diff --git a/api/build.gradle b/api/build.gradle
index 0252e96c4..8021a51dd 100644
--- a/api/build.gradle
+++ b/api/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
     compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
-    compile 'com.google.guava:guava:25.1-jre'
+    compile "com.google.guava:guava:${guavaVersion}"
     compile 'net.kyori:text:1.12-1.6.0-SNAPSHOT'
     compile 'com.moandjiezana.toml:toml4j:0.7.2'
     testCompile "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${junitVersion}"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b87c0c007..42320b400 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ allprojects {
         junitVersion = '5.3.0-M1'
         log4jVersion = '2.11.0'
         nettyVersion = '4.1.28.Final'
+        guavaVersion = '25.1-jre'
     }
 
     repositories {
diff --git a/native/build.gradle b/native/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13647ccf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile "com.google.guava:guava:${guavaVersion}"
+    compile "io.netty:netty-buffer:${nettyVersion}"
+}
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diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/util/Disposable.java b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/Disposable.java
similarity index 52%
rename from proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/util/Disposable.java
rename to native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/Disposable.java
index bca174a6d..bb2cf0350 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/util/Disposable.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/Disposable.java
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-package com.velocitypowered.proxy.util;
+package com.velocitypowered.natives;
 
 /**
  * This marker interface indicates that this object should be explicitly disposed before the object can no longer be used.
  * Not disposing these objects will likely leak native resources and eventually lead to resource exhaustion.
  */
 public interface Disposable {
+    /**
+     * Disposes this object. After this call returns, any use of this object becomes invalid. Multiple calls to
+     * this function should be safe: there should be no side-effects once an object is disposed.
+     */
     void dispose();
 }
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/compression/JavaVelocityCompressor.java b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/compression/JavaVelocityCompressor.java
similarity index 95%
rename from proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/compression/JavaVelocityCompressor.java
rename to native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/compression/JavaVelocityCompressor.java
index 58e59921f..6f04a4aec 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/compression/JavaVelocityCompressor.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/compression/JavaVelocityCompressor.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.compression;
+package com.velocitypowered.natives.compression;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ public class JavaVelocityCompressor implements VelocityCompressor {
 
     @Override
     public void dispose() {
-        ensureNotDisposed();
         disposed = true;
     }
 
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/compression/VelocityCompressor.java b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/compression/VelocityCompressor.java
similarity index 73%
rename from proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/compression/VelocityCompressor.java
rename to native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/compression/VelocityCompressor.java
index 8c1eaca15..c8056a54e 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/compression/VelocityCompressor.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/compression/VelocityCompressor.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-package com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.compression;
+package com.velocitypowered.natives.compression;
 
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.util.Disposable;
+import com.velocitypowered.natives.Disposable;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 
 import java.util.zip.DataFormatException;
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/encryption/JavaVelocityCipher.java b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/encryption/JavaVelocityCipher.java
similarity index 94%
rename from proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/encryption/JavaVelocityCipher.java
rename to native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/encryption/JavaVelocityCipher.java
index 146b0fe02..dd732d036 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/encryption/JavaVelocityCipher.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/encryption/JavaVelocityCipher.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.encryption;
+package com.velocitypowered.natives.encryption;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ public class JavaVelocityCipher implements VelocityCipher {
 
     @Override
     public void dispose() {
-        ensureNotDisposed();
         disposed = true;
     }
 
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/encryption/VelocityCipher.java b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/encryption/VelocityCipher.java
similarity index 67%
rename from proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/encryption/VelocityCipher.java
rename to native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/encryption/VelocityCipher.java
index d5f51eb67..d7ba55427 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/encryption/VelocityCipher.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/encryption/VelocityCipher.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-package com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.encryption;
+package com.velocitypowered.natives.encryption;
 
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.util.Disposable;
+import com.velocitypowered.natives.Disposable;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 
 import javax.crypto.ShortBufferException;
diff --git a/proxy/build.gradle b/proxy/build.gradle
index 39d44b65c..32632575e 100644
--- a/proxy/build.gradle
+++ b/proxy/build.gradle
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jar {
 
 dependencies {
     compile project(':velocity-api')
+    compile project(':velocity-native')
     compile "io.netty:netty-codec:${nettyVersion}"
     compile "io.netty:netty-codec-http:${nettyVersion}"
     compile "io.netty:netty-handler:${nettyVersion}"
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/connection/MinecraftConnection.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/connection/MinecraftConnection.java
index d5b9023fb..5496f725e 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/connection/MinecraftConnection.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/connection/MinecraftConnection.java
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.PacketWrapper;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.StateRegistry;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.compression.JavaVelocityCompressor;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.encryption.JavaVelocityCipher;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.encryption.VelocityCipher;
+import com.velocitypowered.natives.compression.JavaVelocityCompressor;
+import com.velocitypowered.natives.encryption.JavaVelocityCipher;
+import com.velocitypowered.natives.encryption.VelocityCipher;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.netty.*;
 import io.netty.channel.Channel;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFutureListener;
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCipherDecoder.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCipherDecoder.java
index ae5ea06a6..cbb64a55c 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCipherDecoder.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCipherDecoder.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.netty;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.encryption.VelocityCipher;
+import com.velocitypowered.natives.encryption.VelocityCipher;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder;
@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@ public class MinecraftCipherDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
             throw e;
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void handlerRemoved0(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
+        cipher.dispose();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCipherEncoder.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCipherEncoder.java
index afe7cf502..581f4ea82 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCipherEncoder.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCipherEncoder.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.netty;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.encryption.VelocityCipher;
+import com.velocitypowered.natives.encryption.VelocityCipher;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToByteEncoder;
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@ public class MinecraftCipherEncoder extends MessageToByteEncoder<ByteBuf> {
     protected void encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf msg, ByteBuf out) throws Exception {
         cipher.process(msg, out);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void handlerRemoved(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
+        cipher.dispose();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressDecoder.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressDecoder.java
index 7cbe9a399..3e48c4030 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressDecoder.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressDecoder.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.netty;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.ProtocolUtils;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.compression.VelocityCompressor;
+import com.velocitypowered.natives.compression.VelocityCompressor;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageDecoder;
@@ -42,4 +42,9 @@ public class MinecraftCompressDecoder extends MessageToMessageDecoder<ByteBuf> {
             throw e;
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void handlerRemoved(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
+        compressor.dispose();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java
index 7b9d94be3..226c36832 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com.velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.netty;
 
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.ProtocolUtils;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.compression.VelocityCompressor;
+import com.velocitypowered.natives.compression.VelocityCompressor;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelPromise;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToByteEncoder;
 
 public class MinecraftCompressEncoder extends MessageToByteEncoder<ByteBuf> {
@@ -34,4 +35,9 @@ public class MinecraftCompressEncoder extends MessageToByteEncoder<ByteBuf> {
             compressedBuffer.release();
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void handlerRemoved(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
+        compressor.dispose();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index f89347eec..e3e315775 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 rootProject.name = 'velocity'
-include 'api'
-include 'proxy'
+include (
+        'api',
+        'proxy',
+        'native'
+)
 findProject(':api')?.name = 'velocity-api'
 findProject(':proxy')?.name = 'velocity-proxy'
-
+findProject(':native')?.name = 'velocity-native'
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