diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 610550b9..f45c47a5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ config.yaml
 .idea
 
 test_output/ 
+
+# Protobuf generated code
+gen/
diff --git a/buf.gen.yaml b/buf.gen.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7b832ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buf.gen.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+version: v1
+plugins:
+  - name: go
+    out: gen/go
+    opt:
+      - paths=source_relative
+  - name: go-grpc
+    out: gen/go
+    opt:
+      - paths=source_relative
+  - name: grpc-gateway
+    out: gen/go
+    opt:
+      - paths=source_relative
+      - generate_unbound_methods=true
+  # - name: gorm
+  #   out: gen/go
+  #   opt:
+  #     - paths=source_relative,enums=string,gateway=true
+  - name: openapiv2
+    out: gen/openapiv2
diff --git a/proto/buf.lock b/proto/buf.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03cd7b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/buf.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Generated by buf. DO NOT EDIT.
+version: v1
+deps:
+  - remote: buf.build
+    owner: googleapis
+    repository: googleapis
+    branch: main
+    commit: cd101b0abb7b4404a0b1ecc1afd4ce10
+    digest: b1-H4GHwHVHcJBbVPg-Cdmnx812reFCDQws_QoQ0W2hYQA=
+    create_time: 2021-10-23T15:04:06.087748Z
+  - remote: buf.build
+    owner: grpc-ecosystem
+    repository: grpc-gateway
+    branch: main
+    commit: ff83506eb9cc4cf8972f49ce87e6ed3e
+    digest: b1-iLPHgLaoeWWinMiXXqPnxqE4BThtY3eSbswVGh9GOGI=
+    create_time: 2021-10-23T16:26:52.283938Z
+  - remote: buf.build
+    owner: ufoundit-dev
+    repository: protoc-gen-gorm
+    branch: main
+    commit: e2ecbaa0d37843298104bd29fd866df8
+    digest: b1-SV9yKH_8P-IKTOlHZxP-bb0ALANYeEqH_mtPA0EWfLc=
+    create_time: 2021-10-08T06:03:05.64876Z
diff --git a/proto/buf.yaml b/proto/buf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e524ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/buf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: v1
+lint:
+  use:
+    - DEFAULT
+breaking:
+  use:
+    - FILE
+
+deps:
+  - buf.build/googleapis/googleapis
+  - buf.build/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway
+  - buf.build/ufoundit-dev/protoc-gen-gorm
diff --git a/proto/v1/headscale.proto b/proto/v1/headscale.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6356b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/v1/headscale.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+package headscale.v1;
+option  go_package = "github.com/juanfont/headscale/gen/go/v1";
+
+import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto";
+import "google/api/annotations.proto";
+import "options/gorm.proto";
+
+enum RegisterMethod {
+    AUTH_KEY = 0;
+    CLI      = 1;
+    OIDC     = 2;
+}
+
+message Namespace {
+    string Name = 1;
+}
+
+message PreAuthKey {
+    uint64    ID          = 1;
+    string    Key         = 2;
+    uint32    NamespaceID = 3;
+    Namespace Namespace   = 4;
+    bool      Reusable    = 5;
+    bool      Ephemeral   = 6;
+    bool      Used        = 7;
+
+    google.protobuf.Timestamp CreatedAt  = 8;
+    google.protobuf.Timestamp Expiration = 9;
+}
+
+message GetMachineRequest {
+    uint64 machine_id = 1;
+}
+
+message Machine {
+    option(gorm.opts).ormable = true;
+    uint64 ID                 = 1;
+    string MachineKey         = 2;
+    string NodeKey            = 3;
+    string DiscoKey           = 4;
+    string IPAddress          = 5;
+    string Name               = 6;
+    uint32 NamespaceID        = 7;
+
+    bool           Registered     = 8;
+    RegisterMethod RegisterMethod = 9;
+    uint32         AuthKeyID      = 10;
+    PreAuthKey     AuthKey        = 11;
+
+    google.protobuf.Timestamp LastSeen             = 12;
+    google.protobuf.Timestamp LastSuccessfulUpdate = 13;
+    google.protobuf.Timestamp Expiry               = 14;
+
+    bytes HostInfo      = 15;
+    bytes Endpoints     = 16;
+    bytes EnabledRoutes = 17;
+
+    google.protobuf.Timestamp CreatedAt = 18;
+    google.protobuf.Timestamp UpdatedAt = 19;
+    google.protobuf.Timestamp DeletedAt = 20;
+}
+
+// Gin Router will prefix this with /api/v1
+service HeadscaleService {
+    rpc GetMachine(GetMachineRequest) returns(Machine) {
+        option(google.api.http) = {
+            get : "/api/v1/machine/{machine_id}"
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tools.go b/tools.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..287c1230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//go:build tools
+// +build tools
+
+package tools
+
+import (
+	_ "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2/protoc-gen-grpc-gateway"
+	_ "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2/protoc-gen-openapiv2"
+	_ "github.com/infobloxopen/protoc-gen-gorm"
+	_ "google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc"
+	_ "google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go"
+)