diff --git a/dlangide.visualdproj b/dlangide.visualdproj
index adfb36a..0ec5ac4 100644
--- a/dlangide.visualdproj
+++ b/dlangide.visualdproj
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
   </Folder>
   <Folder name="dlangide">
    <Folder name="builders">
+    <File path="src\dlangide\builders\builder.d" />
     <File path="src\dlangide\builders\extprocess.d" />
    </Folder>
    <Folder name="ui">
diff --git a/src/dlangide/builders/builder.d b/src/dlangide/builders/builder.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a27cc33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dlangide/builders/builder.d
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module dlangide.builders.builder;
+
+import dlangide.workspace.project;
+
+class Builder {
+    protected Project _project;
+
+    @property Project project() { return _project; }
+    @property void project(Project p) { _project = p; }
+
+}