diff --git a/contrib/fb303/global_header.mk b/contrib/fb303/global_header.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23d60fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/fb303/global_header.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#define thrift_template
+#  $(1) : $(2)
+#	$$(THRIFT) $(3) $(4) $(5) $(6) $(7) $(8) $$<
+#endef
+
+define thrift_template
+XTARGET := $(shell perl -e '@val = split("\/","$(2)"); $$last = pop(@val);split("\\.",$$last);print "$(1)/"."gen-cpp/"."@_[0]"."_types.cpp\n"' )
+
+ifneq ($$(XBUILT_SOURCES),) 
+    XBUILT_SOURCES := $$(XBUILT_SOURCES) $$(XTARGET)
+else
+    XBUILT_SOURCES := $$(XTARGET)
+endif
+$$(XTARGET) : $(2)
+	$$(THRIFT) -o $1 $3 $$<
+endef
+
+clean-common:
+	rm -rf gen-*