diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ff68b63d..43fab398 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PG=
 jsoncat: jsoncat.o jsonpull.o
 	cc $(PG) -g -Wall -o $@ $^
 
-geojson: geojson.o jsonpull.o vector_tile.pb.o
+geojson: geojson.o jsonpull.o vector_tile.pb.o tile.o
 	cc $(PG) -O3 -g -Wall -o $@ $^ -lm -lz -lprotobuf-lite
 
 jsoncat.o jsonpull.o: jsonpull.h
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ libjsonpull.a: jsonpull.o
 	cc $(PG) -O3 -g -Wall -c $<
 
 %.o: %.cc
-	g++ -g -Wall -O3 -c $<
+	g++ $(PG) -O3 -g -Wall -c $<
diff --git a/tile.cc b/tile.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0785281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tile.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <zlib.h>
+#include "vector_tile.pb.h"
+
+#define XMAX 4096
+#define YMAX 4096
+
+// https://github.com/mapbox/mapnik-vector-tile/blob/master/src/vector_tile_compression.hpp
+static inline int compress(std::string const& input, std::string& output) {
+	z_stream deflate_s;
+	deflate_s.zalloc = Z_NULL;
+	deflate_s.zfree = Z_NULL;
+	deflate_s.opaque = Z_NULL;
+	deflate_s.avail_in = 0;
+	deflate_s.next_in = Z_NULL;
+	deflateInit(&deflate_s, Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION);
+	deflate_s.next_in = (Bytef *)input.data();
+	deflate_s.avail_in = input.size();
+	size_t length = 0;
+	do {
+		size_t increase = input.size() / 2 + 1024;
+		output.resize(length + increase);
+		deflate_s.avail_out = increase;
+		deflate_s.next_out = (Bytef *)(output.data() + length);
+		int ret = deflate(&deflate_s, Z_FINISH);
+		if (ret != Z_STREAM_END && ret != Z_OK && ret != Z_BUF_ERROR) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+		length += (increase - deflate_s.avail_out);
+	} while (deflate_s.avail_out == 0);
+	deflateEnd(&deflate_s);
+	output.resize(length);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void write_tile(char *name) {
+	GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_VERIFY_VERSION;
+
+        mapnik::vector::tile tile;
+	mapnik::vector::tile_layer *layer = tile.add_layers();
+
+        layer->set_name("name");
+        layer->set_version(1);
+        layer->set_extent(XMAX);
+
+
+
+
+
+        std::string s;
+        std::string compressed;
+
+        tile.SerializeToString(&s);
+        compress(s, compressed);
+        std::cout << compressed;
+}
+