diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7eb0f287..5272d5ae 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 NULL =
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-SUBDIRS = spice-common server docs
+SUBDIRS = spice-common server docs tools
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = spice-server.pc
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 483f18bc..68aed157 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ server/spice-version.h
 server/tests/Makefile
 docs/Makefile
 docs/manual/Makefile
+tools/Makefile
 ])
 
 dnl ==========================================================================
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03980c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+NULL =
+
+AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+	$(COMMON_CFLAGS) \
+	$(SPICE_PROTOCOL_CFLAGS) \
+	$(WARN_CFLAGS) \
+	$(NULL)
+
+AM_LDFLAGS = \
+	$(LIBRT) \
+	$(NULL)
+
+noinst_PROGRAMS = \
+	reds_stat \
+	$(NULL)
+
+reds_stat_SOURCES = \
+	reds_stat.c \
+	$(NULL)