diff --git a/interface/CMakeLists.txt b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
index 726aa7ef84..ac44be18f2 100644
--- a/interface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ link_hifi_libraries(
   shared octree ktx gpu gl gpu-gl procedural model render
   recording fbx networking model-networking entities avatars
   audio audio-client animation script-engine physics
-  render-utils entities-renderer ui auto-updater
+  render-utils entities-renderer avatars-renderer ui auto-updater
   controllers plugins
   ui-plugins display-plugins input-plugins
   ${NON_ANDROID_LIBRARIES}
diff --git a/libraries/avatars-renderer/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/avatars-renderer/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bee2cb31d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/avatars-renderer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+set(TARGET_NAME avatars-renderer)
+AUTOSCRIBE_SHADER_LIB(gpu model render render-utils)
+setup_hifi_library(Widgets Network Script)
+link_hifi_libraries(shared gpu model animation physics model-networking script-engine render render-utils)
+
+target_bullet()
diff --git a/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/AvatarsRendererLogging.cpp b/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/AvatarsRendererLogging.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2804df1b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/AvatarsRendererLogging.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//
+//  Created by Bradley Austin Davis on 2016/12/06
+//  Copyright 2013-2016 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+#include "AvatarsRendererLogging.h"
+
+Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(avatars_renderer, "hifi.avatars.rendering")
diff --git a/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/AvatarsRendererLogging.h b/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/AvatarsRendererLogging.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1cfd8d9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/AvatarsRendererLogging.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//
+//  Created by Bradley Austin Davis on 2016/12/06
+//  Copyright 2013-2016 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+#ifndef hifi_AvatarsRendererLogging_h
+#define hifi_AvatarsRendererLogging_h
+
+#include <QtCore/QLoggingCategory>
+
+Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(avatars_renderer)
+
+#endif // hifi_AvatarsRendererLogging_h