diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 83e9e6dee..dcf56da4c 100755
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -173,3 +173,7 @@ ELSE()
     MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "${BoldRed}Found libunbound includes, but could not find libunbound library. Please make sure you have installed libunbound or libunbound-dev or the equivalent${ColourReset}")
   ENDIF()
 ENDIF()
+
+set(NET_SKELETON_SRCS net_skeleton/net_skeleton.c)
+add_library(net_skeleton ${NET_SKELETON_SRCS})
+
diff --git a/external/net_skeleton b/external/net_skeleton
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..f7b138a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/net_skeleton
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f7b138a4ce9299651fa30b5fdfeb68811317d3c0
diff --git a/src/rpc/json_rpc_http_server.cpp b/src/rpc/json_rpc_http_server.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d66eed830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rpc/json_rpc_http_server.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#include "json_rpc_http_server.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+namespace RPC
+{
+  Json_rpc_http_server::Json_rpc_http_server(const std::string &ip, const std::string &port)
+  {
+    m_ip = ip;
+    m_port = port;
+    m_is_running = false;
+    m_method_count = 0;
+  }
+
+  Json_rpc_http_server::~Json_rpc_http_server()
+  {
+    stop();
+  }
+
+  void Json_rpc_http_server::start()
+  {
+    m_is_running = true;
+    server_thread = new boost::thread(&Json_rpc_http_server::poll, this);
+  }
+
+  void Json_rpc_http_server::poll()
+  {
+    ns_mgr_init(&mgr, NULL);
+    nc = ns_bind(&mgr, (m_ip + ":" + m_port).c_str(), std::bind(&Json_rpc_http_server::ev_handler, this));
+    ns_set_protocol_http_websocket(nc);
+    while (m_is_running) {
+      ns_mgr_poll(&mgr, 1000);
+    }
+  }
+
+  void Json_rpc_http_server::stop()
+  {
+    m_is_running = false;
+    server_thread->join();
+    delete server_thread;
+    ns_mgr_free(&mgr);
+  }
+
+  void Json_rpc_http_server::ev_handler(struct ns_connection *nc, int ev, void *ev_data)
+  {
+    struct http_message *hm = (struct http_message *) ev_data;
+    char buf[100];
+    switch (ev) {
+      case NS_HTTP_REQUEST:
+        ns_rpc_dispatch(hm->body.p, hm->body.len, buf, sizeof(buf),
+        m_method_names, m_handlers);
+        ns_printf(nc, "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: %d\r\n"
+        "Content-Type: application/json\r\n\r\n%s",
+        (int) strlen(buf), buf);
+        nc->flags |= NSF_FINISHED_SENDING_DATA;
+        break;
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  bool Json_rpc_http_server::add_handler(const std::string &method_name,
+    int (*hander)(char *buf, int len, struct ns_rpc_request *req))
+  {
+    if (m_method_count == MAX_METHODS)
+    {
+      return false;
+    }
+    m_method_names[m_method_count] = new char[method_name.length() + 1];
+    strcpy(m_method_names[m_method_count], method_name.c_str());
+    m_handlers[m_method_count] = hander;
+    m_method_count++;
+    return true;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/rpc/json_rpc_http_server.h b/src/rpc/json_rpc_http_server.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9cb01deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rpc/json_rpc_http_server.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include "net_skeleton/net_skeleton.h"
+#include <boost/thread.hpp>
+#include <string>
+
+#define MAX_METHODS 100
+
+namespace RPC
+{
+  class Json_rpc_http_server
+  {
+    struct ns_mgr mgr;
+    struct ns_connection *nc;
+    boost::thread *server_thread;
+    void ev_handler(struct ns_connection *nc, int ev, void *ev_data);
+    void poll();
+    std::string m_ip;
+    std::string m_port;
+    bool m_is_running;
+    char *m_method_names[MAX_METHODS];
+    ns_rpc_handler_t m_handlers[MAX_METHODS];
+    int m_method_count;
+  public:
+    Json_rpc_http_server(const std::string &ip, const std::string &port);
+    ~Json_rpc_http_server();
+    void start();
+    void stop();
+    bool add_handler(const std::string &method_name,
+      int (*hander)(char *buf, int len, struct ns_rpc_request *req));
+  };
+}