diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 85e75d5d..06369e09 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -618,6 +618,19 @@ shared_library(
    install: false,
 )
 
+i_source = join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'src', 'hidpp.i')
+c_source = swig_gen.process(i_source)
+shared_library(
+   'hidpp',
+   c_source,
+   name_prefix: '_',
+   c_args : ['-Wno-missing-prototypes', '-Wno-format-nonliteral'],
+   extra_files: [ i_source ] + src_libratbag ,
+   dependencies: deps_libratbag + wrapper_deps,
+   include_directories : include_directories('src', 'tools'),
+   install: false,
+)
+
 # ratbagc is the layer that maps ratbagctl to the swig bindings
 ratbagc_py_conf = configuration_data()
 ratbagc_py_conf.set('LIBRATBAG_DATA_DIR', libratbag_data_dir_devel)
diff --git a/src/hidpp.i b/src/hidpp.i
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3228307b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hidpp.i
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* wrapping libratbag functions from hidpp*.h using SWIG. */
+
+%module hidpp
+%{
+	/* the resulting C file should be built as a python extension */
+	#define SWIG_FILE_WITH_INIT
+	/*  Includes the header in the wrapper code */
+	#include <shared.h>
+	#include <hidpp-generic.h>
+	#include <hidpp20.h>
+%}
+#define __attribute__(x)
+#define _Static_assert(a,b)
+
+
+/*  Parse the header file to generate wrappers */
+%include "stdint.i"
+%include "cpointer.i"
+%pointer_functions(int, intp);
+%pointer_functions(uint8_t, uint8_tp);
+%pointer_functions(uint16_t, uint16_tp);
+%include "hidpp-generic.h"
+%include "hidpp20.h"