diff --git a/core/trivial/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/packet/impl/SimplePacketManager.java b/core/trivial/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/packet/impl/SimplePacketManager.java
index cf324f475c..2233c32c22 100644
--- a/core/trivial/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/packet/impl/SimplePacketManager.java
+++ b/core/trivial/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/packet/impl/SimplePacketManager.java
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ implements PacketService, PacketProviderRegistry {
         }
 
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/providers/of/packet/pom.xml b/providers/of/packet/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a425899368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/of/packet/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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.onlab.onos</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-of-providers</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-of-provider-packet</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS OpenFlow protocol packet provider</description>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/providers/of/packet/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/provider/of/packet/impl/OpenFlowPacketProvider.java b/providers/of/packet/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/provider/of/packet/impl/OpenFlowPacketProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c854daafa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/of/packet/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/provider/of/packet/impl/OpenFlowPacketProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package org.onlab.onos.provider.of.packet.impl;
+
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.packet.OutboundPacket;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.packet.PacketProvider;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.packet.PacketProviderRegistry;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.packet.PacketProviderService;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.provider.AbstractProvider;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.provider.ProviderId;
+import org.onlab.onos.of.controller.OpenFlowController;
+import org.onlab.onos.of.controller.OpenFlowPacketContext;
+import org.onlab.onos.of.controller.PacketListener;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * Provider which uses an OpenFlow controller to detect network
+ * infrastructure links.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class OpenFlowPacketProvider extends AbstractProvider implements PacketProvider {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected PacketProviderRegistry providerRegistry;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected OpenFlowController controller;
+
+    private PacketProviderService providerService;
+
+    private final boolean useBDDP = true;
+
+    private final InternalPacketProvider listener = new InternalPacketProvider();
+
+
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an OpenFlow link provider.
+     */
+    public OpenFlowPacketProvider() {
+        super(new ProviderId("org.onlab.onos.provider.openflow"));
+    }
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        providerService = providerRegistry.register(this);
+        controller.addPacketListener(0, listener);
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        providerRegistry.unregister(this);
+        controller.removePacketListener(listener);
+        providerService = null;
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void emit(OutboundPacket packet) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+
+    private class InternalPacketProvider implements PacketListener {
+
+
+        @Override
+        public void handlePacket(OpenFlowPacketContext pktCtx) {
+
+
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/providers/of/pom.xml b/providers/of/pom.xml
index 0722d71732..901cdd6a49 100644
--- a/providers/of/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/of/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <module>device</module>
         <module>link</module>
         <module>host</module>
+        <module>packet</module>
     </modules>
 
     <dependencies>