diff --git a/src/Core/.gitignore b/src/Core/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de4a392c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/vendor
+/composer.lock
diff --git a/src/Core/composer.json b/src/Core/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06c318f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "name": "knplabs/snappy-core",
+    "require": {
+        "php": ">=7.2.5",
+        "psr/http-message": "^2.0"
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "KnpLabs\\Snappy\\Core\\": "./"
+        }
+    }
+}