diff --git a/kernel/src/arch/mod.rs b/kernel/src/arch/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1947fbc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/src/arch/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+//! Architecture-specific code.
+
+/// X86 specific code
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+#[path = "x86_64/mod.rs"]
+pub mod arch;
diff --git a/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs b/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eee7ced2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+///
+
+pub fn sloop() {
+    loop {
+        unsafe {
+            core::arch::asm!("hlt");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/kernel/src/lib.rs b/kernel/src/lib.rs
index 53f1f734..5ee5a823 100644
--- a/kernel/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 extern crate alloc;
 
 pub mod allocator;
+pub mod arch;
 pub mod device_interface;
 pub mod messaging;
 pub mod panic;