diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9b568f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.pyc
+*.swp
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ba11856f..27f88980 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -82,3 +82,13 @@ Spotify Premium account), ask for a search query, list all your playlists with
 tracks, play 10s from a random song from the search result, pause for two
 seconds, play for five more seconds, and quit.
 
+
+Running mopidy
+--------------
+
+To start mopidy, go to the root of the mopidy project, then simply run::
+
+    python mopidy
+
+To stop mopidy, press ``CTRL+C``.
+
diff --git a/mopidy/__init__.py b/mopidy/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/mopidy/__main__.py b/mopidy/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d45eab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mopidy/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import asyncore
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0,
+    os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../')))
+
+from mopidy import settings
+from mopidy.server import MpdServer
+
+def main():
+    _setup_logging(2)
+    MpdServer()
+    print 'Please connect to %s port %s using a MPD client.' % (
+        settings.MPD_SERVER_HOSTNAME, settings.MPD_SERVER_PORT)
+    asyncore.loop()
+
+def _setup_logging(verbosity_level):
+    if verbosity_level == 0:
+        level = logging.WARNING
+    elif verbosity_level == 2:
+        level = logging.DEBUG
+    else:
+        level = logging.INFO
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        format=settings.CONSOLE_LOG_FORMAT,
+        level=level,
+    )
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        main()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        sys.exit('\nInterrupted by user')
diff --git a/mopidy/server.py b/mopidy/server.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..387fc857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mopidy/server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import asyncore
+import logging
+import socket
+
+from mopidy import settings
+from mopidy.session import MpdSession
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('server')
+
+class MpdServer(asyncore.dispatcher):
+    def __init__(self, handler_class=MpdSession):
+        asyncore.dispatcher.__init__(self)
+        self.handler_class = handler_class
+        self.create_socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.set_reuse_addr()
+        self.bind((settings.MPD_SERVER_HOSTNAME, settings.MPD_SERVER_PORT))
+        self.listen(1)
+
+    def handle_accept(self):
+        (client_socket, client_address) = self.accept()
+        logger.info('Connection from: [%s]:%s', *client_address)
+        self.handler_class(client_socket, client_address)
+
+    def handle_close(self):
+        self.close()
diff --git a/mopidy/session.py b/mopidy/session.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb1af511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mopidy/session.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import asynchat
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('session')
+
+class MpdSession(asynchat.async_chat):
+    def __init__(self, client_socket, client_address):
+        asynchat.async_chat.__init__(self, sock=client_socket)
+        self.input_buffer = []
+        self.set_terminator('\n')
+
+    def collect_incoming_data(self, data):
+        self.input_buffer.append(data)
+
+    def found_terminator(self):
+        logger.debug('Input: %s', ''.join(self.input_buffer))
+        self.input_buffer = []
diff --git a/mopidy/settings.py b/mopidy/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99163add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mopidy/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CONSOLE_LOG_FORMAT = '%(levelname)-8s %(asctime)s\n  %(message)s'
+MPD_SERVER_HOSTNAME = 'localhost'
+MPD_SERVER_PORT = 6600