diff --git a/block/Makefile.objs b/block/Makefile.objs
index 60a4cd2..fc27bed 100644
--- a/block/Makefile.objs
+++ b/block/Makefile.objs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ block-obj-y += qcow2.o qcow2-refcount.o qcow2-cluster.o qcow2-snapshot.o qcow2-c
 block-obj-y += qed.o qed-gencb.o qed-l2-cache.o qed-table.o qed-cluster.o
 block-obj-y += qed-check.o
 block-obj-y += parallels.o blkdebug.o blkverify.o
-block-obj-y += snapshot.o
+block-obj-y += snapshot.o qapi.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += raw-win32.o win32-aio.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += raw-posix.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX_AIO) += linux-aio.o
diff --git a/block/qapi.c b/block/qapi.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ac3590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/qapi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * Block layer qmp related functions
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2013
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Wenchao Xia   <xiawenc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "block/qapi.h"
diff --git a/include/block/qapi.h b/include/block/qapi.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1c0967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/block/qapi.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#ifndef BLOCK_QAPI_H
+#define BLOCK_QAPI_H
+
+#endif