diff --git a/protocols/lisp/msg/BUCK b/protocols/lisp/msg/BUCK
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b8fb53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/lisp/msg/BUCK
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+COMPILE_DEPS = [
+    '//lib:CORE_DEPS',
+    '//protocols/lisp/api:onos-protocols-lisp-api'
+]
+
+TEST_DEPS = [
+    '//lib:TEST_ADAPTERS',
+    '//utils/osgi:onlab-osgi-tests',
+    '//core/api:onos-api-tests',
+]
+
+osgi_jar_with_tests (
+    deps = COMPILE_DEPS,
+    test_deps = TEST_DEPS,
+)
+
diff --git a/protocols/lisp/msg/pom.xml b/protocols/lisp/msg/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7aa1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/lisp/msg/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed 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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-lisp</artifactId>
+        <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-lisp-msg</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS LISP plugin message encoder and decoder</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.osgi.compendium</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-lisp-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onlab-osgi</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/protocols/lisp/msg/src/main/java/org/onosproject/lisp/msg/PlaceHolder.java b/protocols/lisp/msg/src/main/java/org/onosproject/lisp/msg/PlaceHolder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..786c73b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/lisp/msg/src/main/java/org/onosproject/lisp/msg/PlaceHolder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed 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 org.onosproject.lisp.msg;
+
+/**
+ * Remove me.
+ */
+@Deprecated
+public abstract class PlaceHolder {
+
+}
diff --git a/protocols/lisp/msg/src/main/java/org/onosproject/lisp/msg/package-info.java b/protocols/lisp/msg/src/main/java/org/onosproject/lisp/msg/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5fc7c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/lisp/msg/src/main/java/org/onosproject/lisp/msg/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * LISP message encoder and decoder implementations.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.lisp.msg;
diff --git a/protocols/lisp/pom.xml b/protocols/lisp/pom.xml
index f9528f8..f8245e8 100644
--- a/protocols/lisp/pom.xml
+++ b/protocols/lisp/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     <modules>
         <module>api</module>
         <module>ctl</module>
+        <module>msg</module>
     </modules>
 
     <description>ONOS LISP southbound plugin</description>