diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 80a40aa..2c6a8ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1614,6 +1614,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sim-irc"
+version = "0.0.1-dev"
+dependencies = [
+ "proto-irc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f8f0d55..702da58 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 members = [
     ".",
     "crates/proto-irc",
+    "crates/sim-irc",
     "crates/mgmt-api",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/sim-irc/Cargo.toml b/crates/sim-irc/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf777d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/sim-irc/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "sim-irc"
+edition = "2021"
+version.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+proto-irc = { path = "../proto-irc" }
diff --git a/crates/sim-irc/src/main.rs b/crates/sim-irc/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7a11a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/sim-irc/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}