diff --git a/example_odulow_build.txt b/example_odulow_build.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ef4f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_odulow_build.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+# This is an example on how the different dependencies of the odulow fhi_lib can be brought into a build server
+# which currently is the only module being built under odulow.
+# In the example illustrated here we use a Centos OS in the server so the user should adopt the proper procedures
+# for their target OS if it is different than Centos
+cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
+mkdir backup;
+mv *.repo backup;
+
+curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo http://mirrors.aliyun.com/repo/Centos-7.repo
+yum makecache
+
+yum install vim gcc-c++ libhugetlbfs* libstdc++* kernel-devel numa* gcc git mlocate xorg-x11-server-Xorg -y
+cd /home
+mkdir odu_low_test
+cd /home/odu_low_test 
+
+wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.08.1.tar.xz
+xz -d dpdk-18.08.1.tar.xz
+tar -xvf dpdk-18.08.1.tar
+mv dpdk-stable-18.08.1 dpdk-18.08
+
+cd dpdk-18.08/usertools/
+
+./dpdk-setup.sh<<EOF
+15
+35
+EOF
+
+# After the dependencies have been brought in we can clone the ORAN repository, this step requires the user to provide credentials
+git clone "https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/o-du/phy"
+#
+# The next step is to define the global variables used by the continous integration build shell script
+# and the odulow Front Haul Library makefile
+# In this example we are building the fhi_lib using gcc and the testapp is not being built.
+
+export XRAN_DIR=/home/odu_low_test/phy/fhi_lib
+export RTE_SDK=/home/odu_low_test/dpdk-18.08
+export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
+export BUILD_GCC=1
+cd phy/fhi_lib
+chmod 777 build_ci.sh
+./build_ci.sh
+
diff --git a/fhi_lib/lib/Makefile b/fhi_lib/lib/Makefile
index 7b33916..2977afc 100644
--- a/fhi_lib/lib/Makefile
+++ b/fhi_lib/lib/Makefile
@@ -24,11 +24,18 @@
 ##############################################################
 #  Tools configuration
 ##############################################################
+ifeq ($(BUILD_GCC),)
 CC  := icc
+LD := icc
+else
+CC := gcc
+LD := gcc
+endif
+
 CPP := icpc
 AS := as
 AR := ar
-LD := icc
+
 OBJDUMP := objdump
 
 ifeq ($(SHELL),cmd.exe)
@@ -77,8 +84,8 @@
 	$(SRC_DIR)/xran_app_frag.c \
 	$(SRC_DIR)/xran_main.c
 
-CPP_SRC = $(SRC_DIR)/xran_compression.cpp
-
+#CPP_SRC = $(SRC_DIR)/xran_compression.cpp
+ifeq ($(BUILD_GCC),)
 CC_FLAGS += -std=gnu11 -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations  \
 	-fdata-sections \
 	-ffunction-sections \
@@ -91,6 +98,35 @@
                 -no-prec-div -fp-model fast=2\
                 -no-prec-sqrt  -falign-functions=16 -fast-transcendentals \
         -Werror -Wno-unused-variable -std=c++11 -mcmodel=large
+else
+CC_FLAGS += -std=gnu11 -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wextra \
+	-Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations \
+        -Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wnested-externs \
+        -Wcast-qual -Wformat-nonliteral -Wformat-security -Wundef -Wwrite-strings \
+        -Wdeprecated -Wunused-parameter -Wunused-variable\
+        -fdata-sections \
+	-ffunction-sections \
+	-g \
+	-Wimplicit-function-declaration \
+	-m64 \
+	-pthread \
+	-march=native \
+	-DRTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_SSE \
+	-DRTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_SSE2 \
+	-DRTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_SSE3 \
+ 	-DRTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_SSSE3 \
+	-DRTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_SSE4_1 \
+	-DRTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_SSE4_2 \
+	-DRTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_AES \
+	-DRTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_PCLMULQDQ \
+	-DRTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_AVX \
+	-DRTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_RDRAND \
+	-DRTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_FSGSBASE \
+ 	-DRTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_F16C \
+	-DRTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_AVX2 \
+	-I$(API_DIR) -I$(ETH_DIR) -I$(MLOG_DIR)/source -I$(RTE_INC) -g -O3 \
+	-DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API 
+endif
 
 INC :=  -I$(API_DIR) -I$(ETH_DIR) -I$(SRC_DIR) -I$(RTE_INC)
 DEF :=
diff --git a/fhi_lib/lib/build_ci.sh b/fhi_lib/lib/build_ci.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d49143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fhi_lib/lib/build_ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#/******************************************************************************
+#*
+#*   Copyright (c) 2019 Intel.
+#*
+#*   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#*   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#*   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#*
+#*       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#*
+#*   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#*   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#*   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#*   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#*   limitations under the License.
+#*
+#*******************************************************************************/
+#
+# Please see example_odu_fhi_lib_build.txt to find how to set up the global variables used by this script
+# and the fhi_lib makefile
+
+XRAN_FH_LIB_DIR=$XRAN_DIR/lib
+XRAN_FH_APP_DIR=$XRAN_DIR/app
+XRAN_FH_TEST_DIR=$XRAN_DIR/test/test_xran
+LIBXRANSO=0
+MLOG=0
+COMMAND_LINE=
+
+echo Number of commandline arguments: $#
+while [[ $# -ne 0 ]]
+do
+key="$1"
+
+#echo Parsing: $key
+case $key in
+    LIBXRANSO)
+    LIBXRANSO=1
+    ;;
+    MLOG)
+    MLOG=1
+    ;;
+    xclean)
+    COMMAND_LINE+=$key
+    COMMAND_LINE+=" "
+	;;
+    *)
+    echo $key is unknown command        # unknown option
+    ;;
+esac
+shift # past argument or value
+done
+
+if [ -z "$MLOG_DIR" ]
+then
+	echo 'MLOG folder is not set. Disable MLOG (MLOG_DIR='$MLOG_DIR')'
+	MLOG=0
+else
+	echo 'MLOG folder is set. Enable MLOG (MLOG_DIR='$MLOG_DIR')'
+	MLOG=1
+fi
+
+echo 'Building xRAN Library'
+echo "LIBXRANSO = ${LIBXRANSO}"
+echo "MLOG      = ${MLOG}"
+
+cd $XRAN_FH_LIB_DIR
+make $COMMAND_LINE MLOG=${MLOG} LIBXRANSO=${LIBXRANSO} #DEBUG=1 VERBOSE=1
+
+#echo 'Building xRAN Test Application'
+#cd $XRAN_FH_APP_DIR
+#make $COMMAND_LINE MLOG=${MLOG} #DEBUG=1 VERBOSE=1
+
+#if [ -z ${GTEST_ROOT+x} ];
+#then
+#    echo "GTEST_ROOT is not set. Unit tests are not compiled";
+#else
+#	echo 'Building xRAN Test Application ('$GTEST_ROOT')'
+#	cd $XRAN_FH_TEST_DIR
+#	make clean;
+#	make
+#fi
+