diff --git a/src/mkinitrd/main.c b/src/mkinitrd/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ded5af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mkinitrd/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include <initrd/initrd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	if (argc == 1 || (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h")))
+	{
+		printf("%s <output> [input...]\n", argv[0]);
+		return argc == 1;
+	}
+
+	FILE *out = fopen(argv[1], "w");
+}