diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5888ee3..f69b5e5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ clean:
 %.o: %.c *.h
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
 
-adsbus: adsbus.o backend.o client.o airspy_adsb.o json.o common.o
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o adsbus adsbus.o backend.o client.o airspy_adsb.o json.o common.o $(LIBS)
+adsbus: adsbus.o backend.o client.o airspy_adsb.o beast.o json.o common.o
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o adsbus adsbus.o backend.o client.o airspy_adsb.o beast.o json.o common.o $(LIBS)
diff --git a/adsbus.c b/adsbus.c
index 9c7867f..7dbe6cb 100644
--- a/adsbus.c
+++ b/adsbus.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "backend.h"
 #include "client.h"
 #include "airspy_adsb.h"
+#include "beast.h"
 #include "json.h"
 
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ static int loop(int epoll_fd) {
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	hex_init();
 	airspy_adsb_init();
+	beast_init();
 	json_init();
 
 	int epoll_fd = epoll_create1(0);
diff --git a/backend.c b/backend.c
index f9f8e4b..89ed760 100644
--- a/backend.c
+++ b/backend.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "airspy_adsb.h"
+#include "beast.h"
 #include "client.h"
 #include "backend.h"
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ bool backend_autodetect_parse(struct backend *, struct packet *);
 
 static parser parsers[] = {
 	airspy_adsb_parse,
+	beast_parse,
 };
 #define NUM_PARSERS (sizeof(parsers) / sizeof(*parsers))
 
diff --git a/beast.c b/beast.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47651b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beast.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include "beast.h"
+
+
+void beast_init() {
+}
+
+bool beast_parse(struct backend *backend, struct packet *packet) {
+	return false;
+}
diff --git a/beast.h b/beast.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0efd7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beast.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include "backend.h"
+#include "common.h"
+
+void beast_init();
+bool beast_parse(struct backend *, struct packet *);