diff --git a/client/Makefile b/client/Makefile
index 867476cc..a1578766 100644
--- a/client/Makefile
+++ b/client/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-source=client.c commands.c util.c
+source=commands.c util.c client.c
 root-rel=../
 dir-name=client
 
+clients := $(client) birdcl
+
+source-dep := $(source) $(addsuffix .c,$(clients))
+
+subdir: $(addsuffix .o,$(clients))
+
 include ../Rules
diff --git a/client/birdc.c b/client/birdc.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9dd6d9b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/birdc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+/*
+ *	BIRD Client - Readline variant I/O
+ *
+ *	(c) 1999--2004 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
+ *
+ *	Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+
+#include <readline/readline.h>
+#include <readline/history.h>
+#include <curses.h>
+
+#include "nest/bird.h"
+#include "lib/resource.h"
+#include "lib/string.h"
+#include "client/client.h"
+#include "sysdep/unix/unix.h"
+
+static int input_hidden_end;
+static int prompt_active;
+
+/*** Input ***/
+
+/* HACK: libreadline internals we need to access */
+extern int _rl_vis_botlin;
+extern void _rl_move_vert(int);
+extern Function *rl_last_func;
+
+static void
+add_history_dedup(char *cmd)
+{
+  /* Add history line if it differs from the last one */
+  HIST_ENTRY *he = history_get(history_length);
+  if (!he || strcmp(he->line, cmd))
+    add_history(cmd);
+}
+
+static void
+input_got_line(char *cmd_buffer)
+{
+  if (!cmd_buffer)
+    {
+      cleanup();
+      exit(0);
+    }
+
+  if (cmd_buffer[0])
+    {
+      add_history_dedup(cmd_buffer);
+      submit_command(cmd_buffer);
+    }
+
+  free(cmd_buffer);
+}
+
+void
+input_start_list(void)
+{
+  /* Leave the currently edited line and make space for listing */
+  _rl_move_vert(_rl_vis_botlin);
+#ifdef HAVE_RL_CRLF
+  rl_crlf();
+#endif
+}
+
+void
+input_stop_list(void)
+{
+  /* Reprint the currently edited line after listing */
+  rl_on_new_line();
+  rl_redisplay();
+}
+
+static int
+input_complete(int arg UNUSED, int key UNUSED)
+{
+  static int complete_flag;
+  char buf[256];
+
+  if (rl_last_func != input_complete)
+    complete_flag = 0;
+  switch (cmd_complete(rl_line_buffer, rl_point, buf, complete_flag))
+    {
+    case 0:
+      complete_flag = 1;
+      break;
+    case 1:
+      rl_insert_text(buf);
+      break;
+    default:
+      complete_flag = 1;
+#ifdef HAVE_RL_DING
+      rl_ding();
+#endif
+    }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+input_help(int arg, int key UNUSED)
+{
+  int i, in_string, in_bracket;
+
+  if (arg != 1)
+    return rl_insert(arg, '?');
+
+  in_string = in_bracket = 0;
+  for (i = 0; i < rl_point; i++)
+    {
+   
+      if (rl_line_buffer[i] == '"')
+	in_string = ! in_string;
+      else if (! in_string)
+        {
+	  if (rl_line_buffer[i] == '[')
+	    in_bracket++;
+	  else if (rl_line_buffer[i] == ']')
+	    in_bracket--;
+        }
+    }
+
+  /* `?' inside string or path -> insert */
+  if (in_string || in_bracket)
+    return rl_insert(1, '?');
+
+  rl_begin_undo_group();		/* HACK: We want to display `?' at point position */
+  rl_insert_text("?");
+  rl_redisplay();
+  rl_end_undo_group();
+  input_start_list();
+  cmd_help(rl_line_buffer, rl_point);
+  rl_undo_command(1, 0);
+  input_stop_list();
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void
+input_init(void)
+{
+  rl_readline_name = "birdc";
+  rl_add_defun("bird-complete", input_complete, '\t');
+  rl_add_defun("bird-help", input_help, '?');
+  rl_callback_handler_install("bird> ", input_got_line);
+
+  // rl_get_screen_size();
+  term_lns = LINES ? LINES : 25;
+  term_cls = COLS ? COLS : 80;
+
+  prompt_active = 1;
+
+  // readline library does strange things when stdin is nonblocking.
+  // if (fcntl(0, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK) < 0)
+  //   die("fcntl: %m");
+}
+
+static void
+input_reveal(void)
+{
+  /* need this, otherwise some lib seems to eat pending output when
+     the prompt is displayed */
+  fflush(stdout);
+  tcdrain(STDOUT_FILENO);
+
+  rl_end = input_hidden_end;
+  rl_expand_prompt("bird> ");
+  rl_forced_update_display();
+
+  prompt_active = 1;
+}
+
+static void
+input_hide(void)
+{
+  input_hidden_end = rl_end;
+  rl_end = 0;
+  rl_expand_prompt("");
+  rl_redisplay();
+
+  prompt_active = 0;
+}
+
+void
+input_notify(int prompt)
+{
+  if (prompt == prompt_active)
+    return;
+
+  if (prompt)
+    input_reveal();
+  else
+    input_hide();
+}
+
+void
+input_read(void)
+{
+  rl_callback_read_char();
+}
+
+void
+more_begin(void)
+{
+}
+
+void
+more_end(void)
+{
+}
+
+void
+cleanup(void)
+{
+  if (init)
+    return;
+
+  input_hide();
+  rl_callback_handler_remove();
+}
diff --git a/client/birdcl.c b/client/birdcl.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c41b046c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/birdcl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+/*
+ *	BIRD Client - Light variant I/O
+ *
+ *	(c) 1999--2004 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
+ *      (c) 2013 Tomas Hlavacek <tomas.hlavacek@nic.cz>
+ *
+ *	Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+#include "nest/bird.h"
+#include "lib/resource.h"
+#include "lib/string.h"
+#include "client/client.h"
+#include "sysdep/unix/unix.h"
+
+#define INPUT_BUF_LEN 2048
+
+struct termios tty_save;
+
+void
+input_start_list(void)
+{
+  /* Empty in non-ncurses version. */
+}
+
+void
+input_stop_list(void)
+{
+  /* Empty in non-ncurses version. */
+}
+
+void
+input_notify(int prompt)
+{
+  /* No ncurses -> no status to reveal/hide, print prompt manually. */
+  if (!prompt)
+    return;
+
+  printf("bird> ");
+  fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+
+static int
+lastnb(char *str, int i)
+{
+  while (i--)
+    if ((str[i] != ' ') && (str[i] != '\t'))
+      return str[i];
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void
+input_read(void)
+{
+  char buf[INPUT_BUF_LEN];
+
+  if ((fgets(buf, INPUT_BUF_LEN, stdin) == NULL) || (buf[0] == 0))
+  {
+    putchar('\n');
+    cleanup();
+    exit(0);
+  }
+
+  int l = strlen(buf);
+  if ((l+1) == INPUT_BUF_LEN)
+    {
+      printf("Input too long.\n");
+      return;
+    }
+
+  if (buf[l-1] == '\n')
+    buf[--l] = '\0';
+
+  if (!interactive)
+    printf("%s\n", buf);
+
+  if (l == 0)
+    return;
+
+  if (lastnb(buf, l) == '?')
+    {
+      cmd_help(buf, strlen(buf));
+      return;
+    }
+
+  submit_command(buf);
+}
+
+static struct termios stored_tty;
+static int more_active = 0;
+
+void
+more_begin(void)
+{
+  static struct termios tty;
+
+  tty = stored_tty;
+  tty.c_lflag &= (~ECHO);
+  tty.c_lflag &= (~ICANON);
+
+  if (tcsetattr (0, TCSANOW, &tty) < 0)
+    die("tcsetattr: %m");
+
+  more_active = 1;
+}
+
+void
+more_end(void)
+{
+  more_active = 0;
+
+  if (tcsetattr (0, TCSANOW, &stored_tty) < 0)
+    die("tcsetattr: %m");
+}
+
+static void
+sig_handler(int signal)
+{
+  cleanup();
+  exit(0);
+}
+
+void
+input_init(void)
+{
+  if (!interactive)
+    return;
+
+  if (tcgetattr(0, &stored_tty) < 0)
+    die("tcgetattr: %m");
+
+  if (signal(SIGINT, sig_handler) == SIG_IGN)
+    signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
+  if (signal(SIGTERM, sig_handler) == SIG_IGN)
+    signal(SIGTERM, SIG_IGN);
+
+  struct winsize tws;
+  if (ioctl(0, TIOCGWINSZ, &tws) == 0)
+    {
+      term_lns = tws.ws_row;
+      term_cls = tws.ws_col;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+       term_lns = 25;
+       term_cls = 80;
+    }
+}
+
+void
+cleanup(void)
+{
+  if (more_active)
+    more_end();
+}
diff --git a/client/client.c b/client/client.c
index d8f0060c..61caf38b 100644
--- a/client/client.c
+++ b/client/client.c
@@ -2,22 +2,32 @@
  *	BIRD Client
  *
  *	(c) 1999--2004 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
+ *	(c) 2013 Tomas Hlavacek <tmshlvck@gmail.com>
  *
  *	Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL.
  */
 
+/**
+ * DOC: BIRD client
+ *
+ * There are two variants of BIRD client: regular and light. regular
+ * variant depends on readline and ncurses libraries, while light
+ * variant uses just libc. Most of the code and the main() is common
+ * for both variants (in client.c file) and just a few functions are
+ * different (in birdc.c for regular and birdcl.c for light). Two
+ * binaries are generated by linking common object files like client.o
+ * (which is compiled from client.c just once) with either birdc.o or
+ * birdcl.o for each variant.
+ */
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <termios.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <readline/readline.h>
-#include <readline/history.h>
-#include <curses.h>
 
 #include "nest/bird.h"
 #include "lib/resource.h"
@@ -25,34 +35,31 @@
 #include "client/client.h"
 #include "sysdep/unix/unix.h"
 
+#define SERVER_READ_BUF_LEN 4096
+
 static char *opt_list = "s:vr";
-static int verbose;
+static int verbose, restricted, once;
 static char *init_cmd;
-static int once;
-static int restricted;
 
 static char *server_path = PATH_CONTROL_SOCKET;
 static int server_fd;
-static byte server_read_buf[4096];
+static byte server_read_buf[SERVER_READ_BUF_LEN];
 static byte *server_read_pos = server_read_buf;
 
-#define STATE_PROMPT		0
-#define STATE_CMD_SERVER	1
-#define STATE_CMD_USER		2
+int init = 1;		/* During intial sequence */
+int busy = 1;		/* Executing BIRD command */
+int interactive;	/* Whether stdin is terminal */
 
-static int input_initialized;
-static int input_hidden_end;
-static int cstate = STATE_CMD_SERVER;
-static int nstate = STATE_CMD_SERVER;
+static int num_lines, skip_input;
+int term_lns, term_cls;
 
-static int num_lines, skip_input, interactive;
 
 /*** Parsing of arguments ***/
 
 static void
-usage(void)
+usage(char *name)
 {
-  fprintf(stderr, "Usage: birdc [-s <control-socket>] [-v] [-r]\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-s <control-socket>] [-v] [-r]\n", name);
   exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 	restricted = 1;
 	break;
       default:
-	usage();
+	usage(argv[0]);
       }
 
   /* If some arguments are not options, we take it as commands */
@@ -97,17 +104,14 @@ parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
       tmp[-1] = 0;
 
       once = 1;
+      interactive = 0;
     }
 }
 
+
 /*** Input ***/
 
-static void server_send(char *);
-
-/* HACK: libreadline internals we need to access */
-extern int _rl_vis_botlin;
-extern void _rl_move_vert(int);
-extern Function *rl_last_func;
+static void server_send(char *cmd);
 
 static int
 handle_internal_command(char *cmd)
@@ -125,182 +129,31 @@ handle_internal_command(char *cmd)
   return 0;
 }
 
-void
+static void
 submit_server_command(char *cmd)
 {
-  server_send(cmd);
-  nstate = STATE_CMD_SERVER;
+  busy = 1;
   num_lines = 2;
-}
-
-static void
-add_history_dedup(char *cmd)
-{
-  /* Add history line if it differs from the last one */
-  HIST_ENTRY *he = history_get(history_length);
-  if (!he || strcmp(he->line, cmd))
-    add_history(cmd);
-}
-
-static void
-got_line(char *cmd_buffer)
-{
-  char *cmd;
-
-  if (!cmd_buffer)
-    {
-      cleanup();
-      exit(0);
-    }
-  if (cmd_buffer[0])
-    {
-      cmd = cmd_expand(cmd_buffer);
-      if (cmd)
-	{
-	  add_history_dedup(cmd);
-
-	  if (!handle_internal_command(cmd))
-	    submit_server_command(cmd);
-
-	  free(cmd);
-	}
-      else
-	add_history_dedup(cmd_buffer);
-    }
-  free(cmd_buffer);
+  server_send(cmd);
 }
 
 void
-input_start_list(void)			/* Leave the currently edited line and make space for listing */
+submit_command(char *cmd_raw)
 {
-  _rl_move_vert(_rl_vis_botlin);
-#ifdef HAVE_RL_CRLF
-  rl_crlf();
-#endif
-}
+  char *cmd = cmd_expand(cmd_raw);
 
-void
-input_stop_list(void)			/* Reprint the currently edited line after listing */
-{
-  rl_on_new_line();
-  rl_redisplay();
-}
-
-static int
-input_complete(int arg UNUSED, int key UNUSED)
-{
-  static int complete_flag;
-  char buf[256];
-
-  if (rl_last_func != input_complete)
-    complete_flag = 0;
-  switch (cmd_complete(rl_line_buffer, rl_point, buf, complete_flag))
-    {
-    case 0:
-      complete_flag = 1;
-      break;
-    case 1:
-      rl_insert_text(buf);
-      break;
-    default:
-      complete_flag = 1;
-#ifdef HAVE_RL_DING
-      rl_ding();
-#endif
-    }
-  return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-input_help(int arg, int key UNUSED)
-{
-  int i, in_string, in_bracket;
-
-  if (arg != 1)
-    return rl_insert(arg, '?');
-
-  in_string = in_bracket = 0;
-  for (i = 0; i < rl_point; i++)
-    {
-   
-      if (rl_line_buffer[i] == '"')
-	in_string = ! in_string;
-      else if (! in_string)
-        {
-	  if (rl_line_buffer[i] == '[')
-	    in_bracket++;
-	  else if (rl_line_buffer[i] == ']')
-	    in_bracket--;
-        }
-    }
-
-  /* `?' inside string or path -> insert */
-  if (in_string || in_bracket)
-    return rl_insert(1, '?');
-
-  rl_begin_undo_group();		/* HACK: We want to display `?' at point position */
-  rl_insert_text("?");
-  rl_redisplay();
-  rl_end_undo_group();
-  input_start_list();
-  cmd_help(rl_line_buffer, rl_point);
-  rl_undo_command(1, 0);
-  input_stop_list();
-  return 0;
-}
-
-static void
-input_init(void)
-{
-  rl_readline_name = "birdc";
-  rl_add_defun("bird-complete", input_complete, '\t');
-  rl_add_defun("bird-help", input_help, '?');
-  rl_callback_handler_install("bird> ", got_line);
-  input_initialized = 1;
-//  readline library does strange things when stdin is nonblocking.
-//  if (fcntl(0, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK) < 0)
-//    die("fcntl: %m");
-}
-
-static void
-input_hide(void)
-{
-  input_hidden_end = rl_end;
-  rl_end = 0;
-  rl_expand_prompt("");
-  rl_redisplay();
-}
-
-static void
-input_reveal(void)
-{
-  /* need this, otherwise some lib seems to eat pending output when
-     the prompt is displayed */
-  fflush(stdout);
-  tcdrain(fileno(stdout));
-
-  rl_end = input_hidden_end;
-  rl_expand_prompt("bird> ");
-  rl_forced_update_display();
-}
-
-void
-cleanup(void)
-{
-  if (input_initialized)
-    {
-      input_initialized = 0;
-      input_hide();
-      rl_callback_handler_remove();
-    }
-}
-
-void
-update_state(void)
-{
-  if (nstate == cstate)
+  if (!cmd)
     return;
 
+  if (!handle_internal_command(cmd))
+    submit_server_command(cmd);
+
+  free(cmd);
+}
+
+static void
+init_commands(void)
+{
   if (restricted)
     {
        submit_server_command("restrict");
@@ -317,40 +170,35 @@ update_state(void)
       return;
     }
 
-  if (!init_cmd && once)
+  if (once)
     {
       /* Initial command is finished and we want to exit */
       cleanup();
       exit(0);
     }
 
-  if (nstate == STATE_PROMPT)
-    {
-      if (input_initialized)
-	input_reveal();
-      else
-	input_init();
-    }
-
-  if (nstate != STATE_PROMPT)
-    input_hide();
-
-  cstate = nstate;
+  input_init();
+  init = 0;
 }
 
+
+/*** Output ***/
+
 void
 more(void)
 {
+  more_begin();
   printf("--More--\015");
   fflush(stdout);
 
  redo:
   switch (getchar())
     {
-    case 32:
+    case ' ':
       num_lines = 2;
       break;
-    case 13:
+    case '\n':
+    case '\r':
       num_lines--;
       break;
     case 'q':
@@ -362,6 +210,7 @@ more(void)
 
   printf("        \015");
   fflush(stdout);
+  more_end();
 }
 
 
@@ -388,6 +237,7 @@ server_connect(void)
     die("fcntl: %m");
 }
 
+
 #define PRINTF(LEN, PARGS...) do { if (!skip_input) len = printf(PARGS); } while(0)
 
 static void
@@ -396,36 +246,32 @@ server_got_reply(char *x)
   int code;
   int len = 0;
 
-  if (*x == '+')			/* Async reply */
+  if (*x == '+')                        /* Async reply */
     PRINTF(len, ">>> %s\n", x+1);
-  else if (x[0] == ' ')			/* Continuation */
+  else if (x[0] == ' ')                 /* Continuation */
     PRINTF(len, "%s%s\n", verbose ? "     " : "", x+1);
   else if (strlen(x) > 4 &&
-	   sscanf(x, "%d", &code) == 1 && code >= 0 && code < 10000 &&
-	   (x[4] == ' ' || x[4] == '-'))
+           sscanf(x, "%d", &code) == 1 && code >= 0 && code < 10000 &&
+           (x[4] == ' ' || x[4] == '-'))
     {
       if (code)
-	PRINTF(len, "%s\n", verbose ? x : x+5);
+        PRINTF(len, "%s\n", verbose ? x : x+5);
+
       if (x[4] == ' ')
       {
-	nstate = STATE_PROMPT;
-	skip_input = 0;
-	return;
+        busy = 0;
+        skip_input = 0;
+        return;
       }
     }
   else
     PRINTF(len, "??? <%s>\n", x);
 
-  if (skip_input)
-    return;
-
-  if (interactive && input_initialized && (len > 0))
+  if (interactive && busy && !skip_input && !init && (len > 0))
     {
-      int lns = LINES ? LINES : 25;
-      int cls = COLS ? COLS : 80;
-      num_lines += (len + cls - 1) / cls; /* Divide and round up */
-      if ((num_lines >= lns)  && (cstate == STATE_CMD_SERVER))
-	more();
+      num_lines += (len + term_cls - 1) / term_cls; /* Divide and round up */
+      if (num_lines >= term_lns)
+        more();
     }
 }
 
@@ -470,19 +316,23 @@ server_read(void)
     }
 }
 
-static fd_set select_fds;
-
 static void
 select_loop(void)
 {
   int rv;
   while (1)
     {
+      if (init && !busy)
+	init_commands();
+
+      if (!init)
+	input_notify(!busy);
+
+      fd_set select_fds;
       FD_ZERO(&select_fds);
 
-      if (cstate != STATE_CMD_USER)
-	FD_SET(server_fd, &select_fds);
-      if (cstate != STATE_CMD_SERVER)
+      FD_SET(server_fd, &select_fds);
+      if (!busy)
 	FD_SET(0, &select_fds);
 
       rv = select(server_fd+1, &select_fds, NULL, NULL, NULL);
@@ -494,16 +344,16 @@ select_loop(void)
 	    die("select: %m");
 	}
 
+      if (FD_ISSET(0, &select_fds))
+	{
+	  input_read();
+	  continue;
+	}
+
       if (FD_ISSET(server_fd, &select_fds))
 	{
 	  server_read();
-	  update_state();
-	}
-
-      if (FD_ISSET(0, &select_fds))
-	{
-	  rl_callback_read_char();
-	  update_state();
+	  continue;
 	}
     }
 }
@@ -561,14 +411,22 @@ server_send(char *cmd)
     }
 }
 
+
+/* XXXX
+
+      get_term_size();
+
+      if (tcgetattr(0, &tty_save) != 0)
+        {
+          perror("tcgetattr error");
+          return(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+    }
+
+ */
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBDMALLOC
-  if (!getenv("DMALLOC_OPTIONS"))
-    dmalloc_debug(0x2f03d00);
-#endif
-
   interactive = isatty(0);
   parse_args(argc, argv);
   cmd_build_tree();
diff --git a/client/client.h b/client/client.h
index 64de97ec..b194a772 100644
--- a/client/client.h
+++ b/client/client.h
@@ -6,15 +6,31 @@
  *	Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL.
  */
 
-/* client.c */
 
-void cleanup(void);
+extern int init, busy, interactive;
+extern int term_lns, term_cls;
+
+/* birdc.c / birdcl.c */
+
 void input_start_list(void);
 void input_stop_list(void);
 
+void input_init(void);
+void input_notify(int prompt);
+void input_read(void);
+
+void more_begin(void);
+void more_end(void);
+
+void cleanup(void);
+
 /* commands.c */
 
 void cmd_build_tree(void);
 void cmd_help(char *cmd, int len);
 int cmd_complete(char *cmd, int len, char *buf, int again);
 char *cmd_expand(char *cmd);
+
+/* client.c */
+
+void submit_command(char *cmd_raw);
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 272a2431..96f2a50e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ fi
 CLIENT=
 CLIENT_LIBS=
 if test "$enable_client" = yes ; then
-	CLIENT=client
+	CLIENT=birdc
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(history, add_history, CLIENT_LIBS="-lhistory")
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tgetent, USE_TERMCAP_LIB=-lncurses,
 		AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, tgetent, USE_TERMCAP_LIB=-lcurses,
diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml
index fab49105..18f3601b 100644
--- a/doc/bird.sgml
+++ b/doc/bird.sgml
@@ -623,7 +623,13 @@ codes along with the messages. You do not necessarily need to use
 -- the format of communication between BIRD and <file/birdc/ is stable
 (see the programmer's documentation).
 
-Many commands have the <m/name/ of the protocol instance as an argument.
+<p>There is also lightweight variant of BIRD client called
+<file/birdcl/, which does not support command line editing and history
+and has minimal dependencies. This is useful for running BIRD in
+resource constrained environments, where Readline library (required
+for regular BIRD client) is not available.
+
+<p>Many commands have the <m/name/ of the protocol instance as an argument.
 This argument can be omitted if there exists only a single instance.
 
 <p>Here is a brief list of supported functions:
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.in b/tools/Makefile.in
index 728e5797..feb83b9f 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/tools/Makefile.in
@@ -3,22 +3,31 @@
 
 include Rules
 
-.PHONY: all daemon client subdir depend clean distclean tags docs userdocs progdocs
+.PHONY: all daemon birdc birdcl subdir depend clean distclean tags docs userdocs progdocs
 
-all: sysdep/paths.h .dep-stamp subdir daemon @CLIENT@
+all: sysdep/paths.h .dep-stamp subdir daemon birdcl @CLIENT@
 
 daemon: $(exedir)/bird
 
-client: $(exedir)/birdc
+birdc: $(exedir)/birdc
+
+birdcl: $(exedir)/birdcl
 
 bird-dep := $(addsuffix /all.o, $(static-dirs)) conf/all.o lib/birdlib.a
 
 $(bird-dep): sysdep/paths.h .dep-stamp subdir
 
-birdc-dep := client/all.o lib/birdlib.a
+birdc-dep := client/birdc.o client/all.o lib/birdlib.a
 
 $(birdc-dep): sysdep/paths.h .dep-stamp subdir
 
+birdcl-dep := client/birdcl.o client/all.o lib/birdlib.a
+
+$(birdcl-dep): sysdep/paths.h .dep-stamp subdir
+
+
+export client := @CLIENT@
+
 depend: sysdep/paths.h .dir-stamp
 	set -e ; for a in $(dynamic-dirs) ; do $(MAKE) -C $$a $@ ; done
 	set -e ; for a in $(static-dirs) $(client-dirs) ; do $(MAKE) -C $$a -f $(srcdir_abs)/$$a/Makefile $@ ; done
@@ -33,6 +42,9 @@ $(exedir)/bird: $(bird-dep)
 $(exedir)/birdc: $(birdc-dep)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(CLIENT_LIBS)
 
+$(exedir)/birdcl: $(birdcl-dep)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
+
 .dir-stamp: sysdep/paths.h
 	mkdir -p $(static-dirs) $(client-dirs) $(doc-dirs)
 	touch .dir-stamp
@@ -58,6 +70,7 @@ tags:
 install: all
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)/$(sbindir) $(DESTDIR)/$(sysconfdir) $(DESTDIR)/@runtimedir@
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -s $(exedir)/bird $(DESTDIR)/$(sbindir)/bird@SUFFIX@
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -s $(exedir)/birdcl $(DESTDIR)/$(sbindir)/birdcl@SUFFIX@
 	if test -n "@CLIENT@" ; then								\
 		$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -s $(exedir)/birdc $(DESTDIR)/$(sbindir)/birdc@SUFFIX@ ;	\
 	fi
@@ -74,7 +87,7 @@ install-docs:
 clean:
 	find . -name "*.[oa]" -o -name core -o -name depend -o -name "*.html" | xargs rm -f
 	rm -f conf/cf-lex.c conf/cf-parse.* conf/commands.h conf/keywords.h
-	rm -f $(exedir)/bird $(exedir)/birdc $(exedir)/bird.ctl $(exedir)/bird6.ctl .dep-stamp
+	rm -f $(exedir)/bird $(exedir)/birdcl $(exedir)/birdc $(exedir)/bird.ctl $(exedir)/bird6.ctl .dep-stamp
 
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f config.* configure sysdep/autoconf.h sysdep/paths.h Makefile Rules
diff --git a/tools/Rules.in b/tools/Rules.in
index fc06aeb1..ca930ec8 100644
--- a/tools/Rules.in
+++ b/tools/Rules.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ static-dirs := nest filter $(addprefix proto/,$(protocols))
 static-dir-paths := $(addprefix $(srcdir)/,$(static-dirs))
 dynamic-dirs := lib conf
 dynamic-dir-paths := $(dynamic-dirs)
-client-dirs := @CLIENT@
+client-dirs := client
 client-dir-paths := $(client-dirs)
 doc-dirs := doc
 doc-dir-paths := $(doc-dirs)
@@ -75,8 +75,12 @@ endif
 %.o: $(src-path)%.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
+ifndef source-dep
+source-dep := $(source)
+endif
+
 depend:
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) -MM $(addprefix $(src-path),$(source)) >depend
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) -MM $(addprefix $(src-path),$(source-dep)) >depend
 
 ifneq ($(wildcard depend),)
 include depend