diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/backend.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/backend.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89e1c42aead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/backend.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning ( disable : 4786 ) // identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information
+#endif//_MSC_VER
+
+#include "backend.h"
+
+Backend::Backend()
+{
+}
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/backend.h b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/backend.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab8d1415d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/backend.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef __BACKEND_H
+#define __BACKEND_H
+
+#include "../rbuild.h"
+
+class Backend
+{
+public:
+	Backend();
+protected:
+	Project ProjectNode;
+};
+
+#endif /* __BACKEND_H */
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d1fc6067cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning ( disable : 4786 ) // identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information
+#endif//_MSC_VER
+#if 0
+#include "mingw.h"
+
+MingwBackend::MingwBackend(Project project)
+	: ProjectNode(project)
+{
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63be7d0f3c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef __MINGW_H
+#define __MINGW_H
+#if 0
+#include "backend.h"
+
+class MingwBackend : public Backend
+{
+public:
+	MingwBackend();
+};
+#endif
+#endif /* __MINGW_H */
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/makefile b/reactos/tools/rbuild/makefile
index 6ed0f4cd28a..ca58a90f32d 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/makefile
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@ TARGET = rbuild$(EXE_POSTFIX)
 
 all: $(TARGET)
 
+BACKEND_MINGW_BASE_OBJECTS = \
+	backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
+
+BACKEND_BASE_OBJECTS = \
+	$(BACKEND_MINGW_BASE_OBJECTS) \
+	backend/backend.cpp
+
 BASE_OBJECTS = \
+	$(BACKEND_BASE_OBJECTS) \
 	exception.o \
 	module.o \
 	project.o \
@@ -19,7 +27,7 @@ TESTS = \
 
 TEST_OBJECTS = $(BASE_OBJECTS) $(TESTS) tests/alltests.o
 
-HOST_CFLAGS = -g -I. -Werror -Wall
+HOST_CXXFLAGS = -g -I. -Werror -Wall
 
 HOST_LFLAGS = -g
 
@@ -45,7 +53,7 @@ endif
 
 %.o: %.cpp
 	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CXX]     $<
-	$(HOST_CXX) $(HOST_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+	$(HOST_CXX) $(HOST_CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 test: rbuild_tests$(EXE_POSTFIX)
 	$(EXE_PREFIX)rbuild_tests$(EXE_POSTFIX)
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/project.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/project.cpp
index abc6d14a2ce..f4ed30e52f7 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/project.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/project.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 using std::string;
 using std::vector;
 
+Project::Project()
+{
+}
+
 Project::Project(string filename)
 {
 	if ( !xmlfile.open ( filename ) )
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/rbuild.h b/reactos/tools/rbuild/rbuild.h
index e133017a631..60130401050 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/rbuild.h
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/rbuild.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public:
 	std::string name;
 	std::vector<Module*> modules;
 
+	Project ();
 	Project ( string filename );
 	~Project ();
 	void ProcessXML ( const XMLElement& e, const std::string& path );