diff --git a/hypervisor/src/hypervisor.rs b/hypervisor/src/hypervisor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..539da321d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hypervisor/src/hypervisor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// Copyright © 2019 Intel Corporation
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+// Copyright © 2020, Microsoft  Corporation
+//
+// Copyright 2018-2019 CrowdStrike, Inc.
+//
+//
+use crate::vm::Vm;
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+use crate::x86_64::CpuId;
+
+use kvm_ioctls::Cap;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+///
+///
+pub enum HypervisorError {
+    ///
+    /// Vm creation failure
+    ///
+    #[error("Failed to create Vm: {0}")]
+    VmCreate(#[source] anyhow::Error),
+    ///
+    /// Vm setup failure
+    ///
+    #[error("Failed to setup Vm: {0}")]
+    VmSetup(#[source] anyhow::Error),
+    ///
+    /// API version error
+    ///
+    #[error("Failed to get API Version: {0}")]
+    GetApiVersion(#[source] anyhow::Error),
+    ///
+    /// Vcpu mmap error
+    ///
+    #[error("Failed to get Vcpu Mmap: {0}")]
+    GetVcpuMmap(#[source] anyhow::Error),
+    ///
+    /// Max Vcpu error
+    ///
+    #[error("Failed to get number of max vcpus: {0}")]
+    GetMaxVcpu(#[source] anyhow::Error),
+    ///
+    /// Recommended Vcpu error
+    ///
+    #[error("Failed to get number of max vcpus: {0}")]
+    GetNrVcpus(#[source] anyhow::Error),
+    ///
+    /// CpuId error
+    ///
+    #[error("Failed to get number of max vcpus: {0}")]
+    GetCpuId(#[source] anyhow::Error),
+}
+
+///
+/// Result type for returning from a function
+///
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, HypervisorError>;
+
+///
+/// Trait to represent a Hypervisor
+///
+/// This crate provides a hypervisor-agnostic interfaces
+///
+pub trait Hypervisor: Send + Sync {
+    ///
+    /// Create a Vm using the underlying hypervisor
+    /// Return a hypervisor-agnostic Vm trait object
+    ///
+    fn create_vm(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn Vm>>;
+    ///
+    /// Get the API version of the hypervisor
+    ///
+    fn get_api_version(&self) -> i32;
+    ///
+    /// Returns the size of the memory mapping required to use the vcpu's structures
+    ///
+    fn get_vcpu_mmap_size(&self) -> Result<usize>;
+    ///
+    /// Gets the recommended maximum number of VCPUs per VM.
+    ///
+    fn get_max_vcpus(&self) -> Result<usize>;
+    ///
+    /// Gets the recommended number of VCPUs per VM.
+    ///
+    fn get_nr_vcpus(&self) -> Result<usize>;
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+    ///
+    /// Checks if a particular `Cap` is available.
+    ///
+    fn check_capability(&self, c: Cap) -> bool;
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+    ///
+    /// Get the supported CpuID
+    ///
+    fn get_cpuid(&self) -> Result<CpuId>;
+    ///
+    /// Check particular extensions if any
+    ///
+    fn check_required_extensions(&self) -> Result<()>;
+}
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/lib.rs b/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
index 78ba0e178..fcf7ec0a1 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@
 /// KVM implementation module
 pub mod kvm;
 
+/// Hypevisor related module
+pub mod hypervisor;
+
 /// Vm related module
 pub mod vm;
 
 /// CPU related module
 mod cpu;
 
+pub use crate::hypervisor::{Hypervisor, HypervisorError};
 pub use cpu::{HypervisorCpuError, Vcpu};
 pub use kvm::*;