diff --git a/stackline/Cargo.toml b/stackline/Cargo.toml
index 2ca276e..b6b2695 100755
--- a/stackline/Cargo.toml
+++ b/stackline/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ enum_dispatch = "0.3"
 colored = "2.0"
 criterion = { version = "0.3.5", features = ["html_reports"] }
 
+[build-dependencies]
+syn = {version = "1.0", features = ["full", "parsing"] }
+
 [[bench]]
 name = "dispatch"
 harness = false
diff --git a/stackline/build.rs b/stackline/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b533b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stackline/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+use std::env;
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use syn::{Item, Type, ItemImpl};
+
+// This script reads the contents of any rust file in the `tiles/` directory,
+// and gathers any type that implements `Tile`. These types are then put into
+// the `AnyTile` enum and written to `$OUT_DIR/anytile.rs`.
+//
+// Any file with a type implementing `Tile` in tiles/ will be imported privately and its type will be re-exported.
+//
+// Known limitations:
+// - only impls in the format "impl Tile for X" are accepted (X must not contain any "::")
+
+// TODO: generate a kind of Reflection API for AnyTile
+
+fn parse_impl_tile(item: &ItemImpl) -> Option<String> {
+    let (_, trait_, _) = item.trait_.as_ref()?;
+    let ident = trait_.get_ident()?;
+
+    if ident.to_string() == "Tile" {
+        if let Type::Path(path) = &*item.self_ty {
+            let name = path.path.get_ident().map(|i| i.to_string())?;
+            return Some(name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    None
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let out_dir = env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
+    let dest_path = Path::new(&out_dir).join("anytile.rs");
+
+    let mut names: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    let mut files: Vec<(PathBuf, Vec<String>)> = Vec::new();
+
+    // Read and parse the contents of every .rs file in tiles/
+
+    for entry in fs::read_dir("tiles/").expect("Error while reading tiles/") {
+        let entry = entry.expect("Error while reading tiles/");
+        let src_path = entry.path();
+        if let Some("rs") = src_path.extension().and_then(|x| x.to_str()) {
+            let contents = fs::read_to_string(src_path.clone())
+                .expect(&format!("Couldn't read {:?}", src_path));
+            let mut local_names: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+
+            let syntax = syn::parse_file(&contents)
+                .expect(&format!("Unable to parse file {:?}", src_path));
+
+            for item in syntax.items.iter() {
+                match item {
+                    Item::Impl(item) => {
+                        if let Some(name) = parse_impl_tile(item) {
+                            local_names.push(name);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _ => {}
+                }
+            }
+
+            if local_names.len() > 0 {
+                let canonical = fs::canonicalize(src_path.clone())
+                    .expect(&format!("Couldn't canonicalize {:?}", src_path));
+                for name in local_names.iter() {
+                    names.push(name.clone());
+                }
+                files.push((canonical, local_names));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Generate code
+
+    let mut res = String::from("use enum_dispatch::enum_dispatch;\n\n");
+
+    for file in files {
+        let mod_name = file.0.as_path().file_stem().map(|x| x.to_str()).flatten().expect(&format!("Couldn't extract valid UTF-8 filename from path {:?}", file));
+        let path = file.0.as_path().to_str().expect("Invalid UTF-8 path");
+
+        res += &format!("#[path = \"{}\"]\nmod {};\n", path, mod_name);
+        res += &format!("pub use {}::{{", mod_name);
+        for name in file.1 {
+            res += &format!("{}, ", name);
+        }
+        res += "};\n\n";
+    }
+
+    res += &fs::read_to_string("src/tile/anytile.doc.rs").expect("Couldn't read src/tile/anytile.doc.rs");
+    res += "#[derive(Clone, Debug)]\n";
+    res += "#[enum_dispatch]\n";
+    res += "pub enum AnyTile {\n";
+
+    for name in names {
+        res += &format!("    {0}({0}),\n", name);
+    }
+    res += "}\n";
+
+    fs::write(dest_path.clone(), &res).expect(&format!("Couldn't write to {:?}", dest_path));
+}
diff --git a/stackline/src/tile/anytile.doc.rs b/stackline/src/tile/anytile.doc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34942de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stackline/src/tile/anytile.doc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// This file contains the documentation for AnyTile, see build.rs for more information.
+
+/// An enum containing all the available [`Tile`s](Tile), which is generated at compile time.
+///
+/// Implements [`Tile`] using `enum_dispatch`.
+/// To create an instance of `AnyTile`, you can use [`AnyTile::from`] with one of its member types.
diff --git a/stackline/src/tile/mod.rs b/stackline/src/tile/mod.rs
index 4b08779..231bd0f 100644
--- a/stackline/src/tile/mod.rs
+++ b/stackline/src/tile/mod.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 use super::*;
 use dyn_clone::{clone_box, DynClone};
-use enum_dispatch::enum_dispatch;
-
-mod wire;
-pub use wire::*;
 
 mod full;
 pub use full::*;
 
-// TODO: implement a build.rs to auto-generate AnyTile
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-#[enum_dispatch]
-pub enum AnyTile {
-    Wire(Wire),
-    Diode(Diode),
-    Resistor(Resistor),
-}
+// Generated rust file containing the AnyTile enum, which combines the structs implementing Tile found in tiles/.
+// Its definition looks like this:
+// #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+// #[enum_dispatch]
+// pub enum AnyTile {
+//     Wire(Wire),
+//     Diode(Diode),
+//     /* snip */
+// }
+//
+// Note that all the implementing types will be read from the files in tiles/ and re-exported.
+include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/anytile.rs"));
 
 #[enum_dispatch(AnyTile)]
 pub trait Tile: DynClone + std::fmt::Debug {
diff --git a/stackline/src/tile/wire.rs b/stackline/tiles/wire.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from stackline/src/tile/wire.rs
rename to stackline/tiles/wire.rs