diff --git a/eclair-wire/pom.xml b/eclair-wire/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46f53acc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclair-wire/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>fr.acinq.eclair</groupId>
+        <artifactId>eclair_2.11</artifactId>
+        <version>0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>eclair-wire_2.11</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>add-source</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <sources>
+                                <source>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/scala</source>
+                            </sources>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.scodec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>scodec-core_${scala.version.short}</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/eclair-wire/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/wire/Packet.scala b/eclair-wire/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/wire/Packet.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..880831223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclair-wire/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/wire/Packet.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package fr.acinq.eclair.wire
+
+import fr.acinq.eclair.wire.PacketType._
+import scodec.Codec
+import scodec.codecs._
+
+/**
+  * Created by PM on 17/10/2016.
+  */
+object Packet {
+  implicit val codec: Codec[Packet] = {
+    ("packet_type" | Codec[PacketType]) ::
+      (("data_length" | uint16) >>:~ { length =>
+        ("data" | vectorOfN(provide(length), uint8)).hlist
+      })
+  }.as[Packet]
+}
+
+case class Packet(packetType: PacketType, dataLength: Int, data: Vector[Int]) {
+  require(dataLength == data.length)
+}
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diff --git a/eclair-wire/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/wire/PacketType.scala b/eclair-wire/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/wire/PacketType.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8d30cc5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclair-wire/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/wire/PacketType.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package fr.acinq.eclair.wire
+
+import scodec.bits.BitVector
+import scodec.{Attempt, Codec, DecodeResult, Err, SizeBound}
+import scodec.codecs._
+
+/**
+  * Created by PM on 17/10/2016.
+  */
+object PacketType extends Enumeration {
+  type PacketType = Value
+  val ADD = Value(0)
+  val FAIL = Value(1)
+  val FULFILL = Value(2)
+
+  implicit val commandTypeCodec: Codec[PacketType] =
+    mappedEnum(uint(2), PacketType.values.map(v => (v, v.id)).toMap)
+}
+
+import fr.acinq.eclair.wire.PacketType._
+
+class PacketTypeCodec() extends Codec[PacketType] {
+  override def sizeBound = SizeBound.exact(1)
+
+  override def encode(a: PacketType) = Attempt.successful(BitVector.empty)
+
+  override def decode(buffer: BitVector) =
+    buffer.acquire(1) match {
+      case Left(e) => Attempt.failure(Err.insufficientBits(1, buffer.size))
+      case Right(b) if b(0) == 0 => Attempt.successful(DecodeResult(ADD, buffer))
+      case Right(b) if b(0) == 1 => Attempt.successful(DecodeResult(FAIL, buffer))
+      case Right(b) if b(0) == 2 => Attempt.successful(DecodeResult(FULFILL, buffer))
+    }
+
+  override def toString = s"PacketTypeCodec"
+}
diff --git a/eclair-wire/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/wire/Test.scala b/eclair-wire/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/wire/Test.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71b784f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclair-wire/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/wire/Test.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package fr.acinq.eclair.wire
+
+import scodec.Codec
+import scodec.bits._
+
+/**
+  * Created by PM on 17/10/2016.
+  */
+object Test extends App {
+  val bin = hex"0x00010000000000".bits
+  println(Codec[Packet].decode(bin))
+}
+
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fea47abce..f956c6ba6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <modules>
+        <module>eclair-wire</module>
         <module>lightning-types</module>
         <module>eclair-node</module>
     </modules>
@@ -160,6 +161,11 @@
 
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.scodec</groupId>
+                <artifactId>scodec-core_${scala.version.short}</artifactId>
+                <version>1.10.2</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>fr.acinq</groupId>
                 <artifactId>bitcoin-lib_${scala.version.short}</artifactId>