diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 485da9a2..39a6934c 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 ^docs$
 ^pkgdown$
 ^CRAN-SUBMISSION$
+^\.vscode$
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a54c159a..64c0f93c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ NEWS.html
 script.R
 revdep/cloud.noindex
 docs
+.vscode
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 41f2d7ec..2ae38764 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: pkgload
 Title: Simulate Package Installation and Attach
-Version: 1.4.0.9000
+Version: 1.4.0.9001
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", role = "aut"),
     person("Winston", "Chang", role = "aut"),
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Depends:
     R (>= 3.4.0)
 Imports: 
     cli (>= 3.3.0),
+    decor,
     desc,
     fs,
     glue,
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ Suggests:
     jsonlite,
     mathjaxr,
     pak,
-    Rcpp,
+    cpp11,
     remotes,
     rstudioapi,
     testthat (>= 3.2.1.1),
@@ -48,3 +49,5 @@ Config/testthat/start-first: dll
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
 RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
+LinkingTo: 
+    cpp11
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index cc2a17b5..9f34189f 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ export(run_example)
 export(unload)
 export(unregister)
 import(rlang)
+useDynLib(pkgload, .registration = TRUE)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b14601e0..4f381442 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * The generator of `compile_commands.json` is now more reliable in the presence
   of extra whitespace in `make`'s output (#288, @TimTaylor).
 
+* Refactored to use the "cpp11" package for C++ code instead of "Rcpp". (@pachadotdev, #299)
 
 # pkgload 1.4.0
 
diff --git a/R/cpp11.R b/R/cpp11.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f8b9f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/cpp11.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Generated by cpp11: do not edit by hand
+
+fun <- function() {
+  invisible(.Call(`_pkgload_fun`))
+}
diff --git a/R/pkgload-package.R b/R/pkgload-package.R
index a65cf643..0238c5d9 100644
--- a/R/pkgload-package.R
+++ b/R/pkgload-package.R
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 "_PACKAGE"
 
 ## usethis namespace: start
+#' @useDynLib pkgload, .registration = TRUE
 ## usethis namespace: end
 NULL
diff --git a/R/side-effects.R b/R/side-effects.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1942d3f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/side-effects.R
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+side_effect_decor <- function() {
+  decor::parse_cpp_function("void fun() {}")
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/man/pkgload-package.Rd b/man/pkgload-package.Rd
index 6f9a366d..261a43f5 100644
--- a/man/pkgload-package.Rd
+++ b/man/pkgload-package.Rd
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Authors:
 
 Other contributors:
 \itemize{
+  \item Mauricio Vargas Sepulveda (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1017-7574}{ORCID}) [contributor]
   \item Posit Software, PBC [copyright holder, funder]
   \item R Core team (Some namespace and vignette code extracted from base R) [contributor]
 }
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22034c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.o
+*.so
+*.dll
diff --git a/src/code.cpp b/src/code.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24637257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/code.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <cpp11.hpp>
+using namespace cpp11;
+
+// just for the side effect of registering the function
+[[cpp11::register]]
+void fun() {}
diff --git a/src/cpp11.cpp b/src/cpp11.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2da69d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cpp11.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Generated by cpp11: do not edit by hand
+// clang-format off
+
+
+#include "cpp11/declarations.hpp"
+#include <R_ext/Visibility.h>
+
+// code.cpp
+void fun();
+extern "C" SEXP _pkgload_fun() {
+  BEGIN_CPP11
+    fun();
+    return R_NilValue;
+  END_CPP11
+}
+
+extern "C" {
+static const R_CallMethodDef CallEntries[] = {
+    {"_pkgload_fun", (DL_FUNC) &_pkgload_fun, 0},
+    {NULL, NULL, 0}
+};
+}
+
+extern "C" attribute_visible void R_init_pkgload(DllInfo* dll){
+  R_registerRoutines(dll, NULL, CallEntries, NULL, NULL);
+  R_useDynamicSymbols(dll, FALSE);
+  R_forceSymbols(dll, TRUE);
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-dll.R b/tests/testthat/test-dll.R
index d2d1d1bf..f223cb91 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-dll.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-dll.R
@@ -101,21 +101,21 @@ test_that("Specific functions from DLLs listed in NAMESPACE can be called", {
 })
 
 
-test_that("load_all() can compile and load DLLs linked to Rcpp", {
+test_that("load_all() can compile and load DLLs linked to cpp11", {
 
-  pkgbuild::clean_dll("testDllRcpp")
+  pkgbuild::clean_dll("testDllcpp11")
 
-  load_all("testDllRcpp", reset = TRUE, quiet = TRUE)
+  load_all("testDllcpp11", reset = TRUE, quiet = TRUE)
 
   # Check that it's loaded properly by calling the hello world function
   # which returns a list
-  expect_type(rcpp_hello_world(), "list")
+  expect_type(cpp11_hello_world(), "list")
 
   # Check whether attribute compilation occurred and that exported
   # names are available from load_all
-  expect_true(rcpp_test_attributes())
+  expect_true(cpp11_test_attributes())
 
   # Unload and clean out compiled objects
-  unload("testDllRcpp")
-  pkgbuild::clean_dll("testDllRcpp")
+  unload("testDllcpp11")
+  pkgbuild::clean_dll("testDllcpp11")
 })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-side-effect-decor.R b/tests/testthat/test-side-effect-decor.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe90b494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-side-effect-decor.R
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+test_that("side effect decor", {
+  expect_type(side_effect_decor(), "list")
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/DESCRIPTION b/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/DESCRIPTION
deleted file mode 100644
index b218be52..00000000
--- a/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/DESCRIPTION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-Package: testDllRcpp
-Title: Test package for compiling DLLs that link to Rcpp
-License: GPL-2
-Description:
-Author: Hadley <h.wickham@gmail.com>
-Maintainer: Hadley <h.wickham@gmail.com>
-Version: 0.1
-Depends: Rcpp (>= 0.10.0)
-LinkingTo: Rcpp
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/NAMESPACE b/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/NAMESPACE
deleted file mode 100644
index 49939634..00000000
--- a/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/NAMESPACE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-useDynLib(testDllRcpp, .registration = TRUE)
-export(rcpp_hello_world)
-export(rcpp_test_attributes)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/R/.gitignore b/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/R/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b1f3275a..00000000
--- a/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/R/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-RcppExports.R
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/src/.gitignore b/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/src/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 48efaf8d..00000000
--- a/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/src/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-RcppExports.cpp
-*.o
-*.so
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/src/rcpp_hello_world.cpp b/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/src/rcpp_hello_world.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e77afd3a..00000000
--- a/tests/testthat/testDllRcpp/src/rcpp_hello_world.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#include <Rcpp.h>
-
-// [[Rcpp::export]]
-SEXP rcpp_hello_world() {
-  using namespace Rcpp;
-
-  CharacterVector x = CharacterVector::create("foo", "bar");
-  NumericVector y = NumericVector::create(0.0, 1.0);
-  List z = List::create(x, y);
-
-  return z;
-}
-
-// [[Rcpp::export]]
-bool rcpp_test_attributes() { return true; }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/DESCRIPTION b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/DESCRIPTION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34e422b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/DESCRIPTION
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Package: testDllcpp11
+Title: Test package for compiling DLLs that link to cpp11
+License: GPL (>= 3)
+Description: Test package for compiling DLLs that link to cpp11.
+  Just for testing purposes.
+Authors@R: c(
+    person("Hadley", "Wickham", role = c("aut", "cre"),
+      email = "hadley@posit.co"),
+    person("Mauricio", "Vargas Sepulveda", role = "aut")
+  )
+Version: 0.1
+LinkingTo: 
+    cpp11
+Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
+Encoding: UTF-8
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/NAMESPACE b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/NAMESPACE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8242617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/NAMESPACE
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+
+useDynLib(testDllcpp11, .registration = TRUE)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/R/.gitignore b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/R/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96dae645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/R/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cpp11.R
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/R/testDllcpp11-package.R b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/R/testDllcpp11-package.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..258b7bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/R/testDllcpp11-package.R
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#' @useDynLib testDllcpp11, .registration = TRUE
+"_PACKAGE"
+
+#' Hello World
+#' @export
+cpp11_hello_world <- function() {
+  cpp11_hello_world_()
+}
+
+#' Test Attributes
+#' @export
+cpp11_test_attributes <- function() {
+  cpp11_test_attributes_()
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/man/testDllcpp11-package.Rd b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/man/testDllcpp11-package.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a87af12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/man/testDllcpp11-package.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/testDllcpp11-package.R
+\docType{package}
+\name{testDllcpp11-package}
+\alias{testDllcpp11}
+\alias{testDllcpp11-package}
+\title{testDllcpp11: Test package for compiling DLLs that link to cpp11}
+\description{
+Test package for compiling DLLs that link to cpp11. Just for testing purposes.
+}
+\author{
+\strong{Maintainer}: Hadley Wickham \email{hadley@posit.co}
+
+Authors:
+\itemize{
+  \item Mauricio Vargas Sepulveda
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/src/.gitignore b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32523300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+cpp11.cpp
+*.o
+*.so
+*.dll
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/src/cpp11_hello_world.cpp b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/src/cpp11_hello_world.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edab927d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/testDllcpp11/src/cpp11_hello_world.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include <cpp11.hpp>
+using namespace cpp11;
+
+[[cpp11::register]] sexp cpp11_hello_world_() {
+  writable::strings x = {"foo", "bar"};
+  writable::doubles y = {0.0, 1.0};
+  writable::list z = {x, y};
+
+  return z;
+}
+
+[[cpp11::register]] bool cpp11_test_attributes_() {
+  return true;
+}