diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f1527d4..645a4180 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,25 @@ project(netremote
   VERSION 0.0.1
 )
 
+# Conditional inclusion of OS-dependent source trees.
+if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+  set(BUILD_FOR_LINUX TRUE)
+elseif (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
+  set(BUILD_FOR_WINDOWS TRUE)
+else ()
+  MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "No supported target OS detected, SYSTEM_NAME=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
+endif()
+
+MESSAGE(STATUS "Target OS ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} detected")
+
+# Option determining whether the hostapd client library should be built from
+# source, or a pre-built, packaged version discovered on the system.
+option(
+  BUILD_HOSTAP_EXTERNAL
+  "Build hostap project from built-in external source"
+  ON
+)
+
 # Set language configutation options. The C++ standard used must be the lowest
 # common denominator for all the OS-dependent projects. In practice, since this
 # project must build under the Windows build system (build.exe), its toolchain
@@ -27,6 +46,7 @@ set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY CTEST_TARGETS_ADDED 1)
 
 include(CheckPIESupported)
 include(CTest)
+include(ExternalProject)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 include(grpc)
 include(protoc)
@@ -108,6 +128,44 @@ if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "(Release|RelWithDebInfo|MinSizeRel)")
   add_compile_definitions(_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2)
 endif()
 
+# Common source directories
+set(NETREMOTE_DIR_SRC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src)
+set(NETREMOTE_DIR_LINUX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/linux)
+set(NETREMOTE_DIR_WINDOWS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/windows)
+
+# Add common, global compile definitions.
+add_compile_definitions(
+    MAGIC_ENUM_RANGE_MIN=0
+    MAGIC_ENUM_RANGE_MAX=255
+)
+
+# Conditional inclusion of OS-dependent source trees.
+if (BUILD_FOR_LINUX)
+  include(hostap)
+  add_subdirectory(linux)
+elseif (BUILD_FOR_WINDOWS)
+  # Make public version of wil available.
+  set(WIL_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE INTERNAL "Turn off wil tests")
+  set(WIL_BUILD_PACKAGING OFF CACHE INTERNAL "Turn off wil packaging")
+
+  find_package(wil CONFIG REQUIRED)
+
+  # Add Windows-specific global compile definitions.
+  add_compile_definitions(
+      _UNICODE
+      UNICODE
+      NOMINMAX
+      WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+  )
+
+  # Allow more than default number of sections in object files.
+  add_compile_options(
+    /bigobj
+  )
+
+  add_subdirectory(windows)
+endif()
+
 add_subdirectory(protocol)
 add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(tests)
diff --git a/cmake/hostap.cmake b/cmake/hostap.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45e00f96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/hostap.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+if (BUILD_HOSTAP_EXTERNAL)
+    add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../external/hostap)
+else()
+    find_library(LIBWPA_CLIENT
+        NAMES libwpa_client.so
+        REQUIRED)
+endif()
+
+if(LIBWPA_CLIENT)
+    set(LIBWPA_CLIENT_TARGET ${LIBWPA_CLIENT})
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found wpa client: ${LIBWPA_CLIENT}")
+endif()
diff --git a/development/docker/images/netremote/dev/hostapd/Dockerfile b/development/docker/images/netremote/dev/hostapd/Dockerfile
index 223685af..8ae59e74 100644
--- a/development/docker/images/netremote/dev/hostapd/Dockerfile
+++ b/development/docker/images/netremote/dev/hostapd/Dockerfile
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ FROM abeltrano/netremote-dev
 RUN sudo apt-get update && \
     sudo apt-get install -y -qq --no-install-recommends \
         # hostapd build dependencies.
-        # libnl-3-dev libssl-dev libnl-genl-3-dev
+        # libnl-3-dev libssl-dev libwpa-client-dev libnl-genl-3-dev
         libnl-3-dev \
-        libssl-dev \
         libnl-genl-3-dev \
+        libssl-dev \
+        libwpa-client-dev \
         # wpa_supplicant build dependencies.
         # libnl-3-dev libssl-dev libnl-genl-3-dev libdbus-c++-dev libnl-route-3-dev
         libdbus-c++-dev \
diff --git a/external/hostap/.config b/external/hostap/.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e57b0b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/hostap/.config
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y
+CONFIG_BUILD_WPA_CLIENT_SO=y
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/external/hostap/CMakeLists.txt b/external/hostap/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..548b7d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/hostap/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+find_program(MAKE_EXE 
+    NAMES gmake nmake make
+    REQUIRED
+)
+
+set(HOSTAP_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+
+set(HOSTAP_PREFIX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/hostap-prefix/src/hostap/wpa_supplicant CACHE INTERNAL "Path of external project code")
+set(HOSTAP_LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR ${HOSTAP_INSTALL_DIR}/usr/local/include CACHE INTERNAL "Path of external project includes")
+set(HOSTAP_LOCAL_LIB_DIR ${HOSTAP_INSTALL_DIR}/usr/local/lib CACHE INTERNAL "Path of external project built libraries")
+set(HOSTAP_LOCAL_SBIN_DIR ${HOSTAP_INSTALL_DIR}/usr/local/sbin CACHE INTERNAL "Path of external project built system binaries")
+
+ExternalProject_Add(hostap
+    GIT_REPOSITORY "http://w1.fi/hostap.git"
+    GIT_TAG "hostap_2_10"
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND cp -n ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.config ${HOSTAP_PREFIX}/.config
+    BINARY_DIR ${HOSTAP_PREFIX}
+    BUILD_COMMAND QUIET=1 ${MAKE_EXE} libwpa_client.so
+    INSTALL_DIR ${HOSTAP_INSTALL_DIR}
+    INSTALL_COMMAND QUIET=1 DESTDIR=${HOSTAP_INSTALL_DIR} ${MAKE_EXE} install
+)
+
+set(LIBWPA_CLIENT
+    ${HOSTAP_LOCAL_LIB_DIR}/libwpa_client.so
+    CACHE FILEPATH
+    "wpa client shared object"
+)
diff --git a/linux/CMakeLists.txt b/linux/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e31076a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add_subdirectory(hostap-controller)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/linux/README.md b/linux/README.md
index f1bc6061..7931e97e 100644
--- a/linux/README.md
+++ b/linux/README.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git ninja-build clang clang-format clang
 The above will install all the tools required to compile, lint, and debug the project. If hostapd will also be compiled ([git://w1.fi/hostap.git](git://w1.fi/hostap.git)), install the following additional development dependencies:
 
 ```bash
-sudo apt-get install -y libnl-3-dev libssl-dev libnl-genl-3-dev
+sudo apt-get install -y libnl-3-dev libssl-dev libwpa-client-dev libnl-genl-3-dev 
 ```
 
 ### 3. Install Docker on Windows
diff --git a/linux/hostap-controller/CMakeLists.txt b/linux/hostap-controller/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d42406b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux/hostap-controller/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+
+add_library(hostap-controller SHARED "")
+
+if (BUILD_HOSTAP_EXTERNAL)
+    add_dependencies(hostap-controller hostap)
+
+    target_include_directories(hostap-controller
+        PRIVATE
+            ${HOSTAP_LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    )
+endif()
+
+target_sources(hostap-controller
+    PRIVATE
+        Placeholder.cxx    
+)
+
+
+target_link_libraries(hostap-controller
+    INTERFACE
+        ${LIBWPA_CLIENT_TARGET}
+)
diff --git a/linux/hostap-controller/Placeholder.cxx b/linux/hostap-controller/Placeholder.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4631bc9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux/hostap-controller/Placeholder.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+#include <cstddef>
+
+#include <wpa_ctrl.h>
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 450355b5..ea38c0ce 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
     },
     "protobuf",
     "catch2",
-    "magic-enum"
+    "magic-enum",
+    {
+      "name": "wil",
+      "platform": "windows"
+    }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/windows/CMakeLists.txt b/windows/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b