diff --git a/cmd/abigen/main.go b/cmd/abigen/main.go
index 3a1ae6f4c3..f63b3fa7a7 100644
--- a/cmd/abigen/main.go
+++ b/cmd/abigen/main.go
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	abiFlag = flag.String("abi", "", "Path to the Ethereum contract ABI json to bind")
-	binFlag = flag.String("bin", "", "Path to the Ethereum contract bytecode (generate deploy method)")
-	typFlag = flag.String("type", "", "Struct name for the binding (default = package name)")
+	abiFlag  = flag.String("abi", "", "Path to the Ethereum contract ABI json to bind")
+	binFlag  = flag.String("bin", "", "Path to the Ethereum contract bytecode (generate deploy method)")
+	typFlag  = flag.String("type", "", "Struct name for the binding (default = package name)")
+	linkFlag = flag.String("link", "", "Library flag linker for name to addresses in the code")
 
 	solFlag  = flag.String("sol", "", "Path to the Ethereum contract Solidity source to build and bind")
 	solcFlag = flag.String("solc", "solc", "Solidity compiler to use if source builds are requested")
diff --git a/common/compiler/compiler.go b/common/compiler/compiler.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e95c45ae9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/compiler/compiler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package compiler
+
+type Compiler interface {
+	PrepareCommand(files ...string) error
+	Compile(flags ...func() string) (string, error)
+}
diff --git a/common/compiler/flags.go b/common/compiler/flags.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c587120f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/compiler/flags.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package compiler
+
+func addStandardAbiAndBin() string {
+	return "abi,bin,"
+}
+
+func addDevDoc() string {
+	return "devdoc"
+}
+
+func addUserDoc() string {
+	return "userdoc"
+}
+
+func addMetadata() string {
+	return "metadata"
+}
diff --git a/common/compiler/solidity.go b/common/compiler/solidity.go
index abb8039896..6e69136834 100644
--- a/common/compiler/solidity.go
+++ b/common/compiler/solidity.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
@@ -52,6 +53,15 @@ type ContractInfo struct {
 type Solidity struct {
 	Path, Version, FullVersion string
 	Major, Minor, Patch        int
+	Files                      []string
+	FlagOpts                   SolcFlagOpts
+}
+
+type SolcFlagOpts struct {
+	Optimize     bool
+	CombinedJson []string
+	ToLink       []string
+	Version      string
 }
 
 // --combined-output format
@@ -136,6 +146,35 @@ func CompileSolidity(solc string, sourcefiles ...string) (map[string]*Contract,
 	return s.run(cmd, source)
 }
 
+func (s *Solidity) GetFiles(sourcefiles ...string) error {
+	if len(sourcefiles) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("solc: no source files")
+	}
+
+	for _, file := range sourcefiles {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(file); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("solc: could not find file %v", file)
+		}
+		s.Files = append(s.Files, file)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+/*func (s *Solidity) Compile(flags ...func() string) (string, error) {
+	var command []string
+	for _, flag := range flags {
+		command := append(command, flag())
+	}
+	if len(s.FlagOpts.ToLink) > 0 {
+		command := append(command, s.linkLibraries())
+	}
+
+	finalCommand := strings.Join(command, "")
+
+	exec.Command("solc", finalCommand)
+
+}*/
+
 func (s *Solidity) run(cmd *exec.Cmd, source string) (map[string]*Contract, error) {
 	var stderr, stdout bytes.Buffer
 	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
@@ -182,6 +221,10 @@ func (s *Solidity) run(cmd *exec.Cmd, source string) (map[string]*Contract, erro
 	return contracts, nil
 }
 
+func (s *Solidity) linkLibraries() string {
+	return "--libraries " + strings.Join(s.FlagOpts.ToLink, ",")
+}
+
 func slurpFiles(files []string) (string, error) {
 	var concat bytes.Buffer
 	for _, file := range files {
diff --git a/common/compiler/solidity_test.go b/common/compiler/solidity_test.go
index 0da3bb337e..d248720e0d 100644
--- a/common/compiler/solidity_test.go
+++ b/common/compiler/solidity_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package compiler
 
 import (
 	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -30,6 +31,40 @@ contract test {
    }
 }
 `
+	librarySource = `
+library Set {
+  struct Data { mapping(uint => bool) flags; }
+  function insert(Data storage self, uint value)
+      returns (bool)
+  {
+      if (self.flags[value])
+          return false; // already there
+      self.flags[value] = true;
+      return true;
+  }
+
+  function remove(Data storage self, uint value)
+      returns (bool)
+  {
+      if (!self.flags[value])
+          return false; // not there
+      self.flags[value] = false;
+      return true;
+  }
+
+  function contains(Data storage self, uint value)
+      returns (bool)
+  {
+      return self.flags[value];
+  }
+}
+
+contract C {
+    Set.Data knownValues;
+    function register(uint value) {
+        require(Set.insert(knownValues, value));
+    }
+}`
 )
 
 func skipWithoutSolc(t *testing.T) {
@@ -75,3 +110,21 @@ func TestCompileError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	t.Logf("error: %v", err)
 }
+
+func TestCompilerLinking(t *testing.T) {
+	skipWithoutSolc(t)
+
+	solc, err := SolidityVersion("")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("%v", err)
+	}
+
+	solc.FlagOpts.ToLink = append(solc.FlagOpts.ToLink, "Set:0x692a70d2e424a56d2c6c27aa97d1a86395877b3a")
+
+	linkedLibraries := solc.linkLibraries()
+
+	testingCase1 := "--libraries Set:0x692a70d2e424a56d2c6c27aa97d1a86395877b3a"
+	if strings.Compare(linkedLibraries, testingCase1) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected %v, got %v", linkedLibraries, testingCase1)
+	}
+}