diff --git a/arch_init.c b/arch_init.c
index 4c8fceed95..179c58c852 100644
--- a/arch_init.c
+++ b/arch_init.c
@@ -316,6 +316,69 @@ static uint64_t migration_dirty_pages;
 static uint32_t last_version;
 static bool ram_bulk_stage;
 
+struct CompressParam {
+    /* To be done */
+};
+typedef struct CompressParam CompressParam;
+
+static CompressParam *comp_param;
+static QemuThread *compress_threads;
+static bool quit_comp_thread;
+
+static void *do_data_compress(void *opaque)
+{
+    while (!quit_comp_thread) {
+
+    /* To be done */
+
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void terminate_compression_threads(void)
+{
+    quit_comp_thread = true;
+
+    /* To be done */
+}
+
+void migrate_compress_threads_join(void)
+{
+    int i, thread_count;
+
+    if (!migrate_use_compression()) {
+        return;
+    }
+    terminate_compression_threads();
+    thread_count = migrate_compress_threads();
+    for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
+        qemu_thread_join(compress_threads + i);
+    }
+    g_free(compress_threads);
+    g_free(comp_param);
+    compress_threads = NULL;
+    comp_param = NULL;
+}
+
+void migrate_compress_threads_create(void)
+{
+    int i, thread_count;
+
+    if (!migrate_use_compression()) {
+        return;
+    }
+    quit_comp_thread = false;
+    thread_count = migrate_compress_threads();
+    compress_threads = g_new0(QemuThread, thread_count);
+    comp_param = g_new0(CompressParam, thread_count);
+    for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
+        qemu_thread_create(compress_threads + i, "compress",
+                           do_data_compress, comp_param + i,
+                           QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * save_page_header: Write page header to wire
  *
@@ -692,6 +755,28 @@ static int ram_save_page(QEMUFile *f, RAMBlock* block, ram_addr_t offset,
     return pages;
 }
 
+/**
+ * ram_save_compressed_page: compress the given page and send it to the stream
+ *
+ * Returns: Number of pages written.
+ *
+ * @f: QEMUFile where to send the data
+ * @block: block that contains the page we want to send
+ * @offset: offset inside the block for the page
+ * @last_stage: if we are at the completion stage
+ * @bytes_transferred: increase it with the number of transferred bytes
+ */
+static int ram_save_compressed_page(QEMUFile *f, RAMBlock *block,
+                                    ram_addr_t offset, bool last_stage,
+                                    uint64_t *bytes_transferred)
+{
+    int pages = -1;
+
+    /* To be done*/
+
+    return pages;
+}
+
 /**
  * ram_find_and_save_block: Finds a dirty page and sends it to f
  *
@@ -733,8 +818,13 @@ static int ram_find_and_save_block(QEMUFile *f, bool last_stage,
                 ram_bulk_stage = false;
             }
         } else {
-            pages = ram_save_page(f, block, offset, last_stage,
-                                  bytes_transferred);
+            if (migrate_use_compression()) {
+                pages = ram_save_compressed_page(f, block, offset, last_stage,
+                                                 bytes_transferred);
+            } else {
+                pages = ram_save_page(f, block, offset, last_stage,
+                                      bytes_transferred);
+            }
 
             /* if page is unmodified, continue to the next */
             if (pages > 0) {
diff --git a/include/migration/migration.h b/include/migration/migration.h
index bf09968d76..a3ebbf6c6e 100644
--- a/include/migration/migration.h
+++ b/include/migration/migration.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ struct MigrationState
     QemuThread thread;
     QEMUBH *cleanup_bh;
     QEMUFile *file;
+    int compress_thread_count;
+    int compress_level;
 
     int state;
     MigrationParams params;
@@ -104,6 +106,8 @@ bool migration_has_finished(MigrationState *);
 bool migration_has_failed(MigrationState *);
 MigrationState *migrate_get_current(void);
 
+void migrate_compress_threads_create(void);
+void migrate_compress_threads_join(void);
 uint64_t ram_bytes_remaining(void);
 uint64_t ram_bytes_transferred(void);
 uint64_t ram_bytes_total(void);
@@ -152,6 +156,10 @@ int64_t migrate_xbzrle_cache_size(void);
 
 int64_t xbzrle_cache_resize(int64_t new_size);
 
+bool migrate_use_compression(void);
+int migrate_compress_level(void);
+int migrate_compress_threads(void);
+
 void ram_control_before_iterate(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t flags);
 void ram_control_after_iterate(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t flags);
 void ram_control_load_hook(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t flags);
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index bc424907f3..5a8b5a7c74 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 #define BUFFER_DELAY     100
 #define XFER_LIMIT_RATIO (1000 / BUFFER_DELAY)
 
+/* Default compression thread count */
+#define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_COMPRESS_THREAD_COUNT 8
+/*0: means nocompress, 1: best speed, ... 9: best compress ratio */
+#define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_COMPRESS_LEVEL 1
+
 /* Migration XBZRLE default cache size */
 #define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CACHE_SIZE (64 * 1024 * 1024)
 
@@ -52,6 +57,8 @@ MigrationState *migrate_get_current(void)
         .bandwidth_limit = MAX_THROTTLE,
         .xbzrle_cache_size = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CACHE_SIZE,
         .mbps = -1,
+        .compress_thread_count = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_COMPRESS_THREAD_COUNT,
+        .compress_level = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_COMPRESS_LEVEL,
     };
 
     return &current_migration;
@@ -305,6 +312,7 @@ static void migrate_fd_cleanup(void *opaque)
         qemu_thread_join(&s->thread);
         qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
 
+        migrate_compress_threads_join();
         qemu_fclose(s->file);
         s->file = NULL;
     }
@@ -390,6 +398,8 @@ static MigrationState *migrate_init(const MigrationParams *params)
     int64_t bandwidth_limit = s->bandwidth_limit;
     bool enabled_capabilities[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_MAX];
     int64_t xbzrle_cache_size = s->xbzrle_cache_size;
+    int compress_level = s->compress_level;
+    int compress_thread_count = s->compress_thread_count;
 
     memcpy(enabled_capabilities, s->enabled_capabilities,
            sizeof(enabled_capabilities));
@@ -400,6 +410,8 @@ static MigrationState *migrate_init(const MigrationParams *params)
            sizeof(enabled_capabilities));
     s->xbzrle_cache_size = xbzrle_cache_size;
 
+    s->compress_level = compress_level;
+    s->compress_thread_count = compress_thread_count;
     s->bandwidth_limit = bandwidth_limit;
     s->state = MIGRATION_STATUS_SETUP;
     trace_migrate_set_state(MIGRATION_STATUS_SETUP);
@@ -587,6 +599,30 @@ bool migrate_zero_blocks(void)
     return s->enabled_capabilities[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_ZERO_BLOCKS];
 }
 
+bool migrate_use_compression(void)
+{
+    /* Disable compression before the patch series are applied */
+    return false;
+}
+
+int migrate_compress_level(void)
+{
+    MigrationState *s;
+
+    s = migrate_get_current();
+
+    return s->compress_level;
+}
+
+int migrate_compress_threads(void)
+{
+    MigrationState *s;
+
+    s = migrate_get_current();
+
+    return s->compress_thread_count;
+}
+
 int migrate_use_xbzrle(void)
 {
     MigrationState *s;
@@ -730,6 +766,7 @@ void migrate_fd_connect(MigrationState *s)
     /* Notify before starting migration thread */
     notifier_list_notify(&migration_state_notifiers, s);
 
+    migrate_compress_threads_create();
     qemu_thread_create(&s->thread, "migration", migration_thread, s,
                        QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
 }