diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b4955cfd3..74beba8b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -65,3 +65,5 @@ fusee/fusee-tertiary/out/**
 fusee/fusee-tertiary/build/**
 fusee/out/**
 fusee/build/**
+stratosphere/loader/out/**
+stratosphere/loader/build/**
diff --git a/stratosphere/loader/Makefile b/stratosphere/loader/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84cf2adb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stratosphere/loader/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SUFFIXES:
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(DEVKITPRO)),)
+$(error "Please set DEVKITPRO in your environment. export DEVKITPRO=<path to>/devkitpro")
+endif
+
+TOPDIR ?= $(CURDIR)
+include $(DEVKITPRO)/libnx/switch_rules
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# TARGET is the name of the output
+# BUILD is the directory where object files & intermediate files will be placed
+# SOURCES is a list of directories containing source code
+# DATA is a list of directories containing data files
+# INCLUDES is a list of directories containing header files
+# EXEFS_SRC is the optional input directory containing data copied into exefs, if anything this normally should only contain "main.npdm".
+#
+# NO_ICON: if set to anything, do not use icon.
+# NO_NACP: if set to anything, no .nacp file is generated.
+# APP_TITLE is the name of the app stored in the .nacp file (Optional)
+# APP_AUTHOR is the author of the app stored in the .nacp file (Optional)
+# APP_VERSION is the version of the app stored in the .nacp file (Optional)
+# APP_TITLEID is the titleID of the app stored in the .nacp file (Optional)
+# ICON is the filename of the icon (.jpg), relative to the project folder.
+#   If not set, it attempts to use one of the following (in this order):
+#     - <Project name>.jpg
+#     - icon.jpg
+#     - <libnx folder>/default_icon.jpg
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+TARGET		:=	$(notdir $(CURDIR))
+BUILD		:=	build
+SOURCES		:=	source
+DATA		:=	data
+INCLUDES	:=	include
+EXEFS_SRC	:=	exefs_src
+
+DEFINES	:=	-DDISABLE_IPC
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# options for code generation
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ARCH	:=	-march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a57 -mtp=soft -fPIE
+
+CFLAGS	:=	-g -Wall -O2 -ffunction-sections \
+			$(ARCH) $(DEFINES)
+
+CFLAGS	+=	$(INCLUDE) -D__SWITCH__
+
+CXXFLAGS	:= $(CFLAGS) -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -std=gnu++11
+
+ASFLAGS	:=	-g $(ARCH)
+LDFLAGS	=	-specs=$(DEVKITPRO)/libnx/switch.specs -g $(ARCH) -Wl,-Map,$(notdir $*.map)
+
+LIBS	:= -lnx
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# list of directories containing libraries, this must be the top level containing
+# include and lib
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIBDIRS	:= $(PORTLIBS) $(LIBNX)
+
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# no real need to edit anything past this point unless you need to add additional
+# rules for different file extensions
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifneq ($(BUILD),$(notdir $(CURDIR)))
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export OUTPUT	:=	$(CURDIR)/$(TARGET)
+export TOPDIR	:=	$(CURDIR)
+
+export VPATH	:=	$(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(CURDIR)/$(dir)) \
+			$(foreach dir,$(DATA),$(CURDIR)/$(dir))
+
+export DEPSDIR	:=	$(CURDIR)/$(BUILD)
+
+CFILES		:=	$(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.c)))
+CPPFILES	:=	$(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.cpp)))
+SFILES		:=	$(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.s)))
+BINFILES	:=	$(foreach dir,$(DATA),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.*)))
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# use CXX for linking C++ projects, CC for standard C
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifeq ($(strip $(CPPFILES)),)
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	export LD	:=	$(CC)
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+else
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	export LD	:=	$(CXX)
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+endif
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export OFILES	:=	$(addsuffix .o,$(BINFILES)) \
+			$(CPPFILES:.cpp=.o) $(CFILES:.c=.o) $(SFILES:.s=.o)
+
+export INCLUDE	:=	$(foreach dir,$(INCLUDES),-I$(CURDIR)/$(dir)) \
+			$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-I$(dir)/include) \
+			-I$(CURDIR)/$(BUILD)
+
+export LIBPATHS	:=	$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L$(dir)/lib)
+
+export BUILD_EXEFS_SRC := $(TOPDIR)/$(EXEFS_SRC)
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(ICON)),)
+	icons := $(wildcard *.jpg)
+	ifneq (,$(findstring $(TARGET).jpg,$(icons)))
+		export APP_ICON := $(TOPDIR)/$(TARGET).jpg
+	else
+		ifneq (,$(findstring icon.jpg,$(icons)))
+			export APP_ICON := $(TOPDIR)/icon.jpg
+		endif
+	endif
+else
+	export APP_ICON := $(TOPDIR)/$(ICON)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(NO_ICON)),)
+	export NROFLAGS += --icon=$(APP_ICON)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(NO_NACP)),)
+	export NROFLAGS += --nacp=$(CURDIR)/$(TARGET).nacp
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(APP_TITLEID),)
+	export NACPFLAGS += --titleid=$(APP_TITLEID)
+endif
+
+.PHONY: $(BUILD) clean all
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+all: $(BUILD)
+
+$(BUILD):
+	@[ -d $@ ] || mkdir -p $@
+	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C $(BUILD) -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+clean:
+	@echo clean ...
+	@rm -fr $(BUILD) $(TARGET).pfs0 $(TARGET).nso $(TARGET).nro $(TARGET).nacp $(TARGET).elf
+
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+else
+.PHONY:	all
+
+DEPENDS	:=	$(OFILES:.o=.d)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# main targets
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+all	:	$(OUTPUT).pfs0 $(OUTPUT).nro
+
+$(OUTPUT).pfs0	:	$(OUTPUT).nso
+
+$(OUTPUT).nso	:	$(OUTPUT).elf
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(NO_NACP)),)
+$(OUTPUT).nro	:	$(OUTPUT).elf $(OUTPUT).nacp
+else
+$(OUTPUT).nro	:	$(OUTPUT).elf
+endif
+
+$(OUTPUT).elf	:	$(OFILES)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# you need a rule like this for each extension you use as binary data
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%.bin.o	:	%.bin
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	@echo $(notdir $<)
+	@$(bin2o)
+
+-include $(DEPENDS)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+endif
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/stratosphere/loader/source/ldr_main.cpp b/stratosphere/loader/source/ldr_main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..951b2d9f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stratosphere/loader/source/ldr_main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+
+#include <switch.h>
+
+extern u32 __start__;
+
+u32 __nx_applet_type = AppletType_None;
+
+#define INNER_HEAP_SIZE 0x200000
+size_t nx_inner_heap_size = INNER_HEAP_SIZE;
+char   nx_inner_heap[INNER_HEAP_SIZE];
+
+void __libnx_initheap(void)
+{
+	void*  addr = nx_inner_heap;
+	size_t size = nx_inner_heap_size;
+
+	/* Newlib */
+	extern char* fake_heap_start;
+	extern char* fake_heap_end;
+
+	fake_heap_start = (char*)addr;
+	fake_heap_end   = (char*)addr + size;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+