diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index b301185..f8aa236 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 const Builder = @import("std").build.Builder;
 
 pub fn build(b: *Builder) void {
+    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
     const mode = b.standardReleaseOptions();
 
-    const exe = b.addExecutable("globals", "example/globals.zig");
-    exe.addPackagePath("wayland", "wayland.zig");
+    const scanner = b.addExecutable("scanner", "scanner.zig");
+    scanner.setTarget(target);
+    scanner.setBuildMode(mode);
+
+    scanner.linkLibC();
+    scanner.linkSystemLibrary("expat");
+
+    scanner.install();
 }
diff --git a/scanner.zig b/scanner.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..157a2be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanner.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+const c = @cImport({
+    @cInclude("expat.h");
+});
+
+const gpa = std.heap.c_allocator;
+
+const Context = struct {
+    const Self = @This();
+
+    character_data: std.ArrayList(u8) = std.ArrayList(u8).init(gpa),
+
+    fn deinit(self: Self) void {
+        self.character_data.deinit();
+    }
+};
+
+const Protocol = struct {
+    name: []const u8,
+    interfaces: std.ArrayList(Interface) = std.ArrayList(Interface).init(gpa),
+};
+
+const Interface = struct {
+    name: []const u8,
+    version: u32,
+    since: u32,
+    requests: std.ArrayList(Message) = std.ArrayList(Message).init(gpa),
+    events: std.ArrayList(Message) = std.ArrayList(Message).init(gpa),
+    enums: std.ArrayList(Enum) = std.ArrayList(Enum).init(gpa),
+};
+
+const Message = struct {
+    name: []const u8,
+    since: u32,
+    args: std.ArrayList(Arg) = std.ArrayList(Arg).init(gpa),
+};
+
+const Arg = struct {
+    name: []const u8,
+    kind: enum {
+        new_id,
+        int,
+        uint,
+        fixed,
+        string,
+        object,
+        array,
+        fd,
+    },
+};
+
+const Enum = struct {
+    name: []const u8,
+    since: u32,
+    entries: std.ArrayList(Entry) = std.ArrayList(Entry).init(gpa),
+    bitfield: bool,
+};
+
+const Entry = struct {
+    name: []const u8,
+    since: u32,
+    value: []const u8,
+};
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    const filename = std.os.argv[1];
+    const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFileZ(filename, .{});
+    defer file.close();
+
+    const parser = c.XML_ParserCreate(null) orelse return error.ParserCreateFailed;
+    defer c.XML_ParserFree(parser);
+
+    var ctx = Context{};
+    defer ctx.deinit();
+
+    c.XML_SetUserData(parser, &ctx);
+    c.XML_SetElementHandler(parser, start, end);
+    c.XML_SetCharacterDataHandler(parser, characterData);
+
+    while (true) {
+        var buf: [4096]u8 = undefined;
+        const read = try file.readAll(&buf);
+        const is_final = read < buf.len;
+        if (c.XML_Parse(parser, &buf, @intCast(i32, read), if (is_final) 1 else 0) == .XML_STATUS_ERROR)
+            return error.ParserError;
+        if (is_final) break;
+    }
+}
+
+fn start(user_data: ?*c_void, name: ?[*:0]const u8, atts: ?[*:null]?[*:0]const u8) callconv(.C) void {
+    const ctx = @intToPtr(*Context, @ptrToInt(user_data));
+}
+
+fn end(user_data: ?*c_void, name: ?[*:0]const u8) callconv(.C) void {
+    const ctx = @intToPtr(*Context, @ptrToInt(user_data));
+    defer ctx.character_data.items.len = 0;
+}
+
+fn characterData(user_data: ?*c_void, s: ?[*]const u8, len: i32) callconv(.C) void {
+    const ctx = @intToPtr(*Context, @ptrToInt(user_data));
+    ctx.character_data.appendSlice(s.?[0..@intCast(usize, len)]) catch std.os.exit(1);
+}