diff --git a/client/Makefile b/client/Makefile
index fdefe6ab..3568833e 100644
--- a/client/Makefile
+++ b/client/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-source=client_full.c commands.c util.c client_common.c
+source=commands.c util.c client_common.c
 root-rel=../
 dir-name=client
 
diff --git a/client/birdc/Makefile b/client/birdc/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..154a8d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/birdc/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+source=client.c
+root-rel=../../
+dir-name=client/birdc
+
+include ../../Rules
diff --git a/client/client_full.c b/client/birdc/client.c
similarity index 100%
rename from client/client_full.c
rename to client/birdc/client.c
diff --git a/client/birdcl/Makefile b/client/birdcl/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fcdc5eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/birdcl/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+source=client.c
+root-rel=../../
+dir-name=client/birdcl
+
+include ../../Rules
diff --git a/client/birdcl/client.c b/client/birdcl/client.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a7e3808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/birdcl/client.c
@@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
+/*
+ *	BIRD Client
+ *
+ *	(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 <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <sys/types.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
+
+static char *opt_list = "s:vr";
+static int verbose;
+static char *init_cmd;
+static int once;
+
+extern char *server_path;
+extern int server_fd;
+
+extern int nstate;
+extern int num_lines, skip_input, interactive;
+
+static int term_lns=25;
+static int term_cls=80;
+struct termios tty_save;
+
+void
+input_start_list(void)
+{
+	/* Empty in non-ncurses version. */
+}
+
+void
+input_stop_list(void)
+{
+	/* Empty in non-ncurses version. */
+}
+
+/*** Parsing of arguments ***/
+
+static void
+usage(void)
+{
+  fprintf(stderr, "Usage: birdc [-s <control-socket>] [-v] [-r]\n");
+  exit(1);
+}
+
+static void
+parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  int c;
+
+  while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, opt_list)) >= 0)
+    switch (c)
+      {
+      case 's':
+	server_path = optarg;
+	break;
+      case 'v':
+	verbose++;
+	break;
+      case 'r':
+	init_cmd = "restrict";
+	break;
+      default:
+	usage();
+      }
+
+  /* If some arguments are not options, we take it as commands */
+  if (optind < argc)
+    {
+      char *tmp;
+      int i;
+      int len = 0;
+
+      if (init_cmd)
+	usage();
+
+      for (i = optind; i < argc; i++)
+	len += strlen(argv[i]) + 1;
+
+      tmp = init_cmd = malloc(len);
+      for (i = optind; i < argc; i++)
+	{
+	  strcpy(tmp, argv[i]);
+	  tmp += strlen(tmp);
+	  *tmp++ = ' ';
+	}
+      tmp[-1] = 0;
+
+      once = 1;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+run_init_cmd(void)
+{
+  if (init_cmd)
+    {
+      /* First transition - client received hello from BIRD
+         and there is waiting initial command */
+      submit_server_command(init_cmd);
+      init_cmd = NULL;
+      return;
+    }
+
+  if (!init_cmd && once && (nstate == STATE_CMD_USER))
+    {
+      /* Initial command is finished and we want to exit */
+      cleanup();
+      exit(0);
+    }
+}
+
+/*** Input ***/
+
+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)
+	{
+	  if (!handle_internal_command(cmd))
+	    submit_server_command(cmd);
+
+	  free(cmd);
+	}
+    }
+  free(cmd_buffer);
+}
+
+void
+cleanup(void)
+{
+  /* No ncurses -> restore terminal state. */
+  if (interactive)
+    if (tcsetattr (0, TCSANOW, &tty_save) != 0)
+      {
+        perror("tcsetattr error");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
+}
+
+static void
+print_prompt(void)
+{
+  /* No ncurses -> no status to reveal/hide, print prompt manually. */
+  printf("bird> ");
+  fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+
+static void
+term_read(void)
+{
+  char *buf = malloc(INPUT_BUF_LEN);
+
+  if (fgets(buf, INPUT_BUF_LEN, stdin) == NULL) {
+    free(buf);
+    exit(0);
+  }
+
+  if (buf[strlen(buf)-1] != '\n')
+    {
+      printf("Input too long.\n");
+      free(buf);
+      return;
+    }
+
+  if (strlen(buf) <= 0)
+    {
+      free(buf);
+      return;
+    }
+
+  buf[strlen(buf)-1] = '\0';
+
+  if (!interactive)
+    {
+      print_prompt();
+      printf("%s\n",buf);
+    }
+
+  if (strchr(buf, '?'))
+    {
+      printf("\n");
+      cmd_help(buf, strlen(buf));
+      free(buf);
+      return;
+    }
+
+  if (strlen(buf) > 0)
+    {
+      got_line(buf); /* buf is free()-ed inside */
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      free(buf); /* no command, only newline -> no-op */
+      return;
+    }
+
+}
+
+/*** Communication with server ***/
+
+void
+more(void)
+{
+  struct termios tty;
+
+  printf("--More--\015");
+  fflush(stdout);
+
+  if (tcgetattr(0, &tty) != 0)
+    {
+      perror("tcgetattr error");
+      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+  tty.c_lflag &= (~ECHO);
+  tty.c_lflag &= (~ICANON);
+  if (tcsetattr (0, TCSANOW, &tty) != 0)
+    {
+      perror("tcsetattr error");
+      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+ redo:
+  switch (getchar())
+    {
+    case 32:
+      num_lines = 2;
+      break;
+    case 13:
+      num_lines--;
+      break;
+    case '\n':
+      num_lines--;
+      break;
+    case 'q':
+      skip_input = 1;
+      break;
+    default:
+      goto redo;
+    }
+
+  tty.c_lflag |= ECHO;
+  tty.c_lflag |= ICANON;
+  if (tcsetattr (0, TCSANOW, &tty) != 0)
+    {
+      perror("tcsetattr error");
+      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+  printf("        \015");
+  fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+static void
+get_term_size(void)
+{
+  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;
+    }
+}
+
+#define PRINTF(LEN, PARGS...) do { if (!skip_input) len = printf(PARGS); } while(0)
+
+void
+server_got_reply(char *x)
+{
+  int code;
+  int len = 0;
+
+  if (*x == '+')                        /* Async reply */
+    PRINTF(len, ">>> %s\n", x+1);
+  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] == '-'))
+    {
+      if (code)
+        PRINTF(len, "%s\n", verbose ? x : x+5);
+
+      if (x[4] == ' ')
+      {
+        nstate = STATE_CMD_USER;
+        skip_input = 0;
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  else
+    PRINTF(len, "??? <%s>\n", x);
+
+  if (skip_input)
+    return;
+
+  if (interactive && (len > 0))
+    {
+      num_lines += (len + term_cls - 1) / term_cls; /* Divide and round up */
+      if (num_lines >= term_lns)
+        more();
+    }
+}
+
+static fd_set select_fds;
+
+static void
+select_loop(void)
+{
+  int rv;
+
+  while (1)
+    {
+      FD_ZERO(&select_fds);
+
+      if (nstate != STATE_CMD_USER)
+        FD_SET(server_fd, &select_fds);
+
+      if (nstate != STATE_CMD_SERVER)
+        {
+          FD_SET(0, &select_fds);
+          if (interactive)
+            print_prompt();
+        }
+
+      rv = select(server_fd+1, &select_fds, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+      if (rv < 0)
+	{
+	  if (errno == EINTR)
+	    continue;
+	  else
+	    die("select: %m");
+	}
+
+      if (FD_ISSET(server_fd, &select_fds))
+        {
+	  server_read();
+          run_init_cmd();
+        }
+
+      if (FD_ISSET(0, &select_fds))
+        term_read();
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+sig_handler(int signal)
+{
+  cleanup();
+  exit(0);
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  interactive = isatty(fileno(stdin));
+  if (interactive)
+    {
+      if (signal(SIGINT, sig_handler) == SIG_IGN)
+        signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
+      if (signal(SIGHUP, sig_handler) == SIG_IGN)
+        signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
+      if (signal(SIGTERM, sig_handler) == SIG_IGN)
+        signal(SIGTERM, SIG_IGN);
+
+      get_term_size();
+
+      if (tcgetattr(0, &tty_save) != 0)
+        {
+          perror("tcgetattr error");
+          return(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+    }
+
+  parse_args(argc, argv);
+  cmd_build_tree();
+  server_connect();
+  select_loop();
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/client/client.h b/client/client.h
index 373b1c6f..2d215059 100644
--- a/client/client.h
+++ b/client/client.h
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
  *	Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL.
  */
 
-/* client.c */
+/* client.c callbacks */
 
 void cleanup(void);
 void input_start_list(void);
 void input_stop_list(void);
+void server_got_reply(char *x);
 
 /* commands.c */
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 54993dfc..534baf21 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ 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/tools/Makefile.in b/tools/Makefile.in
index 728e5797..adf35b64 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/tools/Makefile.in
@@ -3,29 +3,36 @@
 
 include Rules
 
-.PHONY: all daemon client subdir depend clean distclean tags docs userdocs progdocs
+.PHONY: all daemon birdci 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/all.o client/all.o lib/birdlib.a
 
 $(birdc-dep): sysdep/paths.h .dep-stamp subdir
 
+birdcl-dep := client/birdcl/all.o client/all.o lib/birdlib.a
+
+$(birdcl-dep): sysdep/paths.h .dep-stamp subdir
+
+
 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)/$$a/Makefile $@ ; done
+	set -e ; for a in $(static-dirs) $(birdcl-dirs) $(birdc-dirs) ; do $(MAKE) -C $$a -f $(srcdir_abs)/$$a/Makefile $@ ; done
 
 subdir: sysdep/paths.h .dir-stamp .dep-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)/$$a/Makefile $@ ; done
+	set -e ; for a in $(static-dirs) $(birdcl-dirs) $(birdc-dirs) ; do $(MAKE) -C $$a -f $(srcdir_abs)/$$a/Makefile $@ ; done
 
 $(exedir)/bird: $(bird-dep)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
@@ -33,8 +40,11 @@ $(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)
+	mkdir -p $(static-dirs) $(birdcl-dirs) $(birdc-dirs) $(doc-dirs)
 	touch .dir-stamp
 
 .dep-stamp:
@@ -58,6 +68,7 @@ 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 +85,7 @@ 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..fd10f5de 100644
--- a/tools/Rules.in
+++ b/tools/Rules.in
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ 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-dir-paths := $(client-dirs)
+birdc-dirs := client client/@CLIENT@
+birdc-dir-paths := $(birdc-dirs)
+birdcl-dirs := client client/birdcl
+birdcl-dir-paths := $(birdcl-dirs)
 doc-dirs := doc
 doc-dir-paths := $(doc-dirs)
 
-all-dirs:=$(static-dirs) $(dynamic-dirs) $(client-dirs) $(doc-dirs)
+all-dirs:=$(static-dirs) $(dynamic-dirs) $(birdc-dirs) $(doc-dirs)
 clean-dirs:=$(all-dirs) proto sysdep
 
 CPPFLAGS=-I$(root-rel) -I$(srcdir) @CPPFLAGS@