diff --git a/include_/trle.h b/include_/trle.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2714df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include_/trle.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// ----- TurboRLE - "Most efficient and fastest Run Length Encoding" -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+// RLE with specified escape char
+unsigned _srlec8( const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint8_t e);
+unsigned _srled8( const unsigned char *__restrict in,                 unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint8_t e);
+
+unsigned _srlec16(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint16_t e);
+unsigned _srled16(const unsigned char *__restrict in,                 unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint16_t e);
+
+unsigned _srlec32(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint32_t e);
+unsigned _srled32(const unsigned char *__restrict in,                 unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint32_t e);
+
+unsigned _srlec64(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint64_t e);
+unsigned _srled64(const unsigned char *__restrict in,                 unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint64_t e);
+
+// functions w/ overflow handling
+unsigned  srlec8( const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint8_t e);
+unsigned  srled8( const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint8_t e);
+
+unsigned  srlec16(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint16_t e);
+unsigned  srled16(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint16_t e);
+
+unsigned  srlec32(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint32_t e);
+unsigned  srled32(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint32_t e);
+
+unsigned  srlec64(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint64_t e);
+unsigned  srled64(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint64_t e);
+
+// RLE w. automatic escape char determination
+unsigned  srlec(  const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out);
+unsigned _srled(  const unsigned char *__restrict in,                 unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen);
+unsigned  srled(  const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen);
+
+// Turbo RLE
+unsigned  trlec(  const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out);
+unsigned _trled(  const unsigned char *__restrict in,                 unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen);
+unsigned  trled(  const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen);
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+