_I32, 8).
+-define(tType_I64, 10).
+-define(tType_STRING, 11).
+-define(tType_STRUCT, 12).
+-define(tType_MAP, 13).
+-define(tType_SET, 14).
+-define(tType_LIST, 15).
+
+% TMessageType
+-define(tMessageType_CALL, 1).
+-define(tMessageType_REPLY, 2).
+-define(tMessageType_EXCEPTION, 3).
diff --git a/lib/erl/include/thrift_macros.hrl b/lib/erl/include/thrift_macros.hrl
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/erl/include/thrift_macros.hrl
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+%%% Copyright (c) 2007- Facebook
+%%% Distributed under the Thrift Software License
+%%% 
+%%% See accompanying file LICENSE or visit the Thrift site at:
+%%% http://developers.facebook.com/thrift/
+
+%% so bad. sigh. at least we have the arity embedded in the code without having to parse it.
+%% fix me please.
+
+%% local (same process)
+-define(L0(Method), oop:call(This, Method, [])).
+-define(L1(Method, Arg1), oop:call(This, Method, [Arg1])).
+-define(L2(Method, Arg1, Arg2), oop:call(This, Method, [Arg1, Arg2])).
+-define(L3(Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3), oop:call(This, Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3])).
+-define(L4(Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4), oop:call(This, Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4])).
+-define(L5(Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5), oop:call(This, Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5])).
+-define(L6(Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5, Arg6), oop:call(This, Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5, Arg6])).
+
+%% local (same process), but not This (e.g. t*Factory)
+-define(F0(Obj, Method), oop:call(Obj, Method, [])).
+-define(F1(Obj, Method, Arg1), oop:call(Obj, Method, [Arg1])).
+-define(F2(Obj, Method, Arg1, Arg2), oop:call(Obj, Method, [Arg1, Arg2])).
+-define(F3(Obj, Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3), oop:call(Obj, Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3])).
+-define(F4(Obj, Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4), oop:call(Obj, Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4])).
+-define(F5(Obj, Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5), oop:call(Obj, Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5])).
+-define(F6(Obj, Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5, Arg6), oop:call(Obj, Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5, Arg6])).
+
+%% remote (different process)
+-define(RT0(ServerRef, Method, Timeout), gen_server:call(ServerRef, {Method, []}, Timeout)).
+-define(RT1(ServerRef, Method, Timeout, Arg1), gen_server:call(ServerRef, {Method, [Arg1]}, Timeout)).
+-define(RT2(ServerRef, Method, Timeout, Arg1, Arg2), gen_server:call(ServerRef, {Method, [Arg1, Arg2]}, Timeout)).
+-define(RT3(ServerRef, Method, Timeout, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3), gen_server:call(ServerRef, {Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3]}, Timeout)).
+-define(RT4(ServerRef, Method, Timeout, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4), gen_server:call(ServerRef, {Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4]}, Timeout)).
+-define(RT5(ServerRef, Method, Timeout, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5), gen_server:call(ServerRef, {Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5]}, Timeout)).
+-define(RT6(ServerRef, Method, Timeout, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5, Arg6), gen_server:call(ServerRef, {Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5, Arg6]}, Timeout)).
+
+%% remote (different process), default timeout
+-define(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, 5000).
+-define(R0(ServerRef, Method), ?RT0(ServerRef, Method, ?DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)).
+-define(R1(ServerRef, Method, Arg1), ?RT1(ServerRef, Method, ?DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, Arg1)).
+-define(R2(ServerRef, Method, Arg1, Arg2), ?RT2(ServerRef, Method, ?DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, Arg1, Arg2)).
+-define(R3(ServerRef, Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3), ?RT3(ServerRef, Method, ?DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3)).
+-define(R4(ServerRef, Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4), ?RT4(ServerRef, Method, ?DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4)).
+-define(R5(ServerRef, Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5), ?RT5(ServerRef, Method, ?DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5)).
+-define(R6(ServerRef, Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5, Arg6), ?RT6(ServerRef, Method, ?DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5, Arg6)).
+
+%% remote (different process), cast
+-define(C0(ServerRef, Method), gen_server:cast(ServerRef, {Method, []})).
+-define(C1(ServerRef, Method, Arg1), gen_server:cast(ServerRef, {Method, [Arg1]})).
+-define(C2(ServerRef, Method, Arg1, Arg2), gen_server:cast(ServerRef, {Method, [Arg1, Arg2]})).
+-define(C3(ServerRef, Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3), gen_server:cast(ServerRef, {Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3]})).
+-define(C4(ServerRef, Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4), gen_server:cast(ServerRef, {Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4]})).
+-define(C5(ServerRef, Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5), gen_server:cast(ServerRef, {Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5]})).
+-define(C6(ServerRef, Method, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5, Arg6), gen_server:cast(ServerRef, {Method, [Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5, Arg6]})).