diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1ed722cfb2..5bbecb9854 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1165,6 +1165,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nym-validator"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "opaque-debug"
 version = "0.2.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2dce3057ad..fbf1177318 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ members = [
     "client",
     "mixnode",
     "sfw-provider",
-    "sfw-provider/sfw-provider-requests"
+    "sfw-provider/sfw-provider-requests",
+    "validator",
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/validator/Cargo.toml b/validator/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77bba7866f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validator/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "nym-validator"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Jedrzej Stuczynski <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/validator/src/main.rs b/validator/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7a11a969c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validator/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}