diff --git a/include/freerdp/codec/progressive.h b/include/freerdp/codec/progressive.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..016bc7412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/freerdp/codec/progressive.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/**
+ * FreeRDP: A Remote Desktop Protocol Implementation
+ * Progressive Codec Bitmap Compression
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Marc-Andre Moreau <marcandre.moreau@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FREERDP_CODEC_PROGRESSIVE_H
+#define FREERDP_CODEC_PROGRESSIVE_H
+
+#include <freerdp/api.h>
+#include <freerdp/types.h>
+
+#include <freerdp/codec/color.h>
+
+struct _PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT
+{
+	BOOL Compressor;
+};
+typedef struct _PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT;
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+FREERDP_API int progressive_compress(PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT* progressive, BYTE* pSrcData, UINT32 SrcSize, BYTE** ppDstData, UINT32* pDstSize);
+
+FREERDP_API int progressive_decompress(PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT* progressive, BYTE* pSrcData, UINT32 SrcSize,
+		BYTE** ppDstData, DWORD DstFormat, int nDstStep, int nXDst, int nYDst, int nWidth, int nHeight);
+
+FREERDP_API void progressive_context_reset(PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT* progressive);
+
+FREERDP_API PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT* progressive_context_new(BOOL Compressor);
+FREERDP_API void progressive_context_free(PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT* progressive);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* FREERDP_CODEC_PROGRESSIVE_H */
+ 
diff --git a/libfreerdp/codec/CMakeLists.txt b/libfreerdp/codec/CMakeLists.txt
index 5fd04894f..a99b2f21e 100644
--- a/libfreerdp/codec/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libfreerdp/codec/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ set(${MODULE_PREFIX}_SRCS
 	audio.c
 	planar.c
 	planar.h
+	progressive.c
 	bitmap_decode.c
 	bitmap_encode.c
 	rfx_bitstream.h
diff --git a/libfreerdp/codec/progressive.c b/libfreerdp/codec/progressive.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b798065c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libfreerdp/codec/progressive.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/**
+ * FreeRDP: A Remote Desktop Protocol Implementation
+ * Progressive Codec Bitmap Compression
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Marc-Andre Moreau <marcandre.moreau@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <winpr/crt.h>
+#include <winpr/print.h>
+#include <winpr/bitstream.h>
+
+#include <freerdp/codec/color.h>
+#include <freerdp/codec/progressive.h>
+
+int progressive_decompress(PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT* progressive, BYTE* pSrcData, UINT32 SrcSize,
+		BYTE** ppDstData, DWORD DstFormat, int nDstStep, int nXDst, int nYDst, int nWidth, int nHeight)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int progressive_compress(PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT* progressive, BYTE* pSrcData, UINT32 SrcSize, BYTE** ppDstData, UINT32* pDstSize)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
+void progressive_context_reset(PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT* progressive)
+{
+
+}
+
+PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT* progressive_context_new(BOOL Compressor)
+{
+	PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT* progressive;
+
+	progressive = (PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT*) calloc(1, sizeof(PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT));
+
+	if (progressive)
+	{
+		progressive->Compressor = Compressor;
+	}
+
+	return progressive;
+}
+
+void progressive_context_free(PROGRESSIVE_CONTEXT* progressive)
+{
+	if (!progressive)
+		return;
+
+	free(progressive);
+}
+
diff --git a/libfreerdp/codec/test/CMakeLists.txt b/libfreerdp/codec/test/CMakeLists.txt
index ba158560c..6ce9c65c2 100644
--- a/libfreerdp/codec/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libfreerdp/codec/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ set(${MODULE_PREFIX}_TESTS
 	TestFreeRDPCodecZGfx.c
 	TestFreeRDPCodecPlanar.c
 	TestFreeRDPCodecClear.c
+	TestFreeRDPCodecProgressive.c
 	TestFreeRDPCodecRemoteFX.c)
 
 create_test_sourcelist(${MODULE_PREFIX}_SRCS
diff --git a/libfreerdp/codec/test/TestFreeRDPCodecProgressive.c b/libfreerdp/codec/test/TestFreeRDPCodecProgressive.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..320329300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libfreerdp/codec/test/TestFreeRDPCodecProgressive.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include <winpr/crt.h>
+#include <winpr/print.h>
+
+#include <freerdp/codec/progressive.h>
+
+int TestFreeRDPCodecProgressive(int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+