diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 08761efed..c2c387e3a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -284,15 +284,19 @@ clean mrproper:
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) $(build)=crit $@
 .PHONY: clean mrproper
 
+clean-dummy_amdgpu_plugin:
+	$(Q) $(MAKE) -C plugins/amdgpu clean
+.PHONY: clean dummy_amdgpu_plugin
+
 clean-top:
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) -C Documentation clean
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) $(build)=test/compel clean
 	$(Q) $(RM) .gitid
 .PHONY: clean-top
 
-clean: clean-top
+clean: clean-top clean-dummy_amdgpu_plugin
 
-mrproper-top: clean-top
+mrproper-top: clean-top clean-dummy_amdgpu_plugin
 	$(Q) $(RM) $(CONFIG_HEADER)
 	$(Q) $(RM) $(VERSION_HEADER)
 	$(Q) $(RM) $(COMPEL_VERSION_HEADER)
@@ -320,6 +324,10 @@ test: zdtm
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) -C test
 .PHONY: test
 
+dummy_amdgpu_plugin:
+	$(Q) $(MAKE) -C plugins/amdgpu all
+.PHONY: dummy_amdgpu_plugin
+
 #
 # Generating tar requires tag matched CRIU_VERSION.
 # If not found then simply use GIT's describe with
diff --git a/Makefile.install b/Makefile.install
index 3987bcc6f..52e8c06da 100644
--- a/Makefile.install
+++ b/Makefile.install
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ MANDIR		?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 INCLUDEDIR	?= $(PREFIX)/include
 LIBEXECDIR	?= $(PREFIX)/libexec
 RUNDIR		?= /run
+PLUGINDIR	?= /var/lib/criu
 
 #
 # For recent Debian/Ubuntu with multiarch support.
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ endif
 LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
 
 export PREFIX BINDIR SBINDIR MANDIR RUNDIR
-export LIBDIR INCLUDEDIR LIBEXECDIR
+export LIBDIR INCLUDEDIR LIBEXECDIR PLUGINDIR
 
 install-man:
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) -C Documentation install
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ install-criu: criu
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) $(build)=criu install
 .PHONY: install-criu
 
+install-dummy_amdgpu_plugin: dummy_amdgpu_plugin
+	$(Q) $(MAKE) -C plugins/amdgpu install
+.PHONY: install-dummy_amdgpu_plugin
+
 install-compel: $(compel-install-targets)
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) $(build)=compel install
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) $(build)=compel/plugins install
@@ -54,4 +59,5 @@ uninstall:
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) $(build)=criu $@
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) $(build)=compel $@
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) $(build)=compel/plugins $@
+	$(Q) $(MAKE) -C plugins/amdgpu $@
 .PHONY: uninstall
diff --git a/plugins/amdgpu/Makefile b/plugins/amdgpu/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45a9ec611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/amdgpu/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+all: dummy_plugin.so
+
+dummy_plugin.so: dummy_plugin.c
+	gcc -g -Werror -D _GNU_SOURCE -Wall -shared -nostartfiles dummy_plugin.c -o dummy_plugin.so -iquote ../../../criu/include -iquote ../../criu/include -fPIC
+
+clean:
+	$(Q) $(RM) dummy_plugin.so
+install:
+	$(Q) mkdir -p $(PLUGINDIR)
+	$(Q) install -m 644 dummy_plugin.so $(PLUGINDIR)
+
+uninstall:
+	$(Q) $(RM) $(PLUGINDIR)/dummy_plugin.so
diff --git a/plugins/amdgpu/dummy_plugin.c b/plugins/amdgpu/dummy_plugin.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..872276095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/amdgpu/dummy_plugin.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#include "criu-log.h"
+#include "criu-plugin.h"
+
+int dummy_plugin_handle_device_vma(int fd, const struct stat *stat)
+{
+	pr_info("dummy_plugin: Inside %s for fd = %d\n", __func__, fd);
+	/* let criu report failure for the unsupported mapping */
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+CR_PLUGIN_REGISTER_HOOK(CR_PLUGIN_HOOK__HANDLE_DEVICE_VMA, dummy_plugin_handle_device_vma)
+
+int dummy_plugin_resume_devices_late(int target_pid)
+{
+	pr_info("dummy_plugin: Inside %s for target pid = %d\n", __func__, target_pid);
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+CR_PLUGIN_REGISTER_HOOK(CR_PLUGIN_HOOK__RESUME_DEVICES_LATE, dummy_plugin_resume_devices_late)
+
+/*
+ * return 0 if no match found
+ * return -1 for error or -ENOTSUP.
+ * return 1 if vmap map must be adjusted.
+ */
+int dummy_plugin_update_vmamap(const char *old_path, char *new_path, const uint64_t addr, const uint64_t old_offset,
+			       uint64_t *new_offset)
+{
+	uint64_t temp = 100;
+
+	*new_offset = temp;
+	pr_info("dummy_plugin: old_pgoff= 0x%lu new_pgoff = 0x%lx old_path = %s new_path = %s addr = 0x%lu\n",
+		old_offset, *new_offset, old_path, new_path, addr);
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+CR_PLUGIN_REGISTER_HOOK(CR_PLUGIN_HOOK__UPDATE_VMA_MAP, dummy_plugin_update_vmamap)