diff --git a/src/proto/irc.rs b/src/proto/irc.rs
index 7b21599..040f15e 100644
--- a/src/proto/irc.rs
+++ b/src/proto/irc.rs
@@ -1 +1,79 @@
 //! Implementation of IRC protocol for Tokio.
+
+use std::io;
+use proto::line::LineCodec;
+use proto::message::Message;
+use tokio_core::io::{Codec, EasyBuf, Framed, Io};
+use tokio_proto::pipeline::{ServerProto, ClientProto};
+
+/// An IRC codec built around an inner codec.
+pub struct IrcCodec<C: Codec> {
+    inner: C,
+}
+
+impl IrcCodec<LineCodec> {
+    /// Creates a new instance of IrcCodec wrapping a LineCodec with the specifiec encoding.
+    pub fn new(label: &str) -> io::Result<IrcCodec<LineCodec>> {
+        LineCodec::new(label).map(|codec| IrcCodec::from_codec(codec))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<C> IrcCodec<C> where C: Codec<In = String, Out = String> {
+    /// Creates a new instance of IrcCodec from the specified inner codec.
+    pub fn from_codec(codec: C) -> IrcCodec<C> {
+        IrcCodec { inner: codec }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<C> Codec for IrcCodec<C> where C: Codec<In = String, Out = String> {
+    type In = Message;
+    type Out = Message;
+
+    fn decode(&mut self, buf: &mut EasyBuf) -> io::Result<Option<Message>> {
+        self.inner.decode(buf).and_then(|res| res.map_or(Ok(None), |msg| {
+            msg.parse::<Message>().map(|msg| Some(msg)).map_err(|err| {
+                io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, err)
+            })
+        }))
+    }
+
+    fn encode(&mut self, msg: Message, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.inner.encode(msg.to_string(), buf)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Implementation of the IRC protocol backed by a line-delimited codec.
+pub struct IrcProto {
+    encoding_label: String,
+}
+
+impl IrcProto {
+    /// Creates a new IrcProto using the specified WHATWG encoding label.
+    fn new(label: &str) -> IrcProto {
+        IrcProto { encoding_label: label.to_owned() }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> ClientProto<T> for IrcProto where T: Io + 'static {
+    type Request = Message;
+    type Response = Message;
+
+    type Transport = Framed<T, IrcCodec<LineCodec>>;
+    type BindTransport = Result<Self::Transport, io::Error>;
+
+    fn bind_transport(&self, io: T) -> Self::BindTransport {
+        Ok(io.framed(try!(IrcCodec::new(&self.encoding_label))))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> ServerProto<T> for IrcProto where T: Io + 'static {
+    type Request = Message;
+    type Response = Message;
+
+    type Transport = Framed<T, IrcCodec<LineCodec>>;
+    type BindTransport = Result<Self::Transport, io::Error>;
+
+    fn bind_transport(&self, io: T) -> Self::BindTransport {
+        Ok(io.framed(try!(IrcCodec::new(&self.encoding_label))))
+    }
+}