diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 18bab8d..c0ce766 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ rust-version = "1.71"
 
 [dependencies]
 bitflags = "2.4.2"
+kvm-bindings = "0.7.0"
 kvm-ioctls = "0.16.0"
+vmm-sys-util = "0.12.1"
diff --git a/src/linux/mod.rs b/src/linux/mod.rs
index dbcf918..e1f3120 100644
--- a/src/linux/mod.rs
+++ b/src/linux/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 pub enum CmdId {
     GetCapabilities = 0,
     InitVm = 1,
+    InitVcpu = 2,
 }
 
 /// Contains information for the sub-ioctl() command to be run. This is
diff --git a/src/vcpu/linux/mod.rs b/src/vcpu/linux/mod.rs
index cdc649a..7557906 100644
--- a/src/vcpu/linux/mod.rs
+++ b/src/vcpu/linux/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+pub mod ioctl;
diff --git a/src/vcpu/mod.rs b/src/vcpu/mod.rs
index cdc649a..d32b5cd 100644
--- a/src/vcpu/mod.rs
+++ b/src/vcpu/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,36 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+mod linux;
+
+use crate::linux::{Cmd, CmdId, TdxError};
+use kvm_bindings::*;
+use vmm_sys_util::*;
+
+vmm_sys_util::ioctl_iowr_nr!(KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP, KVMIO, 0xba, std::os::raw::c_ulong);
+
+pub struct TdxVcpu {
+    pub fd: kvm_ioctls::VcpuFd,
+}
+
+impl TdxVcpu {
+    pub fn new(vm: &crate::vm::TdxVm, id: u64) -> Result<TdxVcpu, crate::linux::TdxError> {
+        let vcpufd = vm.fd.create_vcpu(id)?;
+        Ok(Self {fd: vcpufd})
+    }
+
+    /// TDX specific VCPU initialization using a TDVF HOB address
+    pub fn init_vcpu(&self, hob_addr: u64) -> Result<(), TdxError> {
+        let mut cmd = Cmd {
+            id: CmdId::InitVcpu as u32,
+            flags: 0,
+            data: hob_addr as *const u64 as _,
+            error: 0,
+            _unused: 0,
+        };
+        let ret = unsafe { ioctl::ioctl_with_mut_ptr(&self.fd, KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP(), &mut cmd) };
+        if ret < 0 {
+            return Err(TdxError::from(ret));
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/launch.rs b/tests/launch.rs
index 48785ee..0cb41c2 100644
--- a/tests/launch.rs
+++ b/tests/launch.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use kvm_ioctls::Kvm;
 
 use tdx::vm::TdxVm;
+use tdx::vcpu::TdxVcpu;
 
 #[test]
 fn launch() {
@@ -10,4 +11,6 @@ fn launch() {
     let tdx_vm = TdxVm::new(&kvm_fd).unwrap();
     let caps = tdx_vm.get_capabilities().unwrap();
     let _ = tdx_vm.init_vm(&kvm_fd, &caps).unwrap();
+    let tdx_vcpu = TdxVcpu::new(&tdx_vm, 0).unwrap();
+    let _ = tdx_vcpu.init_vcpu(0).unwrap();
 }