diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 85ccf83..761ea9b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ readme = "README.md"
 name = "mcpl"
 
 [dependencies]
+byteorder = "1"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6753a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use std::io;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+
+pub mod status;
+
+/// Current supported protocol version.
+pub const PROTOCOL_VERSION: usize = 498;
+
+/// Possible errors while decoding packet.
+pub enum DecodePacketError {
+    UnknownPacketType { type_id: u8 },
+    IOError { io_error: io::Error },
+}
+
+impl From<io::Error> for DecodePacketError {
+    fn from(io_error: io::Error) -> Self {
+        DecodePacketError::IOError { io_error }
+    }
+}
+
+trait Packet {
+    type Output;
+
+    fn encode<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), io::Error>;
+
+    fn decode<R: Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self::Output, DecodePacketError>;
+}
diff --git a/src/status.rs b/src/status.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2083f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/status.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+use crate::{DecodePacketError, Packet};
+use byteorder::{BigEndian, ReadBytesExt, WriteBytesExt};
+use std::io;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+
+pub enum StatusServerBoundPacket {
+    StatusRequest,
+    PingRequest(PingRequest),
+}
+
+pub enum StatusClientBoundPacket {
+    StatusResponse,
+    PingResponse(PingResponse),
+}
+
+impl StatusServerBoundPacket {
+    pub fn get_type_id(&self) -> u8 {
+        match self {
+            StatusServerBoundPacket::StatusRequest => 0x0,
+            StatusServerBoundPacket::PingRequest(_) => 0x1,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn decode<R: Read>(&self, type_id: u8, reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self, DecodePacketError> {
+        match type_id {
+            0x0 => Ok(StatusServerBoundPacket::StatusRequest),
+            0x1 => {
+                let ping_request = PingRequest::decode(reader)?;
+
+                Ok(StatusServerBoundPacket::PingRequest(ping_request))
+            }
+            _ => Err(DecodePacketError::UnknownPacketType { type_id }),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl StatusClientBoundPacket {
+    pub fn get_type_id(&self) -> u8 {
+        match self {
+            StatusClientBoundPacket::StatusResponse => 0x0,
+            StatusClientBoundPacket::PingResponse(_) => 0x1,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct PingRequest {
+    time: u64,
+}
+
+impl PingRequest {
+    pub fn new(time: u64) -> StatusServerBoundPacket {
+        let ping_request = PingRequest { time };
+
+        StatusServerBoundPacket::PingRequest(ping_request)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Packet for PingRequest {
+    type Output = Self;
+
+    fn encode<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+        writer.write_u64::<BigEndian>(self.time)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn decode<R: Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self::Output, DecodePacketError> {
+        let time = reader.read_u64::<BigEndian>()?;
+
+        Ok(PingRequest { time })
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct PingResponse {
+    time: u64,
+}
+
+impl PingResponse {
+    pub fn new(time: u64) -> StatusClientBoundPacket {
+        let ping_response = PingResponse { time };
+
+        StatusClientBoundPacket::PingResponse(ping_response)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Packet for PingResponse {
+    type Output = Self;
+
+    fn encode<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+        writer.write_u64::<BigEndian>(self.time)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn decode<R: Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self::Output, DecodePacketError> {
+        let time = reader.read_u64::<BigEndian>()?;
+
+        Ok(PingResponse { time })
+    }
+}