diff --git a/azalea-pathfinder/src/dstarlite.rs b/azalea-pathfinder/src/dstarlite.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53556a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azalea-pathfinder/src/dstarlite.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+//! An implementation of D* Lite (optimized version) from
+//! http://idm-lab.org/bib/abstracts/papers/aaai02b.pdf
+
+use std::collections::BinaryHeap;
+
+#[derive(Default, Ord)]
+pub struct Vertex<Weight>
+where
+    Weight: Default + Ord,
+{
+    pub g: Weight,
+    pub rhs: Weight,
+}
+
+type Heuristic<Weight> = fn(start: &Vertex<Weight>, current: &Vertex<Weight>) -> Weight;
+
+pub struct DStarLite<Weight>
+where
+    Weight: Default + Ord,
+{
+    pub start: Vertex<Weight>,
+    pub goal: Vertex<Weight>,
+
+    pub queue: BinaryHeap<Vertex<Weight>>,
+
+    pub k_m: Weight,
+    pub heuristic: Heuristic<Weight>,
+}
+
+impl<Weight> DStarLite<Weight> {
+    fn calculate_key(&self, s: &Vertex<Weight>) -> (Weight, Weight) {
+        // return [min(g(s), rhs(s)) + h(s_start, s) + k_m, min(g(s), rhs(s))]
+        (
+            s.g.min(s.rhs) + self.heuristic(self.start, s) + self.k_m,
+            s.g.min(s.rhs),
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn initialize(&self) {
+        let priority_queue = BinaryHeap::new();
+        let k_m = 0;
+        self.goal.rhs = 0;
+        priority_queue.push(self.goal, (self.heuristic(&self.start, self.goal), 0));
+    }
+
+    fn update_vertex(&self, u: Vertex, priority_queue: BinaryHeap<Vertex>) {
+        // if(g(u)) != rhs(u) AND u is in U) U.Update(u, calculate_key(u))
+        // if u.g != u.rhs && priority_queue.contains(u) {
+        // 	priority_queue.update(u, calculate_key(s_start, u, h));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/azalea-pathfinder/src/lib.rs b/azalea-pathfinder/src/lib.rs
index 7d12d9af..f07e299a 100644
--- a/azalea-pathfinder/src/lib.rs
+++ b/azalea-pathfinder/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+mod dstarlite;
+
 pub fn add(left: usize, right: usize) -> usize {
     left + right
 }