diff --git a/devicemodel/Makefile b/devicemodel/Makefile
index f955ab292..b9a33d192 100644
--- a/devicemodel/Makefile
+++ b/devicemodel/Makefile
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ SRCS += core/timer.c
 # arch
 SRCS += arch/x86/pm.c
 
+# vmcfg
+SRCS += vmcfg/vmcfg.c
 
 OBJS := $(patsubst %.c,$(DM_OBJDIR)/%.o,$(SRCS))
 
diff --git a/devicemodel/include/vmcfg.h b/devicemodel/include/vmcfg.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54476318c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devicemodel/include/vmcfg.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C)2018 Intel Corporation
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#ifndef VMCFG_H
+#define VMCFG_H
+
+struct vmcfg_arg {
+	char **argv;
+	int argc;
+	int (*setup)(void);
+	int (*clean)(void);
+};
+
+extern struct vmcfg_arg **args_buildin;
+extern int num_args_buildin;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/devicemodel/vmcfg/vmcfg.c b/devicemodel/vmcfg/vmcfg.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3243490c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devicemodel/vmcfg/vmcfg.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C)2018 Intel Corporation
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <vmcfg_config.h>
+#include <vmcfg.h>
+
+static struct vmcfg_arg *vmcfg_buildin_args[] = {
+};
+
+struct vmcfg_arg **args_buildin = vmcfg_buildin_args;
+int num_args_buildin = sizeof(vmcfg_buildin_args) / sizeof(struct vmcfg_arg *);