diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d52e3f7b..f085b666 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
 
 # autotools- and configure-generated
 /bin/dslc
-/Makefile.in
-/Makefile
-/aclocal.m4
-/*.cache/
-/configure
-/config.*
+/build-aux/install-sh
+/build-aux/missing
+confdefs.h
+Makefile.in
+Makefile
+aclocal.m4
+*.cache/
+configure
+config.*
 
 # should be added using autoreconf -i
 /tools/install-sh
@@ -24,3 +27,7 @@
 
 # texinfo
 /doc/*.fns
+
+# generated by TAME build
+suppliers.mk
+run-[0-9].log
diff --git a/core/build.xml b/core/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d154a5d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<!--
+  TODO: Remove need for depfiles and remove this last requirement on Ant.
+  The only reason this was used originally was because Ant loaded the JVM
+  only once.
+-->
+<project name="tame" default="build" basedir=".">
+  <property name="source" value="."/>
+
+  <target name="pkg-dep"
+    description="Output package dependencies in a plain-text format">
+
+    <xslt style="../src/current/pkg-dep.xsl"
+      force="true"
+      basedir="${source}"
+      destdir="${source}"
+      includes="**/*.xml"
+      excludes="rater/"
+      extension=".dep" />
+  </target>
+</project>
+
+
diff --git a/core/configure.ac b/core/configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9c5396e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+AC_INIT([tame-core], [0.0.0])
+
+m4_define(`calc_root', ../rater)
+SRCPATHS=.
+m4_include([../build-aux/m4/calcdsl.m4])
+
diff --git a/rater/build-aux b/rater/build-aux
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..86114545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rater/build-aux
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../build-aux/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rater/src b/rater/src
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..e3a84441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rater/src
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../src/current/src/
\ No newline at end of file