diff --git a/src/Descriptors.cc b/src/Descriptors.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e8e7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Descriptors.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/* Descriptors.cc
+ * vim: set tw=80:
+ * Eryn Wells <eryn@erynwells.me>
+ */
+/**
+ * Oh god oh god. Descriptor tables.
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+namespace kernel {
+
+/** Descriptor privilege level. */
+enum class DPL {
+    Ring0 = 0x0,
+    Ring1 = 0x1,
+    Ring2 = 0x2,
+    Ring3 = 0x3
+};
+
+/** A four bit value describing the type of the segment. */
+enum class Type {
+    // Data segment types
+    DataRO      = 0x0, // Read-only
+    DataROA     = 0x1, // Read-only, accessed
+    DataRW      = 0x2, // Read/write
+    DataRWA     = 0x3, // Read/write, accessed
+    DataROEX    = 0x4, // Read-only, expand-down
+    DataROEXA   = 0x5, // Read-only, expand-down, accessed
+    DataRWEX    = 0x6, // Read/write, expand-down
+    DataRWEXA   = 0x7, // Read/write, expand-down, accessed
+
+    // Code segment types
+    CodeEX      = 0x8, // Execute-only
+    CodeEXA     = 0x9, // Execute-only, accessed
+    CodeEXR     = 0xa, // Execute/read
+    CodeEXRA    = 0xb, // Execute/read, accessed
+    CodeEXC     = 0xc, // Execute-only, conforming
+    CodeEXCA    = 0xd, // Execute-only, conforming, accessed
+    CodeEXRC    = 0xe, // Execute/read, conforming
+    CodeEXRCA   = 0xf  // Execute/read, conforming, accessed
+};
+
+/**
+ * SegmentDescriptors are entries in the GDT and LDT that describe memory
+ * segments. Each descriptor is two double-words (8 bytes, 64 bits) long.
+ */
+typedef uint64_t SegmentDescriptor;
+
+SegmentDescriptor sGDT[4];
+
+static inline SegmentDescriptor
+createSegmentDescriptor(uint32_t base,
+                        uint32_t limit,
+                        Type type,
+                        DPL dpl)
+{
+    SegmentDescriptor descriptor = 0;
+
+    uint8_t t = static_cast<uint8_t>(type);
+    uint8_t d = static_cast<uint8_t>(dpl);
+
+    descriptor  = base         & 0xFF000000;    // Bits 31:24 of the base address.
+    descriptor |= (0x1 << 23);                  // Granularity field: segment limit is interpreted in 4KB units.
+    descriptor |= (0x1 << 22);                  // D/B field: default operation/stack size flag, 1 for 32-bit.
+    descriptor |= (0x0 << 21);                  // L field: 64-bit code segment, 0 for 32-bit.
+    descriptor |= (0x0 << 20);                  // AVL field: system determined, unused here.
+    descriptor |= limit        & 0x000F0000;    // Bits 19:16 of the segment limit.
+    descriptor |= (0x1 << 15);                  // P field: segment is present.
+    descriptor |= (d << 13)    & 0x00006000;    // DPL field: privilege level of the segment.
+    descriptor |= (0x1 << 12);                  // S field: 0 for system, 1 for code/data.
+    descriptor |= (t << 8)     & 0x00000F00;    // Type field: see Type
+    descriptor |= (base >> 16) & 0x000000FF;    // Bits 23:16 of the base address.
+
+    // Shift everything up by 32 to make room for the lower 4 bytes
+    descriptor <<= 32;
+
+    descriptor |= base << 16;                   // Bits 15:00 of the base address.
+    descriptor |= limit        & 0x0000FFFF;    // Bits 15:00 of the segment limit.
+
+    return descriptor;
+}
+
+} /* namespace kernel */
diff --git a/src/SConscript b/src/SConscript
index efe4765..a98bc52 100644
--- a/src/SConscript
+++ b/src/SConscript
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ files = [
     'boot.s',
     'Main.cc',
     'Console.cc',
+    'Descriptors.cc',
     'cxa.cc',
 ]