diff --git a/providers/lisp/message/BUCK b/providers/lisp/message/BUCK
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a711177392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/lisp/message/BUCK
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+COMPILE_DEPS = [
+    '//lib:CORE_DEPS',
+    '//protocols/lisp/api:onos-protocols-lisp-api',
+    '//protocols/lisp/msg:onos-protocols-lisp-msg',
+]
+
+osgi_jar_with_tests (
+    deps = COMPILE_DEPS,
+)
diff --git a/providers/lisp/message/pom.xml b/providers/lisp/message/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f368fc581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/lisp/message/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?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-providers</artifactId>
+        <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-lisp-provider-message</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS LISP protocol message provider</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onlab-junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-lisp-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-lisp-ctl</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-lisp-msg</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onlab-misc</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+                <artifactId>onos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/providers/lisp/message/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/lisp/message/impl/LispMessageProvider.java b/providers/lisp/message/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/lisp/message/impl/LispMessageProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c33827eda1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/lisp/message/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/lisp/message/impl/LispMessageProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*
+ * 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.provider.lisp.message.impl;
+
+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.metrics.MetricsService;
+import org.onosproject.lisp.ctl.LispController;
+import org.onosproject.lisp.ctl.LispMessageListener;
+import org.onosproject.lisp.ctl.LispRouterId;
+import org.onosproject.lisp.ctl.LispRouterListener;
+import org.onosproject.lisp.msg.protocols.LispMessage;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.AbstractProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Provider which uses an LISP controller to detect device.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class LispMessageProvider extends AbstractProvider {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LispMessageProvider.class);
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected LispController controller;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected MetricsService metricsService;
+
+    private static final String SCHEME_NAME = "lisp";
+    private static final String MESSAGE_PROVIDER_PACKAGE =
+                                        "org.onosproject.lisp.provider.message";
+
+    private final InternalDeviceProvider routerListener = new InternalDeviceProvider();
+
+    private final InternalControlMessageListener messageListener =
+                                            new InternalControlMessageListener();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a LISP device provider with the supplier identifier.
+     */
+    public LispMessageProvider() {
+        super(new ProviderId(SCHEME_NAME, MESSAGE_PROVIDER_PACKAGE));
+    }
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+
+        // listens all LISP router related events
+        controller.addRouterListener(routerListener);
+
+        // listens all LISP control messages
+        controller.addMessageListener(messageListener);
+
+        attachRouters();
+
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+
+        detachRouters();
+
+        // stops listening all LISP router related events
+        controller.removeRouterListener(routerListener);
+
+        // stops listening all LISP control messages
+        controller.removeMessageListener(messageListener);
+
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Attaches all discovered LISP router to listen the router events.
+     */
+    private void attachRouters() {
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Detaches all LISP routers from listener.
+     */
+    private void detachRouters() {
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A routerListener for LISP router agent.
+     */
+    private class InternalDeviceProvider implements LispRouterListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void routerAdded(LispRouterId routerId) {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void routerRemoved(LispRouterId routerId) {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void routerChanged(LispRouterId routerId) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A routerListener for all LISP control messages.
+     */
+    private class InternalControlMessageListener implements LispMessageListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void handleIncomingMessage(LispRouterId routerId, LispMessage msg) {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void handleOutgoingMessage(LispRouterId routerId, LispMessage msg) {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/providers/lisp/message/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/lisp/message/impl/package-info.java b/providers/lisp/message/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/lisp/message/impl/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85c9390933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/lisp/message/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/lisp/message/impl/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 Provider.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.provider.lisp.message.impl;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/lisp/pom.xml b/providers/lisp/pom.xml
index 0032beeef5..08062daab4 100644
--- a/providers/lisp/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/lisp/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     <modules>
         <module>device</module>
         <module>app</module>
+        <module>message</module>
     </modules>
 
     <dependencies>