diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29b..14773f6a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "lax-bindgen/lapack-sys"]
+	path = lax-bindgen/lapack-sys
+	url = git@github.com:blas-lapack-rs/lapack-sys.git
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ba1ae403..4a9ad966 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 members = [
   "ndarray-linalg",
   "lax",
+  "lax-bindgen",
 ]
diff --git a/lax-bindgen/Cargo.toml b/lax-bindgen/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89b2b4c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lax-bindgen/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "lax-bindgen"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.62"
+proc-macro2 = "1.0.43"
+quote = "1.0.21"
+syn = { version = "1.0.99", features = ["full", "extra-traits"] }
diff --git a/lax-bindgen/lapack-sys b/lax-bindgen/lapack-sys
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..6f42e18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lax-bindgen/lapack-sys
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6f42e18ff245e0b53527a24211af1f640b4b637d
diff --git a/lax-bindgen/src/main.rs b/lax-bindgen/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af3dc9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lax-bindgen/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
+
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    let crate_root = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    let lapack_sys = fs::read_to_string(crate_root.join("lapack-sys/src/lapack.rs"))?;
+
+    let file: syn::File = syn::parse_str(&lapack_sys)?;
+    dbg!(file);
+
+    Ok(())
+}