diff --git a/examples/cxx/publish_subscribe/src/publisher.cpp b/examples/cxx/publish_subscribe/src/publisher.cpp
index 864df8bb4..75cab72e8 100644
--- a/examples/cxx/publish_subscribe/src/publisher.cpp
+++ b/examples/cxx/publish_subscribe/src/publisher.cpp
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 
 int main() {
     using namespace iox2;
-    auto node =
-        NodeBuilder()
-            .name(NodeName::create("hello world").expect("valid node name"))
-            .template create<NodeType::ZERO_COPY>()
-            .expect("successful node creation");
+    auto node = NodeBuilder();
+    //         .name(NodeName::create("hello world").expect("valid node name"))
+    //         .template create<NodeType::ZERO_COPY>()
+    //         .expect("successful node creation");
 
-    Node<NodeType::ZERO_COPY>::list(
-        Config{}, [](auto) { return iox::ok(CallbackProgression::Continue); });
+    // Node<NodeType::ZERO_COPY>::list(
+    //     Config{}, [](auto) { return iox::ok(CallbackProgression::Continue);
+    //     });
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/CMakeLists.txt b/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ef1cd871..3695d586d 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ target_include_directories(includes-only-cxx
 
 add_library(iceoryx2-cxx-object-lib OBJECT
     src/dummy.cpp
+    src/node.cpp
 )
 
 set_target_properties(iceoryx2-cxx-object-lib
diff --git a/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/include/iox2/node.hpp b/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/include/iox2/node.hpp
index def34498d..9d99de262 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/include/iox2/node.hpp
+++ b/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/include/iox2/node.hpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class NodeName {
     const std::string& as_string() const;
 
    private:
-    std::string value;
+    iox2_node_name_storage_t value;
 };
 
 class ServiceName {
@@ -106,8 +106,13 @@ class NodeBuilder {
     IOX_BUILDER_PARAMETER(Config, config, Config{})
 
    public:
+    NodeBuilder();
+
     template <NodeType T>
-    iox::expected<Node<T>, NodeCreationFailure> create() const;
+    iox::expected<Node<T>, NodeCreationFailure> create() const&&;
+
+   private:
+    iox2_node_builder_h m_handle;
 };
 }  // namespace iox2
 
diff --git a/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/src/dummy.cpp b/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/src/dummy.cpp
index f435d3809..ed263cb2f 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/src/dummy.cpp
+++ b/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/src/dummy.cpp
@@ -10,16 +10,17 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
 
-// NOTE: dummy source file to create static and shared libraries; can be removed once we have real cpp files
-// or the libraries need to become an INTERFACE library in cmake
+// NOTE: dummy source file to create static and shared libraries; can be removed
+// once we have real cpp files or the libraries need to become an INTERFACE
+// library in cmake
 
-#include "iox2/node.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iox/logging.hpp>
 
 #include "iox2/iceoryx2.h"
-
-#include <iox/logging.hpp>
-#include <iostream>
+#include "iox2/node.hpp"
 
 void hypnotoad() {
     IOX_LOG(INFO, "All glory to the hypnotoad!");
+    iox2_node_builder_new(nullptr);
 }
diff --git a/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/src/node.cpp b/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/src/node.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95010bca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/src/node.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+//
+// See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+// information regarding copyright ownership.
+//
+// This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+// terms of the Apache Software License 2.0 which is available at
+// https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0, or the MIT license
+// which is available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
+#include "iox2/node.hpp"
+
+#include <iox2/iceoryx2.h>
+
+namespace iox2 {
+iox::expected<NodeName, SemanticStringError> NodeName::create(
+    const char* value) {}
+
+const std::string& NodeName::as_string() const {}
+
+NodeBuilder::NodeBuilder() : m_handle{iox2_node_builder_new(nullptr)} {}
+
+template <NodeType T>
+iox::expected<Node<T>, NodeCreationFailure> NodeBuilder::create() const&& {}
+}  // namespace iox2