diff --git a/axl_rle.c b/axl_rle.c
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+++ b/axl_rle.c
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+#include "axl_rle.h"
+#include "axl_vlq.h"
+#include "axl_memory.h"
+
+u32 axl_rle_encode(const u8* src, u32 src_size, u8* dst, u32 dst_size)
+{
+    u8 vlq_buff[AXL_VLQ_MAX_LEN];
+    const u8* head = src;
+    u32 used_size = 0;
+
+    while(head < src + src_size)
+    {
+        const u8 value = *head;
+        u32 count = 0;
+
+        while(head < src + src_size && *head == value)
+        {
+            count++;
+            head++;
+        }
+
+        u32 vlq_len = axl_vlq_encode(count, vlq_buff);
+        u32 req_size = vlq_len + 1;
+
+        if(req_size + used_size > dst_size)
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        axl_memcpy(dst, vlq_buff, vlq_len);
+        dst += vlq_len;
+        axl_memcpy(dst, &value, 1);
+        dst += 1;
+
+        used_size += req_size;
+    }
+
+    return used_size;
+}
+
+u32 axl_rle_decode(const u8* src, u32 src_size, u8* dst, u32 dst_size)
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/axl_rle.h b/axl_rle.h
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+++ b/axl_rle.h
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+#ifndef AXL_RLE_H
+#define AXL_RLE_H
+
+#include "axl_types.h"
+
+u32 axl_rle_encode(const u8* src, u32 src_size, u8* dst, u32 dst_size);
+u32 axl_rle_decode(const u8* src, u32 src_size, u8* dst, u32 dst_size);
+
+#endif // !AXL_RLE_H
+