diff --git a/libctru/include/3ds.h b/libctru/include/3ds.h
index 301d782..c2d3974 100644
--- a/libctru/include/3ds.h
+++ b/libctru/include/3ds.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 //might be missing some
 #include <3ds/types.h>
+#include <3ds/ipc.h>
 #include <3ds/svc.h>
 #include <3ds/srv.h>
 #include <3ds/linear.h>
diff --git a/libctru/include/3ds/ipc.h b/libctru/include/3ds/ipc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b748581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libctru/include/3ds/ipc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/**
+ * @file ipc.h
+ * @brief Inter Process Communication helpers
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <3ds/types.h>
+
+typedef enum
+{
+	IPC_BUFFER_R = 0x2,
+	IPC_BUFFER_W = 0x4,
+} IPC_BufferRights;
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief Command header to be used for IPC
+ * @param normal_params    Number of normal parameters. Up to 63.
+ * @param translate_params Number of translate parameters. Up to 63.
+ */
+static inline u32 IPC_MakeHeader(u16 command_id, unsigned normal_params, unsigned translate_params)
+{
+	return ((u32) command_id << 16) | (((u32) normal_params & 0x3F) << 6) | (((u32) translate_params & 0x3F) << 0);
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief Creates the header to share handles
+ * @param number The number of handles following this header. Max 64.
+ *
+ * The #number next values are handles that will be shared between the two processes.
+ *
+ * @note Zero values will have no effect.
+ */
+static inline u32 IPC_Desc_SharedHandles(unsigned number)
+{
+	return ((u32)(number - 1) << 26);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Creates the header to transfer handle ownership
+ * @param number The number of handles following this header. Max 64.
+ *
+ * The #number next values are handles that will be duplicated and closed by the other process.
+ *
+ * @note Zero values will have no effect.
+ */
+static inline u32 IPC_Desc_MoveHandles(unsigned number)
+{
+	return ((u32)(number - 1) << 26) | 0x10;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Asks the kernel to fill the handle with the current process handle.
+ *
+ * The next value is a placeholder that will be replaced by the current process handle by the kernel.
+ */
+static inline u32 IPC_Desc_CurProcessHandle(void)
+{
+	return 0x20;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Creates a header describing a static buffer.
+ * @param size      Size of the buffer. Max ?0x03FFFF?.
+ * @param buffer_id The Id of the buffer. Max 0xF.
+ *
+ * The next value is a pointer to the buffer. It will be copied to TLS offset 0x180 + static_buffer_id*8.
+ */
+static inline u32 IPC_Desc_StaticBuffer(size_t size, unsigned buffer_id)
+{
+	return (size << 14) | ((buffer_id & 0xF) << 10) | 0x2;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Creates a header describing a buffer to be sent over PXI.
+ * @param size         Size of the buffer. Max 0x00FFFFFF.
+ * @param buffer_id    The Id of the buffer. Max 0xF.
+ * @param is_read_only true if the buffer is read-only. If false, the buffer is considered to have read-write access.
+ *
+ * The next value is a phys-address of a table located in the BASE memregion.
+ */
+static inline u32 IPC_Desc_PXIBuffer(size_t size, unsigned buffer_id,bool is_read_only)
+{
+	u8 type = 0x4;
+	if(is_read_only)type = 0x6;
+	return (size << 8) | ((buffer_id & 0xF) << 4) | type;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Creates a header describing a buffer from the main memory.
+ * @param size   Size of the buffer. Max 0x0FFFFFFF.
+ * @param rights The rights of the buffer for the destination process
+ *
+ * The next value is a pointer to the buffer.
+ */
+static inline u32 IPC_Desc_Buffer(size_t size, IPC_BufferRights rights)
+{
+	return (size << 4) | 0x8 | rights;
+}