diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c74b4867..56648c20 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 add_subdirectory(gitversion)
 add_subdirectory(cpp-utils)
 add_subdirectory(fspp)
+add_subdirectory(jni)
 add_subdirectory(parallelaccessstore)
 add_subdirectory(blockstore)
 add_subdirectory(blobstore)
diff --git a/src/fspp/fuse/CMakeLists.txt b/src/fspp/fuse/CMakeLists.txt
index 29f72a4b..bc832e89 100644
--- a/src/fspp/fuse/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/fspp/fuse/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set(SOURCES
   ../impl/FilesystemImpl.cpp
   ../impl/Profiler.cpp
   ../fuse/Fuse.cpp
-  jni.cpp
 )
 
 add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC ${SOURCES})
diff --git a/src/jni/CMakeLists.txt b/src/jni/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22b6e39c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jni/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+project (libcryfs-jni)
+
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC libcryfs-jni.cpp)
+
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC fspp-fuse)
+
+target_enable_style_warnings(${PROJECT_NAME})
+target_activate_cpp14(${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES PUBLIC_HEADER include/libcryfs-jni.h)
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC include)
+
diff --git a/src/jni/include/libcryfs-jni.h b/src/jni/include/libcryfs-jni.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1acdad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jni/include/libcryfs-jni.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include <jni.h>
+
+jlong cryfs_init(JNIEnv* env, jstring jbaseDir, jstring jlocalSateDir, jbyteArray jpassword, jboolean createBaseDir, jstring jcipher);
+jlong cryfs_create(JNIEnv* env, jlong fusePtr, jstring jpath, mode_t mode);
+jlong cryfs_open(JNIEnv* env, jlong fusePtr, jstring jpath, jint flags);
+jint cryfs_read(JNIEnv* env, jlong fusePtr, jlong fileHandle, jbyteArray jbuffer, jlong offset);
+jint cryfs_write(JNIEnv* env, jlong fusePtr, jlong fileHandle, jlong offset, jbyteArray jbuffer, jint size);
+jint cryfs_truncate(JNIEnv* env, jlong fusePtr, jstring jpath, jlong size);
+jint cryfs_unlink(JNIEnv* env, jlong fusePtr, jstring jpath);
+jint cryfs_release(jlong fusePtr, jlong fileHandle);
+jlong cryfs_readdir(JNIEnv* env, jlong fusePtr, jstring jpath ,void* data, int(void*, const char*, const struct stat*));
+jint cryfs_mkdir(JNIEnv* env, jlong fusePtr, jstring jpath, mode_t mode);
+jint cryfs_rmdir(JNIEnv* env, jlong fusePtr, jstring jpath);
+jint cryfs_getattr(JNIEnv* env, jlong fusePtr, jstring jpath, struct stat* stat);
+jint cryfs_rename(JNIEnv* env, jlong fusePtr, jstring jsrcPath, jstring jdstPath);
+void cryfs_destroy(jlong fusePtr);
+jboolean cryfs_is_closed(jlong fusePtr);
diff --git a/src/fspp/fuse/jni.cpp b/src/jni/libcryfs-jni.cpp
similarity index 99%
rename from src/fspp/fuse/jni.cpp
rename to src/jni/libcryfs-jni.cpp
index 3214036e..c8264600 100644
--- a/src/fspp/fuse/jni.cpp
+++ b/src/jni/libcryfs-jni.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <jni.h>
 #include <cryfs-cli/Cli.h>
-#include "Fuse.h"
+#include <fspp/fuse/Fuse.h>
 
 using std::unique_ptr;
 using std::make_unique;