diff --git a/cmd/go-runner/main.go b/cmd/go-runner/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e01254e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/go-runner/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+// contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+// The ASF licenses this file to You 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 main
+
+import "github.com/apache/apisix-go-plugin-runner/internal/server"
+
+func main() {
+	server.Run()
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..210b8f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module github.com/apache/apisix-go-plugin-runner
+
+go 1.15
+
+require (
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.7.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25be7fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
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diff --git a/internal/log/log.go b/internal/log/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b4c28d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/log/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+// contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+// The ASF licenses this file to You 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 log
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
+)
+
+var (
+	logger *zap.SugaredLogger
+)
+
+func newLogger() *zap.SugaredLogger {
+	var level = zap.NewAtomicLevel()
+	level.SetLevel(zapcore.InfoLevel)
+
+	core := zapcore.NewCore(
+		zapcore.NewConsoleEncoder(zap.NewDevelopmentEncoderConfig()),
+		os.Stdout,
+		level)
+	lg := zap.New(core, zap.AddStacktrace(zap.ErrorLevel), zap.AddCaller())
+	return lg.Sugar()
+}
+
+func init() {
+	logger = newLogger()
+}
+
+func Infof(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	logger.Infof(template, args...)
+}
+
+func Warnf(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	logger.Warnf(template, args...)
+}
+
+func Errorf(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	logger.Errorf(template, args...)
+}
+
+func Fatalf(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	logger.Fatalf(template, args...)
+}
diff --git a/internal/plugin/conf.go b/internal/plugin/conf.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..843ac0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/plugin/conf.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+// contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+// The ASF licenses this file to You 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 plugin
+
+func PrepareConf(buf []byte) []byte {
+	return buf
+}
diff --git a/internal/server/server.go b/internal/server/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..162a704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/server/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+// contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+// The ASF licenses this file to You 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 server
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/apache/apisix-go-plugin-runner/internal/log"
+	"github.com/apache/apisix-go-plugin-runner/internal/plugin"
+)
+
+const (
+	HeaderLen   = 4
+	MaxDataSize = 2<<24 - 1
+	SockAddrEnv = "APISIX_LISTEN_ADDRESS"
+)
+
+const (
+	RPCError = iota
+	RPCPrepareConf
+	RPCHTTPReqCall
+)
+
+func readErr(n int, err error) {
+	if err == io.EOF && n != 0 {
+		err = errors.New("truncated")
+	}
+	if err != io.EOF {
+		log.Errorf("read: %s", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func writeErr(n int, err error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("write: %s", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func handleConn(c net.Conn) {
+	log.Infof("Client connected (%s)", c.RemoteAddr().Network())
+	defer c.Close()
+
+	header := make([]byte, HeaderLen)
+	for {
+		n, err := c.Read(header)
+		if err != nil {
+			readErr(n, err)
+			break
+		}
+
+		ty := header[0]
+		// we only use last 3 bytes to store the length, so the first byte is
+		// consider zero
+		header[0] = 0
+		length := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(header)
+
+		log.Infof("receive rpc type: %d data length: %d", ty, length)
+
+		buf := make([]byte, length)
+		n, err = c.Read(buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			readErr(n, err)
+			break
+		}
+
+		var out []byte
+		switch ty {
+		case RPCPrepareConf:
+			out = plugin.PrepareConf(buf)
+		}
+
+		size := len(out)
+		if size > MaxDataSize {
+			log.Errorf("the max length of data is %d but got %d", MaxDataSize, size)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(header, uint32(size))
+		header[0] = ty
+
+		n, err = c.Write(header)
+		if err != nil {
+			writeErr(n, err)
+			break
+		}
+
+		n, err = c.Write(out)
+		if err != nil {
+			writeErr(n, err)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func getSockAddr() string {
+	path := os.Getenv(SockAddrEnv)
+	if path == "" {
+		log.Errorf("invalid socket address: %s", path)
+		return ""
+	}
+	return path
+}
+
+func Run() {
+	sockAddr := getSockAddr()
+	if sockAddr == "" {
+		log.Fatalf("A valid socket address should be set via environment variable %s", SockAddrEnv)
+	}
+	log.Infof("listening to %s", sockAddr)
+
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(sockAddr); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("remove file %s: %s", sockAddr, err)
+	}
+
+	l, err := net.Listen("unix", sockAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("listen %s: %s", sockAddr, err)
+	}
+	defer l.Close()
+
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	quit := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(quit, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-done:
+				return
+			default:
+			}
+
+			conn, err := l.Accept()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("accept: %s", err)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			go handleConn(conn)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	sig := <-quit
+	log.Infof("server receive %s and exit", sig.String())
+	close(done)
+}
diff --git a/internal/server/server_test.go b/internal/server/server_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81529bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/server/server_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+// contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+// The ASF licenses this file to You 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 server
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestGetSockAddr(t *testing.T) {
+	os.Unsetenv(SockAddrEnv)
+	assert.Equal(t, "", getSockAddr())
+
+	os.Setenv(SockAddrEnv, "/tmp/x.sock")
+	assert.Equal(t, "/tmp/x.sock", getSockAddr())
+}
+
+func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
+	addr := "/tmp/x.sock"
+	os.Setenv(SockAddrEnv, addr)
+
+	go func() {
+		Run()
+	}()
+
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	header := make([]byte, 4)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(header, uint32(32))
+	header[0] = 1
+	cases := []struct {
+		header []byte
+	}{
+		// dad header
+		{[]byte("a")},
+		// header without body
+		{header},
+		// header without body truncated
+		{append(header, 32)},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		conn, err := net.DialTimeout("unix", addr, 1*time.Second)
+		assert.NotNil(t, conn, err)
+		conn.Write(c.header)
+	}
+}