diff --git a/src/base/base_entry_point.c b/src/base/base_entry_point.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e94561a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/base/base_entry_point.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+internal void
+main_thread_base_entry_point(void (*entry_point)(CmdLine *cmdline), char **arguments, U64 arguments_count)
+{
+#if PROFILE_TELEMETRY
+  local_persist U8 tm_data[MB(64)];
+  tmLoadLibrary(TM_RELEASE);
+  tmSetMaxThreadCount(256);
+  tmInitialize(sizeof(tm_data), (char *)tm_data);
+#endif
+  TCTX tctx;
+  tctx_init_and_equip(&tctx);
+  ThreadNameF("[main thread]");
+  Temp scratch = scratch_begin(0, 0);
+  String8List command_line_argument_strings = os_string_list_from_argcv(scratch.arena, (int)arguments_count, arguments);
+  CmdLine cmdline = cmd_line_from_string_list(scratch.arena, command_line_argument_strings);
+  B32 capture = cmd_line_has_flag(&cmdline, str8_lit("capture"));
+  if(capture)
+  {
+    ProfBeginCapture(arguments[0]);
+  }
+  entry_point(&cmdline);
+  if(capture)
+  {
+    ProfEndCapture();
+  }
+  scratch_end(scratch);
+  tctx_release();
+}
+
+internal void
+supplement_thread_base_entry_point(void (*entry_point)(void *params), void *params)
+{
+  TCTX tctx;
+  tctx_init_and_equip(&tctx);
+  entry_point(params);
+  tctx_release();
+}
diff --git a/src/base/base_entry_point.h b/src/base/base_entry_point.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd6c0d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/base/base_entry_point.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Epic Games Tools
+// Licensed under the MIT license (https://opensource.org/license/mit/)
+
+#ifndef BASE_ENTRY_POINT_H
+#define BASE_ENTRY_POINT_H
+
+internal void main_thread_base_entry_point(void (*entry_point)(CmdLine *cmdline), char **arguments, U64 arguments_count);
+internal void supplement_thread_base_entry_point(void (*entry_point)(void *params), void *params);
+
+#endif // BASE_ENTRY_POINT_H
diff --git a/src/base/base_inc.c b/src/base/base_inc.c
index 9e26e544..684cb1f6 100644
--- a/src/base/base_inc.c
+++ b/src/base/base_inc.c
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
 #include "base_thread_context.c"
 #include "base_command_line.c"
 #include "base_markup.c"
+#include "base_entry_point.c"
diff --git a/src/base/base_inc.h b/src/base/base_inc.h
index 6ecfea56..5757b895 100644
--- a/src/base/base_inc.h
+++ b/src/base/base_inc.h
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
 #include "base_thread_context.h"
 #include "base_command_line.h"
 #include "base_markup.h"
+#include "base_entry_point.h"
 
 #endif // BASE_INC_H