diff --git a/WalletManager.cpp b/WalletManager.cpp
index 4a2f0c8f..cb0ffbac 100644
--- a/WalletManager.cpp
+++ b/WalletManager.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "WalletManager.h"
 #include "Wallet.h"
+#include "wallet/wallet2_api.h"
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QDir>
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ WalletManager *WalletManager::instance()
     if (!m_instance) {
         m_instance = new WalletManager;
     }
+    // Checking linkage (doesn't work, TODO: have every dependencies linked statically into libwallet)
+    Bitmonero::WalletManager * wallet_manager_impl = Bitmonero::WalletManagerFactory::getWalletManager();
 
     return m_instance;
 }
diff --git a/get_libwallet_api.sh b/get_libwallet_api.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9e2f65ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/get_libwallet_api.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+BITMONERO_URL=https://github.com/mbg033/bitmonero
+CPU_CORE_COUNT=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
+pushd $(pwd)
+ROOT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+
+INSTALL_DIR=$ROOT_DIR/wallet
+BITMONERO_DIR=$ROOT_DIR/bitmonero
+
+
+if [ ! -d $BITMONERO_DIR ]; then
+    git clone --depth=1 $BITMONERO_URL $BITMONERO_DIR
+fi
+
+rm -fr $BITMONERO_DIR/build
+mkdir -p $BITMONERO_DIR/build/release
+pushd $BITMONERO_DIR/build/release
+
+cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$BITMONERO_DIR"  ../..
+
+pushd $BITMONERO_DIR/build/release/src/wallet
+make -j$CPU_CORE_COUNT
+make install -j$CPU_CORE_COUNT
+popd
+popd
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/monero-core.pro b/monero-core.pro
index 1f4d97d4..8574205f 100644
--- a/monero-core.pro
+++ b/monero-core.pro
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ TEMPLATE = app
 
 QT += qml quick widgets
 
+WALLET_ROOT=$$PWD/bitmonero
+
 CONFIG += c++11
 
+INCLUDEPATH += $$WALLET_ROOT/include
+
+message($$INCLUDEPATH)
+
 HEADERS += \
     filter.h \
     clipboardAdapter.h \
@@ -26,6 +32,8 @@ SOURCES = *.qml \
           wizard/*.qml
 }
 
+LIBS += -L$$WALLET_ROOT/lib -lwallet
+
 # translations files;
 TRANSLATIONS = monero-core_en.ts \ # English (could be untranslated)
                monero-core_de.ts  # Deutsch
@@ -71,9 +79,3 @@ OTHER_FILES += \
 
 DISTFILES += \
     notes.txt
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