diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d87962e..e79198a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,14 +57,15 @@ set(RAGEPHOTO_SOURCES
 
 option(BUILD_SHARED "Build libragephoto as shared library" ON)
 if (BUILD_SHARED)
+    option(WITH_C_API "Build libragephoto with C API support" ON)
     add_library(ragephoto SHARED ${RAGEPHOTO_HEADERS} ${RAGEPHOTO_SOURCES})
     set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-    set(LIBRAGEPHOTO_LIBTYPE -DLIBRAGEPHOTO_SHARED)
+    set(LIBRAGEPHOTO_LIBTYPE LIBRAGEPHOTO_SHARED)
 else()
+    option(WITH_C_API "Build libragephoto with C API support" OFF)
     add_library(ragephoto STATIC ${RAGEPHOTO_HEADERS} ${RAGEPHOTO_SOURCES})
-    set(LIBRAGEPHOTO_LIBTYPE -DLIBRAGEPHOTO_STATIC)
+    set(LIBRAGEPHOTO_LIBTYPE LIBRAGEPHOTO_STATIC)
 endif()
-configure_file(src/ragephoto.pc.in pkgconfig/ragephoto.pc @ONLY)
 
 option(WITH_BENCHMARK "Build with libragephoto benchmark" OFF)
 if (WITH_BENCHMARK)
@@ -73,11 +74,22 @@ if (WITH_BENCHMARK)
     )
 endif()
 
+if (WITH_C_API)
+    set(LIBRAGEPHOTO_API LIBRAGEPHOTO_C_API)
+else()
+    set(LIBRAGEPHOTO_API LIBRAGEPHOTO_C_NOAPI)
+endif()
+list(APPEND LIBRAGEPHOTO_DEFINES
+    ${LIBRAGEPHOTO_API}
+)
+
+configure_file(src/ragephoto.pc.in pkgconfig/ragephoto.pc @ONLY)
 target_compile_definitions(ragephoto PRIVATE
     LIBRAGEPHOTO_LIBRARY
     ${LIBRAGEPHOTO_DEFINES}
 )
 target_compile_definitions(ragephoto PUBLIC
+    ${LIBRAGEPHOTO_API}
     ${LIBRAGEPHOTO_LIBTYPE}
 )
 install(TARGETS ragephoto DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
diff --git a/doc/Doxyfile.in b/doc/Doxyfile.in
index ecc5b53..9e1583c 100644
--- a/doc/Doxyfile.in
+++ b/doc/Doxyfile.in
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ EXTRACT_PRIVATE        = NO
 ENABLE_PREPROCESSING   = YES
 MACRO_EXPANSION        = YES
 EXPAND_ONLY_PREDEF     = YES
-PREDEFINED             = protected=private
+PREDEFINED             = "protected=private" \
+                         "__cplusplus" \
+                         "LIBRAGEPHOTO_DOXYGEN" \
+                         "@LIBRAGEPHOTO_API@"
diff --git a/src/RagePhoto.cpp b/src/RagePhoto.cpp
index 7af78fa..a46df29 100644
--- a/src/RagePhoto.cpp
+++ b/src/RagePhoto.cpp
@@ -864,3 +864,34 @@ inline void RagePhoto::uInt32ToCharLE(uint32_t x, char *y)
     y[2] = x >> 16;
     y[3] = x >> 24;
 }
+
+// C API
+
+ragephoto_t ragephoto_open()
+{
+    return new RagePhoto;
+}
+
+bool ragephoto_load(ragephoto_t instance, const char *data, size_t size)
+{
+    RagePhoto *ragePhoto = static_cast<RagePhoto*>(instance);
+    return ragePhoto->load(data, size);
+}
+
+const char* ragephoto_getphotodata(ragephoto_t instance)
+{
+    RagePhoto *ragePhoto = static_cast<RagePhoto*>(instance);
+    return ragePhoto->photoData();
+}
+
+uint32_t ragephoto_getphotosize(ragephoto_t instance)
+{
+    RagePhoto *ragePhoto = static_cast<RagePhoto*>(instance);
+    return ragePhoto->photoSize();
+}
+
+void ragephoto_close(ragephoto_t instance)
+{
+    RagePhoto *ragePhoto = static_cast<RagePhoto*>(instance);
+    delete ragePhoto;
+}
diff --git a/src/RagePhoto.h b/src/RagePhoto.h
index 74d0fb0..ab796fb 100644
--- a/src/RagePhoto.h
+++ b/src/RagePhoto.h
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@
 * responsible for anything with use of the software, you are self responsible.
 *****************************************************************************/
 
+/** \file RagePhoto.h */
+
 #ifndef RAGEPHOTO_H
 #define RAGEPHOTO_H
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
 #include "libragephoto_data.h"
 #include "libragephoto_global.h"
 #include <unordered_map>
@@ -27,7 +30,9 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstdio>
 
+#ifndef LIBRAGEPHOTO_DOXYGEN
 typedef std::function<bool(const char*, size_t, RagePhotoData*)> RagePhotoLoadFunc;
+#endif
 
 class LIBRAGEPHOTO_EXPORT RagePhoto
 {
@@ -163,5 +168,48 @@ protected:
     std::unordered_map<uint8_t, RagePhotoLoadFunc> m_loadFuncs;
     RagePhotoData m_data;
 };
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#else
+#include "libragephoto_global.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef LIBRAGEPHOTO_C_API
+
+typedef void* ragephoto_t;
+
+/** Opens a \p ragephoto_t instance.
+* \param instance \p ragephoto_t instance
+*/
+LIBRAGEPHOTO_EXPORT ragephoto_t ragephoto_open();
+
+/** Loads a Photo from a const char*.
+* \param instance \p ragephoto_t instance
+* \param data Photo data
+* \param size Photo data size
+*/
+LIBRAGEPHOTO_EXPORT bool ragephoto_load(ragephoto_t instance, const char *data, size_t size);
+
+/** Returns the Photo JPEG data.
+* \param instance \p ragephoto_t instance
+*/
+LIBRAGEPHOTO_EXPORT const char* ragephoto_getphotodata(ragephoto_t instance);
+
+/** Returns the Photo JPEG data size.
+* \param instance \p ragephoto_t instance
+*/
+LIBRAGEPHOTO_EXPORT uint32_t ragephoto_getphotosize(ragephoto_t instance);
+
+/** Closes a \p ragephoto_t instance.
+* \param instance \p ragephoto_t instance
+*/
+LIBRAGEPHOTO_EXPORT void ragephoto_close(ragephoto_t instance);
+
+#endif
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
 
 #endif // RAGEPHOTO_H
diff --git a/src/libragephoto_global.h b/src/libragephoto_global.h
index dcbdda6..b689466 100644
--- a/src/libragephoto_global.h
+++ b/src/libragephoto_global.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define LIBRAGEPHOTO_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
 #endif
 #else
-#define LIBRAGEPHOTO_EXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
+#define LIBRAGEPHOTO_EXPORT
 #endif
 #else
 #define LIBRAGEPHOTO_EXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
diff --git a/src/ragephoto.pc.in b/src/ragephoto.pc.in
index f836f20..5a76b7c 100644
--- a/src/ragephoto.pc.in
+++ b/src/ragephoto.pc.in
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ Name: libragephoto
 Description: Open Source RAGE Photo Parser for GTA V
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lragephoto
-Cflags: -I${includedir} @LIBRAGEPHOTO_LIBTYPE@
+Cflags: -I${includedir} -D@LIBRAGEPHOTO_API@ -D@LIBRAGEPHOTO_LIBTYPE@