diff --git a/block/Makefile.objs b/block/Makefile.objs
index c067f38..60a4cd2 100644
--- a/block/Makefile.objs
+++ b/block/Makefile.objs
@@ -3,6 +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-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += raw-win32.o win32-aio.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += raw-posix.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX_AIO) += linux-aio.o
diff --git a/block/snapshot.c b/block/snapshot.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c65519b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/snapshot.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * Snapshot 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/snapshot.h"
diff --git a/include/block/snapshot.h b/include/block/snapshot.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..278e064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/block/snapshot.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#ifndef SNAPSHOT_H
+#define SNAPSHOT_H
+
+#endif