diff --git a/r2rs.sh b/r2rs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9820d287a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/r2rs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+rm -f r2rs
+
+pushd build/c
+make r2rs
+mv r2rs ../../
+popd
+
+./r2rs
diff --git a/src/c/Makefile.in b/src/c/Makefile.in
index 16547299a..9691c56a1 100644
--- a/src/c/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/c/Makefile.in
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ $(HDIR)/%.h: $(top_srcdir)/h/%.h
 nucl: $(NUCL_SRCS) nucl.c
 	$(CC) $(NUCL_CFLG) -o $@ $^
 
+r2rs: $(NUCL_SRCS) character.c reader.c reader/parse_fixnum.c r2rs.c
+	$(CC) $(NUCL_CFLG) -o $@ $^
+
 ../libeclmin.a: $(OBJS) all_symbols.o all_symbols2.o
 	$(RM) $@
 	$(AR) cr $@ $(OBJS)
diff --git a/src/c/r2rs.c b/src/c/r2rs.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8deeb4447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c/r2rs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/* Implementation of R2RS, An UnCommonLisp.  */
+
+/* -- imports --------------------------------------------------------------- */
+#include <ecl/ecl.h>
+#include <ecl/ecl-inl.h>
+#include <ecl/internal.h>
+#include <ecl/external.h>
+
+cl_object ecl_make_nucl_stream(FILE *f);
+
+/* -- globals --------------------------------------------------------------- */
+static cl_object ostr = ECL_NIL; /* input stream */
+static cl_object istr = ECL_NIL; /* output stream */
+static cl_object rtab = ECL_NIL; /* reader table */
+
+
+/* -- stream ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+void
+init_r2rs_streams(void) {
+  ostr = ecl_make_nucl_stream(stdout);
+  istr = ecl_make_nucl_stream(stdin);
+}
+
+
+/* -- reader ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+static cl_object
+alloc_readtable(void) {
+  cl_object rtable = ecl_alloc_object(t_readtable);
+  struct ecl_readtable_entry *rtab = (struct ecl_readtable_entry *)
+    ecl_alloc(RTABSIZE * sizeof(struct ecl_readtable_entry));
+  rtable->readtable.locked = 0;
+  rtable->readtable.parse_token = NULL;
+  rtable->readtable.read_case = ecl_case_upcase; /* enum ecl_readtable_case */
+  rtable->readtable.table = rtab;
+  for (int i = 0;  i < RTABSIZE;  i++) {
+    rtab[i].syntax_type = cat_constituent; /* enum ecl_chattrib */
+    rtab[i].macro = ECL_NIL;
+    rtab[i].table = ECL_NIL;
+  }
+#ifdef ECL_UNICODE
+  rtable->readtable.hash = ECL_NIL;
+#endif
+  return rtable;
+}
+
+static cl_object
+r2rs_parse_token(cl_object token, cl_object in, int flags) {
+  return ECL_NIL;
+}
+
+static cl_object
+_niy(int narg, cl_object in, cl_object c, cl_object d)
+{
+  ecl_internal_error("not implemented yet");
+}
+
+static cl_object
+_nif(int narg, cl_object in, cl_object c, cl_object d)
+{
+  ecl_internal_error("deliberely unspecified");
+}
+
+ecl_def_function(niy, _niy, static, const);
+ecl_def_function(nif, _nif, static, const);
+
+void
+init_r2rs_reader(void) {
+  cl_object niy = niy;
+  cl_object nif = nif;
+  rtab = alloc_readtable();
+  rtab->readtable.parse_token = r2rs_parse_token;
+  /* blanks */
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '\t', cat_whitespace, ECL_NIL, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '\n', cat_whitespace, ECL_NIL, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '\f', cat_whitespace, ECL_NIL, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '\r', cat_whitespace, ECL_NIL, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, ' ',  cat_whitespace, ECL_NIL, ECL_NIL);
+  /* Special characters */
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, ')',  cat_terminating, niy, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '(',  cat_terminating, niy, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, ']',  cat_terminating, niy, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '[',  cat_terminating, niy, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '}',  cat_terminating, niy, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '{',  cat_terminating, niy, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '"',  cat_terminating, niy, ECL_NIL);
+  /* Deliberately unspecified (we make them special) */
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '#',  cat_terminating, nif, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '`',  cat_terminating, nif, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '\'', cat_terminating, nif, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '@',  cat_terminating, nif, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '\\', cat_terminating, nif, ECL_NIL);
+  ecl_readtable_set(rtab, '|',  cat_terminating, nif, ECL_NIL);
+}
+
+
+/* -- Entry point ----------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+int main() {
+  cl_env_ptr the_env = ecl_core.first_env;
+  ecl_set_option(ECL_OPT_BIND_STACK_SIZE, 32);
+  ecl_set_option(ECL_OPT_BIND_STACK_SAFETY_AREA, 8);
+  ecl_set_option(ECL_OPT_FRAME_STACK_SIZE, 32);
+  ecl_set_option(ECL_OPT_FRAME_STACK_SAFETY_AREA, 8);
+  ecl_set_option(ECL_OPT_LISP_STACK_SIZE, 32);
+  ecl_set_option(ECL_OPT_LISP_STACK_SAFETY_AREA, 8);
+
+  ecl_boot();
+  ecl_add_module(ecl_module_process);
+  ecl_add_module(ecl_module_stacks);
+
+  init_r2rs_reader();
+
+  printf("Hello ECL! %p\n", the_env);
+  /* nucl_repl(); */
+  printf("Good bye ECL! %p\n", the_env);
+
+  ecl_halt();
+  return 0;
+}