diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f613918c..4189a60de 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -459,6 +459,29 @@ target_link_libraries(ncsixel-static
   PUBLIC
     notcurses-static
 )
+file(GLOB SIXELANALYZERSRC CONFIGURE DEPENDS src/sixelanalyzer/*.c)
+add_executable(sixelanalyzer ${SIXELANALYZERSRC})
+target_compile_definitions(sixelanalyzer
+  PRIVATE
+    _GNU_SOURCE
+)
+target_include_directories(sixelanalyzer
+  BEFORE
+  PRIVATE
+    include
+    src
+    "${TERMINFO_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
+    "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES}"
+    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include"
+)
+target_link_libraries(sixelanalyzer
+  PRIVATE
+    ncsixel
+    ${LIBM}
+    ${LIBRT}
+    Threads::Threads
+)
+
 ############################################################################
 if(${USE_CXX})
 # libnotcurses++ (C++ wrappers)
@@ -1059,6 +1082,7 @@ if(BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
 install(TARGETS notcurses-demo DESTINATION bin)
 install(TARGETS notcurses-info DESTINATION bin)
 install(TARGETS ncneofetch DESTINATION bin)
+install(TARGETS sixelanalyzer DESTINATION bin)
 if(NOT WIN32)
 install(TARGETS tfman DESTINATION bin)
 endif()
diff --git a/include/notcurses/libsixel.h b/include/notcurses/libsixel.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b95929d16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/notcurses/libsixel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#ifndef NOTCURSES_LIBSIXEL
+#define NOTCURSES_LIBSIXEL
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+struct sixel;
+struct sixelctx;
+
+struct sixelctx* libncsixel_init(void);
+
+struct sixel* libncsixel_encode(struct sixelctx* sctx, const char* file, unsigned colorregs);
+
+uint32_t* libncsixel_explode(const struct sixel* s);
+
+void libncsixel_stop(struct sixelctx* sctx);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/sixelanalyzer/main.c b/src/sixelanalyzer/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b45bf900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sixelanalyzer/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <notcurses/libsixel.h>
+
+int main(void){
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}