diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b4d061d915..5cca4a8590 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@
 
 # Log path
 log/
+
+
+# third party
+third
diff --git a/include/tick_conf.h b/include/tick_conf.h
index 96e8c036e8..17d2bde498 100644
--- a/include/tick_conf.h
+++ b/include/tick_conf.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class TickConf : public BaseConf
 
 private:
     int port_;
+    int hb_port_;
     int thread_num_;
     char log_path_[TICK_WORD_SIZE];
     int log_level_;
diff --git a/include/tick_hb.h b/include/tick_hb.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..874175e13e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/tick_hb.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#ifndef __TICK_HB_H__
+#define __TICK_HB_H__
+
+#include "status.h"
+#include "csapp.h"
+#include "tick_thread.h"
+#include "tick_define.h"
+#include "tick_epoll.h"
+
+class TickHb
+{
+public:
+    TickHb(int hb_port);
+
+
+private:
+    TickEpoll *tickEpoll_;
+    pthread_t thread_id_; 
+
+    /*
+     * The heartbeat servaddr and port information
+     * get the servaddr_ from the tick_server
+     * get the port from config file
+     */
+    int sockfd_;
+    int flags_;
+    int hb_port_;
+    struct sockaddr_in servaddr_;
+
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/tick_hb.cc b/src/tick_hb.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3eb50ff2a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tick_hb.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include "tick_hb.h"
+
+
+TickHb::TickHb(int hb_port) : 
+    hb_port_(hb_port)
+{
+    thread_id_ = pthread_self();
+    // init sock
+    sockfd_ = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    memset(&servaddr_, 0, sizeof(servaddr_));
+
+    hb_port_ = g_tickConf->hb_port();
+    servaddr_.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    servaddr_.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+    servaddr_.sin_port = htons(port_);
+
+    bind(sockfd_, (struct sockaddr *) &servaddr_, sizeof(servaddr_));
+    listen(sockfd_, 10);
+
+    SetBlockType(kNonBlock);
+    /*
+     * inital the tickepoll object, add the notify_receive_fd to epoll
+     */
+    tickEpoll_ = new TickEpoll();
+}