diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0b1f9a493..75bca62e6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempdir 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "vhost_rs 0.1.0",
  "vhost_user_backend 0.1.0",
+ "vhost_user_fs 0.1.0",
  "virtio-bindings 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "vm-device 0.1.0",
  "vm-memory 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory)",
@@ -1008,6 +1009,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "vmm-sys-util 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vhost_user_fs"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "virtio-bindings"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c29493a13..da6d87ec2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ net_gen = { path = "net_gen" }
 net_util = { path = "net_util" }
 qcow = { path = "qcow" }
 vhost_user_backend = { path = "vhost_user_backend"}
+vhost_user_fs = { path = "vhost_user_fs"}
 virtio-bindings = "0.1.0"
 vmm = { path = "vmm" }
 vm-device = { path = "vm-device" }
diff --git a/vhost_user_fs/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_fs/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae94eff52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vhost_user_fs/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "vhost_user_fs"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["The Cloud Hypervisor Authors"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/vhost_user_fs/src/lib.rs b/vhost_user_fs/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a60c5876d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vhost_user_fs/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Copyright © 2019 Intel Corporation
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause