diff --git a/lib/oga.rb b/lib/oga.rb
index 132b7a1..f8be7b3 100644
--- a/lib/oga.rb
+++ b/lib/oga.rb
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 require 'ast'
+
+require_relative 'oga/ast/node'
+require_relative 'oga/lexer'
diff --git a/lib/oga/ast/node.rb b/lib/oga/ast/node.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0accb9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/oga/ast/node.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module Oga
+  module AST
+    ##
+    #
+    class Node < ::AST::Node
+
+    end # Node
+  end # AST
+end # Oga
diff --git a/lib/oga/lexer.rl b/lib/oga/lexer.rl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..288c46c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/oga/lexer.rl
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+%%machine lexer; # %
+
+module Oga
+  ##
+  #
+  class Lexer
+    %% write data; # %
+
+    # Lazy way of forwarding instance method calls used internally by Ragel to
+    # their corresponding class methods.
+    private_methods.grep(/^_lexer_/).each do |name|
+      define_method(name) do
+        return self.class.send(name)
+      end
+
+      private(name)
+    end
+
+    def initialize
+      reset
+    end
+
+    def reset
+      @line   = 1
+      @column = 1
+      @data   = nil
+      @ts     = nil
+      @te     = nil
+      @tokens = []
+    end
+
+    def lex(data)
+      @data       = data
+      lexer_start = self.class.lexer_start
+      eof         = data.length
+
+      %% write init;
+      %% write exec;
+
+      tokens = @tokens
+
+      reset
+
+      return tokens
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def advance_line
+      @line  += 1
+      @column = 1
+    end
+
+    def advance_column(length = 1)
+      @column += length
+    end
+
+    def t(type, start = @ts, stop = @te)
+      value = @data[start...stop]
+      token = [type, value, @line, @column]
+
+      advance_column(value.length)
+
+      @tokens << token
+    end
+
+    %%{
+      # Use instance variables for `ts` and friends.
+      access @;
+
+      any_escaped = /\\./;
+
+      newline = '\n';
+
+      whitespace = [ \t];
+
+      s_quote = "'";
+      d_quote = '"';
+
+      s_string = s_quote ([^'\\] | any_escaped)* s_quote;
+      d_string = d_quote ([^"\\] | any_escaped)* d_quote;
+
+      string = s_string | d_string;
+
+      # Unicode characters, taken from whitequark's wonderful parser library.
+      # (I honestly need to buy that dude a beer or 100). Basically this
+      # takes all characters and removes ASCII ones from the list, thus
+      # leaving you with Unicode.
+      unicode = any - ascii;
+
+      main := |*
+        whitespace => { t(:T_SPACE) };
+        newline    => { t(:T_NEWLINE); advance_line };
+      *|;
+    }%%
+  end # Lexer
+end # Gaia
diff --git a/spec/oga/lexer_spec.rb b/spec/oga/lexer_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73b0a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/oga/lexer_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Oga::Lexer do
+
+end