diff --git a/ase/awk/jni.c b/ase/awk/jni.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28d41d68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/awk/jni.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * $Id: jni.c,v 1.1 2006-08-02 15:03:48 bacon Exp $
+ */
+
+#include "jni.h"
+#include "awk.h"
+#include "sa.h"
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_AWK_open (JNIEnv* env, jobject obj)
+{
+	xp_printf (XP_T("Java_AWK_open\n"));
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_AWK_close (JNIEnv* env, jobject obj)
+{
+	xp_printf (XP_T("Java_AWK_close\n"));
+}
diff --git a/ase/awk/jni.def b/ase/awk/jni.def
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0603bfe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/awk/jni.def
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+LIBRARY	"xpawk.dll"
+
+EXPORTS
+	Java_AWK_open
+	Java_AWK_close
+
diff --git a/ase/awk/jni.h b/ase/awk/jni.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..016bf88b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/awk/jni.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * $Id: jni.h,v 1.1 2006-08-02 15:03:49 bacon Exp $
+ */
+
+#ifndef _XP_AWK_JNI_H_
+#define _XP_AWK_JNI_H_
+
+#include <jni.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_AWK_open (JNIEnv*, jobject);
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_AWK_close (JNIEnv*, jobject);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/ase/awk/makefile.cl b/ase/awk/makefile.cl
index 9505f956..a414bb92 100644
--- a/ase/awk/makefile.cl
+++ b/ase/awk/makefile.cl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ OUT = xpawk
 
 CC = cl
 #CFLAGS = /nologo /MT /W3 /GR- /D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0400 -I../..
-CFLAGS = /nologo /O2 /MT /W3 /GR- /Za /D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0400 -I../.. -DXP_AWK_STAND_ALONE -DXP_CHAR_IS_WCHAR
+CFLAGS = /nologo /O2 /MT /W3 /GR- /Za /D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0400 -I../.. -DXP_AWK_STAND_ALONE -DXP_CHAR_IS_WCHAR /I"C:\Program Files\IBM\Java141\Include" /I"C:\Program Files\IBM\Java141\Include\Win32"
 
 all: lib 
 
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ dll: $(OBJS)
 /nologo /out:$(OUT).dll $(OBJS)
 <<
 
+jni: $(OBJS) jni.obj
+	link /dll /def:jni.def /subsystem:console /version:0.1 /release @<<
+/nologo /out:$(OUT).dll $(OBJS) jni.obj
+<<
+
 clean:
 	del $(OBJS) $(OUT) *.obj