diff --git a/src/util/thread.cpp b/src/util/thread.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c07182c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/thread.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * boblight
+ * Copyright (C) Bob  2009 
+ * 
+ * boblight is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * boblight is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ * See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "thread.h"
+
+CThread::CThread()
+{
+  m_running = false;
+}
+
+CThread::~CThread()
+{
+  StopThread();
+}
+
+void CThread::StartThread()
+{
+  m_stop = false;
+  m_running = true;
+  pthread_create(&m_thread, NULL, ThreadFunction, reinterpret_cast<void*>(this));
+}
+
+void* CThread::ThreadFunction(void* args)
+{
+  CThread* thread = reinterpret_cast<CThread*>(args);
+  thread->Process();
+  thread->m_running = false;
+}
+
+void CThread::Process()
+{
+}
+
+void CThread::StopThread()
+{
+  AsyncStopThread();
+  JoinThread();
+}
+
+void CThread::AsyncStopThread()
+{
+  m_stop = true;
+}
+
+void CThread::JoinThread()
+{
+  if (m_running)
+    pthread_join(m_thread, NULL);
+}
+
+bool CThread::IsRunning()
+{
+  return m_running;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/util/thread.h b/src/util/thread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14de2ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/thread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * boblight
+ * Copyright (C) Bob  2009 
+ * 
+ * boblight is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * boblight is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ * See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef CTHREAD
+#define CTHREAD
+
+#define __STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS
+#define __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+class CThread
+{
+  public:
+    CThread();
+    ~CThread();
+    void StartThread();
+    void StopThread();
+    void AsyncStopThread();
+    void JoinThread();
+    bool IsRunning();
+
+  protected:
+    pthread_t     m_thread;
+    volatile bool m_stop;
+    volatile bool m_running;
+
+    static void* ThreadFunction(void* args);
+    virtual void Process();
+};
+
+#endif //CTHREAD
+
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index a448456..bd1c5e4 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def build(bld):
                       src/util/timeutils.cpp\
                       src/util/condition.cpp\
                       src/util/tcpsocket.cpp\
+                      src/util/thread.cpp\
                       src/fft.cpp',
               use=['m','pthread','rt', 'jack', 'fftw3', 'fftw3f', 'samplerate'],
               includes='./src',