diff --git a/cde/Makefile.am b/cde/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aee728b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cde/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+doc_DATA = CONTRIBUTORS COPYING copyright HISTORY README
+
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in \
+		configure libtool \
+		config.guess \
+		config.sub \
+		config.log \
+		config.h.in \
+		install-sh
+
+SUBDIRS = lib logs programs doc
+
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.4
+
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I admin
diff --git a/cde/autogen.sh b/cde/autogen.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a04d23368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cde/autogen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+srcdir=`dirname $0`
+test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
+
+THEDIR="`pwd`"
+cd "$srcdir"
+DIE=0
+
+libtoolize --force --automake
+aclocal -I admin
+autoconf
+autoheader
+automake --foreign  --include-deps --add-missing
+
+#if test -z "$*"; then
+#        echo "I am going to run ./configure with no arguments - if you wish "
+#        echo "to pass any to it, please specify them on the $0 command line."
+#fi
+#
+#cd "$THEDIR"
+#
+#$srcdir/configure "$@"
diff --git a/cde/configure.ac b/cde/configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c90c32a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cde/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+AC_INIT([cde-desktop], [2.3.1], [jon@radscan.com])
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([admin])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([include/config.h])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
+AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr/dt)
+
+dnl todo: determine what version of autoconf we depend on
+dnl AC_PREREQ()
+
+AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+
+dnl global CDE versioning
+
+MAJOR=2
+MINOR=3
+MICRO=0
+
+AC_SUBST(MAJOR)
+AC_SUBST(MINOR)
+AC_SUBST(MICRO)
+
+dnl These OS checks are deprecated and should be replaced with feature checks
+dnl where appropriate
+
+build_linux=no
+bsd=no
+build_freebsd=no
+build_openbsd=no
+build_netbsd=no
+build_solaris=no
+build_hpux=no
+build_aix=no
+
+case "${host_os}" in
+	linux*)
+		build_linux=yes
+		tirpcinc=yes
+		tirpclib=yes
+		;;
+	freebsd*)
+		build_freebsd=yes
+		bsd=yes
+		;;
+	openbsd*)
+		build_openbsd=yes
+		bsd=yes
+		;;
+	netbsd*)
+		build_netbsd=yes
+		bsd=yes
+		;;
+	solaris*|sun*)
+		build_solaris=yes
+		;;
+	aix*)
+		build_aix=yes
+		;;
+	hpux*)
+		build_hpux=yes
+		;;
+esac
+
+AM_CONDITIONAL([LINUX], [test "$build_linux" = "yes"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([BSD], [test "$build_bsd" = "yes"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([FREEBSD], [test "$build_freebsd" = "yes"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([OPENBSD], [test "$build_openbsd" = "yes"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([NETBSD], [test "$build_netbsd" = "yes"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([SOLARIS], [test "$build_solaris" = "yes"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([AIX], [test "$build_aix" = "yes"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([HPUX], [test "$build_hpux" = "yes"])
+
+if test $tirpcinc = "yes"
+then
+    TIRPCINC = -I/usr/include/tirpc
+fi;
+
+if test $tirpclib = "yes"
+then
+    TIRPCLIB = -ltirpc
+fi;
+
+AC_SUBST(TIRPCINC)
+AC_SUBST(TIRPCLIB)
+
+is_x86_64=no
+is_i386=no
+is_sparc=no
+is_mips=no
+is_arm=no
+is_ppc=no
+
+case "$target_or_host" in
+	i*86-*-*)
+		is_i386=yes
+		;;
+	x86_64-*)
+		is_x86_64=yes
+		;;
+	*arm*)
+		is_arm=yes
+		;;
+	*mips*)
+		is_mips=yes
+		;;
+	*sparc*)
+		is_sparc=yes
+		;;
+	ppc-*-linux* | powerpc-*)
+		is_ppc=yes
+		;;
+esac
+
+AM_CONDITIONAL([I386], [test "$is_i386" = yes])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([X86_64], [test "$is_x86_64" = yes])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([ARM], [test "$is_arm" = yes])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([SPARC], [test "$is_sparc" = yes])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([MIPS], [test "is_mips" = yes])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([PPC], [test "is_ppc" = yes])
+
+LIBTT="$srcdir/lib/tt/lib/libtt.so.2.1"
+LIBXIN="$srcdir/lib/DtXinerama/libDtXinerama.a"
+LIBWIDGET="$srcdir/lib/DtWidget/libDtWidget.so.2.1"
+LIBTERM="$srcdir/lib/DtTerm/libDtTerm.so.2.1"
+LIBSVC="$srcdir/lib/DtSvc/libDtSvc.so.2.1"
+LIBSEARCH="$srcdir/lib/DtSearch/lbiDtSearch.so.2.1"
+LIBPRINT="$srcdir/lib/DtPrint/libDtPrint.so.2.1"
+LIBMRM="$srcdir/lib/DtMrm/libDtMrm.so.2.1"
+LIBMMDB="$srcdir/lib/DtMmdb/libDtMmdb.so.2.1"
+LIBHELP="$srcdir/lib/DtHelp/libDtHelp.so.2.1"
+LIBCSA="$srcdir/lib/csa/libcsa.so.2.1"
+XTOOLLIB=-lICE -lSM -lXt
+
+AC_SUBST(LIBTT)
+AC_SUBST(LIBXIN)
+AC_SUBST(LIBWIDGET)
+AC_SUBST(LIBTERM)
+AC_SUBST(LIBSVC)
+AC_SUSBT(LIBSEARCH)
+AC_SUBST(LIBPRINT)
+AC_SUBST(LIBMRM)
+AC_SUBST(LIBMMDB)
+AC_SUBST(LIBHELP)
+AC_SUBST(LIBCSA)
+AC_SUBST(XTOOLLIB)
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(japanese, [--build-japanese    Build Japanese (default=no)])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([JAPANESE], [test "build_japanese" = "yes"])
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(german, [--build-german    Build German    (default=no)])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([GERMAN], [test "build_japanese" = "yes"])
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(italian, [--build-italian    Build Italian    (default=no)])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([ITALIAN], [test "build_italian" = "yes"])
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(french, [--build-french    Build French    (default=no)])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([FRENCH], [test "build_french" = "yes"])
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(spanish, --build-spanish    Build Spanish    (default=no)])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([FRENCH], [test "build_french" = "yes"])
+
+RM="rm -f"
+AC_SUBST(RM)
+
+CDE_LOGFILES_TOP=/var/dt
+CDE_CONFIGURATION_TOP=/etc/dt
+CDE_USER_TOP=.dt
+
+AC_SUBST(CDE_CONFIGURATION_TOP)
+AC_SUBST(CDE_LOGFILES_TOP)
+AC_SUBST(CDE_USER_TOP)
+
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_PROG_CPP
+AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+AC_PROG_YACC
+
+AC_CHECK_PROGS(KSH, ksh)
+AC_CHECK_PROGS(BDFTOPCF, bdftopcf)
+AC_CHECK_PROGS(MKFONTIDR, mkfontdir)
+AC_CHECK_PROGS(GZIP, gzip)
+AC_CHECK_PROGS(M4, m4)
+
+AM_PROG_LEX
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_LN_S
+AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+AC_PROG_SED
+AC_PROG_AWK
+AC_PROG_GREP
+
+AC_C_CONST
+
+AC_PATH_X
+AC_PATH_XTRA
+
+AC_OUTPUT