diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.pro b/qgroundcontrol.pro
index d526a260786c7e5630279d8ecf31dd2d196de17e..731315a90bc0390a31368b497e8064c017fc51f6 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.pro
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.pro
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ HEADERS += src/MG.h \
     src/ui/SlugsPIDControl.h \
     src/ui/SlugsVideoCamControl.h \
     src/ui/SlugsPadCameraControl.h \
-    src/ui/QGCMainWindowAPConfigurator.h
+    src/ui/QGCMainWindowAPConfigurator.h \
+    src/comm/MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink.h
 
 contains(DEPENDENCIES_PRESENT, osg) { 
     message("Including headers for OpenSceneGraph")
@@ -361,7 +362,8 @@ SOURCES += src/main.cc \
     src/ui/SlugsPIDControl.cpp \
     src/ui/SlugsVideoCamControl.cpp \
     src/ui/SlugsPadCameraControl.cpp \
-    src/ui/QGCMainWindowAPConfigurator.cc
+    src/ui/QGCMainWindowAPConfigurator.cc \
+    src/comm/MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink.cc
 contains(DEPENDENCIES_PRESENT, osg) { 
     message("Including sources for OpenSceneGraph")
     
diff --git a/src/comm/MAVLinkSimulationLink.h b/src/comm/MAVLinkSimulationLink.h
index 49cc4d5c028bd36b3a9432a86fc43cb3b719c96c..fe92e5fa87058b328db57c32c7cdf367db700774 100644
--- a/src/comm/MAVLinkSimulationLink.h
+++ b/src/comm/MAVLinkSimulationLink.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public:
 public slots:
     void writeBytes(const char* data, qint64 size);
     void readBytes();
-    void mainloop();
+    virtual void mainloop();
     bool connectLink(bool connect);
 
 
diff --git a/src/comm/MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink.cc b/src/comm/MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c94c52896a7cd7a98e3b3d641b0a56e7a2726840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/comm/MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include "MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink.h"
+
+MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink::MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink(QObject *parent) :
+    MAVLinkSimulationLink()
+{
+}
+
+
+void MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink::mainloop()
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/src/comm/MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink.h b/src/comm/MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d4b4996d0f9d77fac7d8252dea05a4b356657e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/comm/MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef MAVLINKSWARMSIMULATIONLINK_H
+#define MAVLINKSWARMSIMULATIONLINK_H
+
+#include "MAVLinkSimulationLink.h"
+
+class MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink : public MAVLinkSimulationLink
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink(QObject *parent = 0);
+
+signals:
+
+public slots:
+    void mainloop();
+
+};
+
+#endif // MAVLINKSWARMSIMULATIONLINK_H