diff --git a/migration/multifd-qpl.c b/migration/multifd-qpl.c
index 056a68a060..6791a204d5 100644
--- a/migration/multifd-qpl.c
+++ b/migration/multifd-qpl.c
@@ -9,12 +9,338 @@
  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
  * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
  */
+
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "multifd.h"
+#include "qpl/qpl.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+    /* the QPL hardware path job */
+    qpl_job *job;
+    /* indicates if fallback to software path is required */
+    bool fallback_sw_path;
+    /* output data from the software path */
+    uint8_t *sw_output;
+    /* output data length from the software path */
+    uint32_t sw_output_len;
+} QplHwJob;
+
+typedef struct {
+    /* array of hardware jobs, the number of jobs equals the number pages */
+    QplHwJob *hw_jobs;
+    /* the QPL software job for the slow path and software fallback */
+    qpl_job *sw_job;
+    /* the number of pages that the QPL needs to process at one time */
+    uint32_t page_num;
+    /* array of compressed page buffers */
+    uint8_t *zbuf;
+    /* array of compressed page lengths */
+    uint32_t *zlen;
+    /* the status of the hardware device */
+    bool hw_avail;
+} QplData;
+
+/**
+ * check_hw_avail: check if IAA hardware is available
+ *
+ * If the IAA hardware does not exist or is unavailable,
+ * the QPL hardware job initialization will fail.
+ *
+ * Returns true if IAA hardware is available, otherwise false.
+ *
+ * @job_size: indicates the hardware job size if hardware is available
+ */
+static bool check_hw_avail(uint32_t *job_size)
+{
+    qpl_path_t path = qpl_path_hardware;
+    uint32_t size = 0;
+    qpl_job *job;
+
+    if (qpl_get_job_size(path, &size) != QPL_STS_OK) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    assert(size > 0);
+    job = g_malloc0(size);
+    if (qpl_init_job(path, job) != QPL_STS_OK) {
+        g_free(job);
+        return false;
+    }
+    g_free(job);
+    *job_size = size;
+    return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * multifd_qpl_free_sw_job: clean up software job
+ *
+ * Free the software job resources.
+ *
+ * @qpl: pointer to the QplData structure
+ */
+static void multifd_qpl_free_sw_job(QplData *qpl)
+{
+    assert(qpl);
+    if (qpl->sw_job) {
+        qpl_fini_job(qpl->sw_job);
+        g_free(qpl->sw_job);
+        qpl->sw_job = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * multifd_qpl_free_jobs: clean up hardware jobs
+ *
+ * Free all hardware job resources.
+ *
+ * @qpl: pointer to the QplData structure
+ */
+static void multifd_qpl_free_hw_job(QplData *qpl)
+{
+    assert(qpl);
+    if (qpl->hw_jobs) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < qpl->page_num; i++) {
+            qpl_fini_job(qpl->hw_jobs[i].job);
+            g_free(qpl->hw_jobs[i].job);
+            qpl->hw_jobs[i].job = NULL;
+        }
+        g_free(qpl->hw_jobs);
+        qpl->hw_jobs = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * multifd_qpl_init_sw_job: initialize a software job
+ *
+ * Use the QPL software path to initialize a job
+ *
+ * @qpl: pointer to the QplData structure
+ * @errp: pointer to an error
+ */
+static int multifd_qpl_init_sw_job(QplData *qpl, Error **errp)
+{
+    qpl_path_t path = qpl_path_software;
+    uint32_t size = 0;
+    qpl_job *job = NULL;
+    qpl_status status;
+
+    status = qpl_get_job_size(path, &size);
+    if (status != QPL_STS_OK) {
+        error_setg(errp, "qpl_get_job_size failed with error %d", status);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    job = g_malloc0(size);
+    status = qpl_init_job(path, job);
+    if (status != QPL_STS_OK) {
+        error_setg(errp, "qpl_init_job failed with error %d", status);
+        g_free(job);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    qpl->sw_job = job;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * multifd_qpl_init_jobs: initialize hardware jobs
+ *
+ * Use the QPL hardware path to initialize jobs
+ *
+ * @qpl: pointer to the QplData structure
+ * @size: the size of QPL hardware path job
+ * @errp: pointer to an error
+ */
+static void multifd_qpl_init_hw_job(QplData *qpl, uint32_t size, Error **errp)
+{
+    qpl_path_t path = qpl_path_hardware;
+    qpl_job *job = NULL;
+    qpl_status status;
+
+    qpl->hw_jobs = g_new0(QplHwJob, qpl->page_num);
+    for (int i = 0; i < qpl->page_num; i++) {
+        job = g_malloc0(size);
+        status = qpl_init_job(path, job);
+        /* the job initialization should succeed after check_hw_avail */
+        assert(status == QPL_STS_OK);
+        qpl->hw_jobs[i].job = job;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * multifd_qpl_init: initialize QplData structure
+ *
+ * Allocate and initialize a QplData structure
+ *
+ * Returns a QplData pointer on success or NULL on error
+ *
+ * @num: the number of pages
+ * @size: the page size
+ * @errp: pointer to an error
+ */
+static QplData *multifd_qpl_init(uint32_t num, uint32_t size, Error **errp)
+{
+    uint32_t job_size = 0;
+    QplData *qpl;
+
+    qpl = g_new0(QplData, 1);
+    qpl->page_num = num;
+    if (multifd_qpl_init_sw_job(qpl, errp) != 0) {
+        g_free(qpl);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    qpl->hw_avail = check_hw_avail(&job_size);
+    if (qpl->hw_avail) {
+        multifd_qpl_init_hw_job(qpl, job_size, errp);
+    }
+    qpl->zbuf = g_malloc0(size * num);
+    qpl->zlen = g_new0(uint32_t, num);
+    return qpl;
+}
+
+/**
+ * multifd_qpl_deinit: clean up QplData structure
+ *
+ * Free jobs, buffers and the QplData structure
+ *
+ * @qpl: pointer to the QplData structure
+ */
+static void multifd_qpl_deinit(QplData *qpl)
+{
+    if (qpl) {
+        multifd_qpl_free_sw_job(qpl);
+        multifd_qpl_free_hw_job(qpl);
+        g_free(qpl->zbuf);
+        g_free(qpl->zlen);
+        g_free(qpl);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * multifd_qpl_send_setup: set up send side
+ *
+ * Set up the channel with QPL compression.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or -1 on error
+ *
+ * @p: Params for the channel being used
+ * @errp: pointer to an error
+ */
+static int multifd_qpl_send_setup(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
+{
+    QplData *qpl;
+
+    qpl = multifd_qpl_init(p->page_count, p->page_size, errp);
+    if (!qpl) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    p->compress_data = qpl;
+
+    /*
+     * the page will be compressed independently and sent using an IOV. The
+     * additional two IOVs are used to store packet header and compressed data
+     * length
+     */
+    p->iov = g_new0(struct iovec, p->page_count + 2);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * multifd_qpl_send_cleanup: clean up send side
+ *
+ * Close the channel and free memory.
+ *
+ * @p: Params for the channel being used
+ * @errp: pointer to an error
+ */
+static void multifd_qpl_send_cleanup(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
+{
+    multifd_qpl_deinit(p->compress_data);
+    p->compress_data = NULL;
+    g_free(p->iov);
+    p->iov = NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * multifd_qpl_send_prepare: prepare data to be able to send
+ *
+ * Create a compressed buffer with all the pages that we are going to
+ * send.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or -1 on error
+ *
+ * @p: Params for the channel being used
+ * @errp: pointer to an error
+ */
+static int multifd_qpl_send_prepare(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
+{
+    /* Implement in next patch */
+    return -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * multifd_qpl_recv_setup: set up receive side
+ *
+ * Create the compressed channel and buffer.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or -1 on error
+ *
+ * @p: Params for the channel being used
+ * @errp: pointer to an error
+ */
+static int multifd_qpl_recv_setup(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
+{
+    QplData *qpl;
+
+    qpl = multifd_qpl_init(p->page_count, p->page_size, errp);
+    if (!qpl) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    p->compress_data = qpl;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * multifd_qpl_recv_cleanup: set up receive side
+ *
+ * Close the channel and free memory.
+ *
+ * @p: Params for the channel being used
+ */
+static void multifd_qpl_recv_cleanup(MultiFDRecvParams *p)
+{
+    multifd_qpl_deinit(p->compress_data);
+    p->compress_data = NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * multifd_qpl_recv: read the data from the channel into actual pages
+ *
+ * Read the compressed buffer, and uncompress it into the actual
+ * pages.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or -1 on error
+ *
+ * @p: Params for the channel being used
+ * @errp: pointer to an error
+ */
+static int multifd_qpl_recv(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
+{
+    /* Implement in next patch */
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static MultiFDMethods multifd_qpl_ops = {
+    .send_setup = multifd_qpl_send_setup,
+    .send_cleanup = multifd_qpl_send_cleanup,
+    .send_prepare = multifd_qpl_send_prepare,
+    .recv_setup = multifd_qpl_recv_setup,
+    .recv_cleanup = multifd_qpl_recv_cleanup,
+    .recv = multifd_qpl_recv,
+};
 
 static void multifd_qpl_register(void)
 {
-    /* noop */
+    multifd_register_ops(MULTIFD_COMPRESSION_QPL, &multifd_qpl_ops);
 }
 
 migration_init(multifd_qpl_register);