diff --git a/src/agent/src/image.rs b/src/agent/src/image.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..151ab8943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/agent/src/image.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2021 Alibaba Cloud
+// Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 IBM Corporation
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Intel Corporation
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use crate::sandbox::Sandbox;
+
+// Convenience function to obtain the scope logger.
+fn sl() -> slog::Logger {
+    slog_scope::logger().new(o!("subsystem" => "image"))
+}
+
+pub struct ImageService {
+    sandbox: Arc<Mutex<Sandbox>>,
+}
+impl ImageService {
+    pub fn new(sandbox: Arc<Mutex<Sandbox>>) -> Self {
+        Self { sandbox }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/agent/src/main.rs b/src/agent/src/main.rs
index 31482eb25..8bb7fa042 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/main.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ use tokio::{
     task::JoinHandle,
 };
 
+mod image;
 mod rpc;
 mod tracer;
 
diff --git a/src/agent/src/rpc.rs b/src/agent/src/rpc.rs
index bd760db94..56cff23ed 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/rpc.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ use rustjail::process::ProcessOperations;
 
 use crate::device::{add_devices, get_virtio_blk_pci_device_name, update_env_pci};
 use crate::features::get_build_features;
+use crate::image;
 use crate::linux_abi::*;
 use crate::metrics::get_metrics;
 use crate::mount::baremount;