diff --git a/ihaskell.cabal b/ihaskell.cabal
index 857ab7b6..5a3df479 100644
--- a/ihaskell.cabal
+++ b/ihaskell.cabal
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ library
                        utf8-string          -any,
                        uuid                 >=1.3,
                        vector               -any,
-                       zeromq4-haskell      >=0.1
+                       ipython-kernel       >=0.2
 
   exposed-modules: IHaskell.Display
                    IHaskell.Convert
@@ -111,13 +111,6 @@ library
                    IHaskell.Flags
                    IHaskell.Types
                    IHaskell.BrokenPackages
-                   IHaskell.IPython.Kernel
-                   IHaskell.IPython.Types
-                   IHaskell.IPython.ZeroMQ
-                   IHaskell.IPython.Stdin
-                   IHaskell.IPython.Message.Writer
-                   IHaskell.IPython.Message.Parser
-                   IHaskell.IPython.Message.UUID
                    Paths_ihaskell
 --  other-modules: 
 --                   Paths_ihaskell
@@ -144,6 +137,7 @@ executable IHaskell
                        ihaskell             -any,
                        MissingH             >=1.2,
                        text                 -any,
+                       ipython-kernel       >= 0.2,
                        unix                 >= 2.6
 
 Test-Suite hspec
@@ -193,8 +187,8 @@ Test-Suite hspec
                        utf8-string          -any,
                        uuid                 >=1.3,
                        vector               -any,
-                       zeromq4-haskell      >=0.1,
-                       setenv               ==0.1.*
+                       setenv               ==0.1.*,
+                       ipython-kernel       >= 0.2
 
 
   default-extensions:
diff --git a/ipython-kernel/LICENSE b/ipython-kernel/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..869533fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipython-kernel/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2013 Andrew Gibiansky
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/ipython-kernel/ipython-kernel.cabal b/ipython-kernel/ipython-kernel.cabal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95c13359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipython-kernel/ipython-kernel.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name:                ipython-kernel
+version:             0.2.0.0
+synopsis:            A library for creating kernels for IPython frontends
+
+description:         ipython-kernel is a library for communicating with frontends for the interactive IPython framework. It is used extensively in IHaskell, the interactive Haskell environment.
+homepage:            http://github.com/gibiansky/IHaskell
+license:             MIT
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Andrew Gibiansky
+maintainer:          andrew.gibiansky@gmail.com
+
+category:            Development
+build-type:          Simple
+
+cabal-version:       >=1.16
+
+library
+  exposed-modules: IHaskell.IPython.Kernel
+                   IHaskell.IPython.Types
+                   IHaskell.IPython.ZeroMQ
+                   IHaskell.IPython.Stdin
+                   IHaskell.IPython.Message.Writer
+                   IHaskell.IPython.Message.Parser
+                   IHaskell.IPython.Message.UUID
+  -- other-modules:       
+  other-extensions:    OverloadedStrings
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  build-depends:       base            >=4.6 && < 4.8,
+                       aeson           >=0.6 && < 0.9,
+                       bytestring      >=0.10,
+                       cereal          >=0.3,
+                       containers      >=0.5,
+                       text            >=0.11,
+                       unix            >=2.6,
+                       uuid            >=1.3,
+                       zeromq4-haskell >=0.1
diff --git a/src/IHaskell/IPython/Kernel.hs b/ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/Kernel.hs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/IHaskell/IPython/Kernel.hs
rename to ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/Kernel.hs
diff --git a/src/IHaskell/IPython/Message/Parser.hs b/ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/Message/Parser.hs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/IHaskell/IPython/Message/Parser.hs
rename to ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/Message/Parser.hs
diff --git a/src/IHaskell/IPython/Message/UUID.hs b/ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/Message/UUID.hs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/IHaskell/IPython/Message/UUID.hs
rename to ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/Message/UUID.hs
diff --git a/src/IHaskell/IPython/Message/Writer.hs b/ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/Message/Writer.hs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/IHaskell/IPython/Message/Writer.hs
rename to ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/Message/Writer.hs
diff --git a/src/IHaskell/IPython/Stdin.hs b/ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/Stdin.hs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/IHaskell/IPython/Stdin.hs
rename to ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/Stdin.hs
diff --git a/src/IHaskell/IPython/Types.hs b/ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/Types.hs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/IHaskell/IPython/Types.hs
rename to ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/Types.hs
diff --git a/src/IHaskell/IPython/ZeroMQ.hs b/ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/ZeroMQ.hs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/IHaskell/IPython/ZeroMQ.hs
rename to ipython-kernel/src/IHaskell/IPython/ZeroMQ.hs