diff --git a/depends/Makefile b/depends/Makefile
index 5f5247f881..5ad82bb56a 100644
--- a/depends/Makefile
+++ b/depends/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ NO_QR ?=
 NO_WALLET ?=
 NO_ZMQ ?=
 NO_UPNP ?=
+MULTIPROCESS ?=
 FALLBACK_DOWNLOAD_PATH ?= https://bitcoincore.org/depends-sources
 
 BUILD = $(shell ./config.guess)
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ qt_packages_$(NO_QT) = $(qt_packages) $(qt_$(host_os)_packages) $(qt_$(host_arch
 wallet_packages_$(NO_WALLET) = $(wallet_packages)
 upnp_packages_$(NO_UPNP) = $(upnp_packages)
 zmq_packages_$(NO_ZMQ) = $(zmq_packages)
+multiprocess_packages_$(MULTIPROCESS) = $(multiprocess_packages)
 
 packages += $($(host_arch)_$(host_os)_packages) $($(host_os)_packages) $(qt_packages_) $(wallet_packages_) $(upnp_packages_)
 native_packages += $($(host_arch)_$(host_os)_native_packages) $($(host_os)_native_packages)
@@ -115,6 +117,11 @@ ifneq ($(zmq_packages_),)
 packages += $(zmq_packages)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(multiprocess_packages_),)
+packages += $(multiprocess_packages)
+native_packages += $(multiprocess_native_packages)
+endif
+
 all_packages = $(packages) $(native_packages)
 
 meta_depends = Makefile funcs.mk builders/default.mk hosts/default.mk hosts/$(host_os).mk builders/$(build_os).mk
@@ -155,6 +162,7 @@ $(host_prefix)/share/config.site : config.site.in $(host_prefix)/.stamp_$(final_
             -e 's|@no_zmq@|$(NO_ZMQ)|' \
             -e 's|@no_wallet@|$(NO_WALLET)|' \
             -e 's|@no_upnp@|$(NO_UPNP)|' \
+            -e 's|@multiprocess@|$(MULTIPROCESS)|' \
             -e 's|@debug@|$(DEBUG)|' \
             $< > $@
 	$(AT)touch $@
diff --git a/depends/README.md b/depends/README.md
index 79865ff011..c12ea8bcb3 100644
--- a/depends/README.md
+++ b/depends/README.md
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ The following can be set when running make: make FOO=bar
     NO_ZMQ: Don't download/build/cache packages needed for enabling zeromq
     NO_WALLET: Don't download/build/cache libs needed to enable the wallet
     NO_UPNP: Don't download/build/cache packages needed for enabling upnp
+    MULTIPROCESS: build libmultiprocess (experimental, requires cmake)
     DEBUG: disable some optimizations and enable more runtime checking
     HOST_ID_SALT: Optional salt to use when generating host package ids
     BUILD_ID_SALT: Optional salt to use when generating build package ids
diff --git a/depends/config.site.in b/depends/config.site.in
index fb9bf713cc..103aa0d2ff 100644
--- a/depends/config.site.in
+++ b/depends/config.site.in
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ fi
 if test -z $with_qt_bindir && test -z "@no_qt@"; then
   with_qt_bindir=$depends_prefix/native/bin
 fi
+if test -z $with_mpgen && test -n "@multiprocess@"; then
+  with_mpgen=$depends_prefix/native
+fi
 
 if test -z $with_qrencode && test -n "@no_qr@"; then
   with_qrencode=no
@@ -25,6 +28,10 @@ if test -z $enable_wallet && test -n "@no_wallet@"; then
   enable_wallet=no
 fi
 
+if test -z $enable_multiprocess && test -n "@multiprocess@"; then
+  enable_multiprocess=yes
+fi
+
 if test -z $with_miniupnpc && test -n "@no_upnp@"; then
   with_miniupnpc=no
 fi
diff --git a/depends/funcs.mk b/depends/funcs.mk
index a4434b5167..23ad9b1302 100644
--- a/depends/funcs.mk
+++ b/depends/funcs.mk
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ $(1)_config_env+=$($(1)_config_env_$(host_arch)_$(host_os)) $($(1)_config_env_$(
 
 $(1)_config_env+=PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=$($($(1)_type)_prefix)/lib/pkgconfig
 $(1)_config_env+=PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$($($(1)_type)_prefix)/share/pkgconfig
+$(1)_config_env+=CMAKE_MODULE_PATH=$($($(1)_type)_prefix)/lib/cmake
 $(1)_config_env+=PATH=$(build_prefix)/bin:$(PATH)
 $(1)_build_env+=PATH=$(build_prefix)/bin:$(PATH)
 $(1)_stage_env+=PATH=$(build_prefix)/bin:$(PATH)
diff --git a/depends/packages/boost.mk b/depends/packages/boost.mk
index cbe4fe4d97..970c81041e 100644
--- a/depends/packages/boost.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/boost.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package=boost
 $(package)_version=1_70_0
 $(package)_download_path=https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.70.0/source/
-$(package)_file_name=$(package)_$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
+$(package)_file_name=boost_$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
 $(package)_sha256_hash=430ae8354789de4fd19ee52f3b1f739e1fba576f0aded0897c3c2bc00fb38778
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
diff --git a/depends/packages/capnp.mk b/depends/packages/capnp.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..360cedd63f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/packages/capnp.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package=capnp
+$(package)_version=$(native_$(package)_version)
+$(package)_download_path=$(native_$(package)_download_path)
+$(package)_file_name=$(native_$(package)_file_name)
+$(package)_sha256_hash=$(native_$(package)_sha256_hash)
+
+define $(package)_config_cmds
+  $($(package)_autoconf)
+endef
+
+define $(package)_build_cmds
+  $(MAKE)
+endef
+
+define $(package)_stage_cmds
+  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
+endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/libmultiprocess.mk b/depends/packages/libmultiprocess.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91798f676a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/packages/libmultiprocess.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package=libmultiprocess
+$(package)_version=$(native_$(package)_version)
+$(package)_download_path=$(native_$(package)_download_path)
+$(package)_file_name=$(native_$(package)_file_name)
+$(package)_sha256_hash=$(native_$(package)_sha256_hash)
+$(package)_dependencies=native_$(package) boost capnp
+
+define $(package)_config_cmds
+  cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$($($(package)_type)_prefix)
+endef
+
+define $(package)_build_cmds
+  $(MAKE)
+endef
+
+define $(package)_stage_cmds
+  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
+endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/native_boost.mk b/depends/packages/native_boost.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9e6253772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/packages/native_boost.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package=native_boost
+$(package)_version=$(boost_version)
+$(package)_download_path=$(boost_download_path)
+$(package)_file_name=$(boost_file_name)
+$(package)_sha256_hash=$(boost_sha256_hash)
+
+define $(package)_config_cmds
+  ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=$($($(package)_type)_prefix) --with-libraries=headers
+endef
+
+define $(package)_stage_cmds
+  ./b2 -d0 --prefix=$($(package)_staging_prefix_dir) install
+endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/native_capnp.mk b/depends/packages/native_capnp.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed5a6deee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/packages/native_capnp.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package=native_capnp
+$(package)_version=0.7.0
+$(package)_download_path=https://capnproto.org/
+$(package)_download_file=capnproto-c++-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
+$(package)_file_name=capnproto-cxx-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
+$(package)_sha256_hash=c9a4c0bd88123064d483ab46ecee777f14d933359e23bff6fb4f4dbd28b4cd41
+
+define $(package)_config_cmds
+  $($(package)_autoconf)
+endef
+
+define $(package)_build_cmds
+  $(MAKE)
+endef
+
+define $(package)_stage_cmds
+  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
+endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/native_libmultiprocess.mk b/depends/packages/native_libmultiprocess.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94da1377a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/packages/native_libmultiprocess.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package=native_libmultiprocess
+$(package)_version=1d630f536d43d1fdba028f2cfccf49bc27da92db
+$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/chaincodelabs/libmultiprocess/archive
+$(package)_file_name=$($(package)_version).tar.gz
+$(package)_sha256_hash=f43183ccf59fa7596d113e56518563673f5823a721974b4058d8778ef53bd476
+$(package)_dependencies=native_boost native_capnp
+
+define $(package)_config_cmds
+  cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$($($(package)_type)_prefix)
+endef
+
+define $(package)_build_cmds
+  $(MAKE)
+endef
+
+define $(package)_stage_cmds
+  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
+endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/packages.mk b/depends/packages/packages.mk
index 42dbaa77a6..9c56d3e978 100644
--- a/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ zmq_packages=zeromq
 
 upnp_packages=miniupnpc
 
+multiprocess_packages = libmultiprocess capnp
+multiprocess_native_packages = native_libmultiprocess native_boost native_capnp
+
 darwin_native_packages = native_biplist native_ds_store native_mac_alias
 
 ifneq ($(build_os),darwin)