diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 563bbda9..7e488d47 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ version = 3
 [[package]]
 name = "nih-plug"
 version = "0.1.0"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "nih-plug-derive"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5bf4a846..b1be24df 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [workspace]
-members = ["nih-plug"]
+members = ["nih-plug", "nih-plug-derive"]
diff --git a/nih-plug-derive/Cargo.toml b/nih-plug-derive/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd312fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nih-plug-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "nih-plug-derive"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+authors = ["Robbert van der Helm <mail@robbertvanderhelm.nl>"]
+license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+
+[lib]
+proc-macro = true
+
+[dependencies]
+syn = "1.0"
+quote = "1.0"
diff --git a/nih-plug-derive/src/lib.rs b/nih-plug-derive/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b4a90c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nih-plug-derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn it_works() {
+        let result = 2 + 2;
+        assert_eq!(result, 4);
+    }
+}