diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index c11917f9..5dab354d 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -3,12 +3,20 @@
     'target_name': 'bitcoindjs',
     'include_dirs' : [
       '<!(node -e "require(\'nan\')")',
+      '/home/user/bitcoin/src',
+      '/home/user/bitcoin/src/leveldb/include',
+      #'/usr/include/boost',
+      './deps/boost'
     ],
     'sources': [
       'src/bitcoindjs.cc'
     ],
     'libraries': [
       '-lutil',
+      # NOTE: rename this to bitcoind.o so we can statically link to it
+      '-L/home/user/bitcoin/src/bitcoind',
+      # statically link leveldb
+      '-L/home/user/bitcoin/src/leveldb/libleveldb.a',
       '-L/usr/lib',
       '-L/usr/local/lib'
     ]
diff --git a/src/bitcoindjs.cc b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
index ef747318..c12d99e7 100644
--- a/src/bitcoindjs.cc
+++ b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,61 @@
 
 #include "nan.h"
 
+// bitcoind headers:
+#include "core.h"
+/*
+#include "addrman.h"
+#include "checkpoints.h"
+#include "crypter.h"
+#include "main.h"
+// #include "random.h"
+// #include "timedata.h"
+#include "walletdb.h"
+#include "alert.h"
+#include "checkqueue.h"
+#include "db.h"
+#include "miner.h"
+#include "rpcclient.h"
+#include "tinyformat.h"
+#include "wallet.h"
+#include "allocators.h"
+#include "clientversion.h"
+#include "hash.h"
+#include "mruset.h"
+#include "rpcprotocol.h"
+#include "txdb.h"
+#include "base58.h"
+#include "coincontrol.h"
+#include "init.h"
+#include "netbase.h"
+#include "rpcserver.h"
+#include "txmempool.h"
+#include "bloom.h"
+#include "coins.h"
+#include "key.h"
+#include "net.h"
+#include "script.h"
+#include "ui_interface.h"
+// #include "chainparamsbase.h"
+#include "compat.h"
+#include "keystore.h"
+#include "noui.h"
+#include "serialize.h"
+#include "uint256.h"
+#include "chainparams.h"
+#include "core.h"
+#include "leveldbwrapper.h"
+// #include "pow.h"
+#include "sync.h"
+#include "util.h"
+// #include "chainparamsseeds.h"
+// #include "core_io.h"
+#include "limitedmap.h"
+#include "protocol.h"
+#include "threadsafety.h"
+#include "version.h"
+*/
+
 #include <node.h>
 #include <string>