diff --git a/plugins/connectors/cloudian/pom.xml b/plugins/connectors/cloudian/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d55377a299a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/connectors/cloudian/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
+  http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>cloud-plugin-connectors-cloudian</artifactId>
+  <name>Apache CloudStack Plugin - Cloudian Connector</name>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
+    <artifactId>cloudstack-plugins</artifactId>
+    <version>4.9.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
+      <artifactId>cloud-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
+      <artifactId>cloud-utils</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/plugins/connectors/cloudian/resources/META-INF/cloudstack/cloudian/module.properties b/plugins/connectors/cloudian/resources/META-INF/cloudstack/cloudian/module.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..762c636cd3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/connectors/cloudian/resources/META-INF/cloudstack/cloudian/module.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+name=cloudian
+parent=api
diff --git a/plugins/connectors/cloudian/resources/META-INF/cloudstack/cloudian/spring-cloudian-context.xml b/plugins/connectors/cloudian/resources/META-INF/cloudstack/cloudian/spring-cloudian-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d62ac9f785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/connectors/cloudian/resources/META-INF/cloudstack/cloudian/spring-cloudian-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+                      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd"
+>
+
+    <bean id="cloudianConnector" class="com.cloudian.cloudstack.CloudianConnectorImpl" >
+    </bean>
+</beans>
diff --git a/plugins/connectors/cloudian/src/com/cloudian/cloudstack/CloudianConnector.java b/plugins/connectors/cloudian/src/com/cloudian/cloudstack/CloudianConnector.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c80e2a5a3d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/connectors/cloudian/src/com/cloudian/cloudstack/CloudianConnector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package com.cloudian.cloudstack;
+
+import com.cloud.utils.component.PluggableService;
+
+public interface CloudianConnector extends PluggableService {
+}
diff --git a/plugins/connectors/cloudian/src/com/cloudian/cloudstack/CloudianConnectorImpl.java b/plugins/connectors/cloudian/src/com/cloudian/cloudstack/CloudianConnectorImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9447ef62096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/connectors/cloudian/src/com/cloudian/cloudstack/CloudianConnectorImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package com.cloudian.cloudstack;
+
+import com.cloud.utils.component.ComponentLifecycleBase;
+
+public class CloudianConnectorImpl extends ComponentLifecycleBase implements CloudianConnector {
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Class<?>> getCommands() {
+        List<Class<?>> cmdList = new ArrayList<Class<?>>();
+        return cmdList;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index 0360e939dc7..8646fd17a9b 100755
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
     <module>network-elements/vxlan</module>
     <module>network-elements/globodns</module>
     <module>database/quota</module>
+    <module>connectors/cloudian</module>
   </modules>
 
   <dependencies>