diff --git a/hw/ell/InitInput.c b/hw/ell/InitInput.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fd9106d57fa934fe92e6b28a8e6017cad4d3670d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/ell/InitInput.c
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software")
+ * to deal in the software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * on the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sub
+ * license, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom
+ * them Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+ * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+ * Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_DIX_CONFIG_H
+#include <dix-config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <X11/X.h>
+#include "mi.h"
+#include <X11/Xproto.h>
+#include "scrnintstr.h"
+#include "inputstr.h"
+#include <X11/Xos.h>
+#include "mipointer.h"
+#include "xkbsrv.h"
+#include <X11/keysym.h>
+#include "xserver-properties.h"
+#include "exevents.h"
+#include "extinit.h"
+
+Bool
+LegalModifier(unsigned int key, DeviceIntPtr pDev)
+{
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+void
+ProcessInputEvents(void)
+{
+    mieqProcessInputEvents();
+}
+
+void
+DDXRingBell(int volume, int pitch, int duration)
+{
+}
+
+void
+InitInput(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+}
+
+void
+CloseInput(void)
+{
+}
diff --git a/hw/ell/InitOutput.c b/hw/ell/InitOutput.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..789b3d1fdb1b986321348b08b2fd3b64fcf90aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/ell/InitOutput.c
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software")
+ * to deal in the software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * on the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sub
+ * license, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom
+ * them Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+ * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+ * Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_DIX_CONFIG_H
+#include <dix-config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "scrnintstr.h"
+
+void
+ddxGiveUp(enum ExitCode error)
+{
+}
+
+void
+AbortDDX(enum ExitCode error)
+{
+    ddxGiveUp(error);
+}
+
+void
+OsVendorInit(void)
+{
+}
+
+void
+OsVendorFatalError(const char *f, va_list args)
+{
+}
+
+void
+ddxUseMsg(void)
+{
+}
+
+int
+ddxProcessArgument(int argc, char *argv[], int i)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void
+InitOutput(ScreenInfo * screen_info, int argc, char **argv)
+{
+}
diff --git a/hw/ell/meson.build b/hw/ell/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7107dc794b86c773a51a39d5ffd738717f4d81f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/ell/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+srcs = [
+    'InitInput.c',
+    'InitOutput.c',
+    '../../mi/miinitext.c',
+]
+
+xvfb_server = executable(
+    'Xell',
+    srcs,
+    include_directories: inc,
+    dependencies: common_dep,
+    link_with: [
+        libxserver_main,
+        libxserver_fb,
+        libxserver,
+        libxserver_xkb_stubs,
+        libxserver_xi_stubs,
+        libxserver_glx,
+        libglxvnd,
+    ],
+    install: true,
+)
diff --git a/hw/meson.build b/hw/meson.build
index 96c1559c348b8f7671f66c84d0ef4e7de43a9622..333b7cf37bb3a2afe7797ff0cdad139f44fa50b1 100644
--- a/hw/meson.build
+++ b/hw/meson.build
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ endif
 if build_xwin
     subdir('xwin')
 endif
+
+subdir('ell')