diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Include/Protocol/PeCoffImageEmulator.h b/MdeModulePkg/Include/Protocol/PeCoffImageEmulator.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27bad556209c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Include/Protocol/PeCoffImageEmulator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/** @file
+  Copyright (c) 2018, Linaro, Ltd. All rights reserved.<BR>
+
+  This program and the accompanying materials are licensed and made available
+  under the terms and conditions of the BSD License which accompanies this
+  distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at
+  http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
+
+  THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
+
+**/
+
+#ifndef PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_PROTOCOL_GUID_H
+#define PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_PROTOCOL_GUID_H
+
+#define EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_PROTOCOL_GUID \
+  { 0x96F46153, 0x97A7, 0x4793, { 0xAC, 0xC1, 0xFA, 0x19, 0xBF, 0x78, 0xEA, 0x97 } }
+
+typedef struct _EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_PROTOCOL EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_PROTOCOL;
+
+/**
+  Check whether the emulator supports executing a certain PE/COFF image
+
+  @param[in] This         This pointer for EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_PROTOCOL
+                          structure
+  @param[in] MachineType  The machine type for which the image was built
+  @param[in] ImageType    Whether the image is an application, a boot time
+                          driver or a runtime driver.
+  @param[in] DevicePath   Path to device where the image originated
+                          (e.g., a PCI option ROM)
+
+  @retval TRUE            The image is supported by the emulator
+  @retval FALSE           The image is not supported by the emulator.
+**/
+typedef
+BOOLEAN
+(EFIAPI *EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_IS_IMAGE_SUPPORTED) (
+  IN  EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_PROTOCOL    *This,
+  IN  UINT16                                  MachineType,
+  IN  UINT16                                  ImageType,
+  IN  EFI_DEVICE_PATH_PROTOCOL                *DevicePath   OPTIONAL
+  );
+
+/**
+  Register a supported PE/COFF image with the emulator. After this call
+  completes successfully, the PE/COFF image may be started as usual, and
+  it is the responsibility of the emulator implementation that any branch
+  into the code section of the image (including returns from functions called
+  from the foreign code) is executed as if it were running on the machine
+  type it was built for.
+
+  @param[in]      This          This pointer for
+                                EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_PROTOCOL structure
+  @param[in]      ImageBase     The base address in memory of the PE/COFF image
+  @param[in]      ImageSize     The size in memory of the PE/COFF image
+  @param[in,out]  EntryPoint    The entry point of the PE/COFF image. Passed by
+                                reference so that the emulator may modify it.
+
+  @retval EFI_SUCCESS           The image was registered with the emulator and
+                                can be started as usual.
+  @retval other                 The image could not be registered.
+
+  If the PE/COFF machine type or image type are not supported by the emulator,
+  then ASSERT().
+**/
+typedef
+EFI_STATUS
+(EFIAPI *EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_REGISTER_IMAGE) (
+  IN      EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_PROTOCOL    *This,
+  IN      EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS                    ImageBase,
+  IN      UINT64                                  ImageSize,
+  IN  OUT EFI_IMAGE_ENTRY_POINT                   *EntryPoint
+  );
+
+/**
+  Unregister a PE/COFF image that has been registered with the emulator.
+  This should be done before the image is unloaded from memory.
+
+  @param[in] This         This pointer for EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_PROTOCOL
+                          structure
+  @param[in] ImageBase    The base address in memory of the PE/COFF image
+
+  @retval EFI_SUCCESS     The image was unregistered with the emulator.
+  @retval other           Image could not be unloaded.
+**/
+typedef
+EFI_STATUS
+(EFIAPI *EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_UNREGISTER_IMAGE) (
+  IN  EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_PROTOCOL    *This,
+  IN  EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS                    ImageBase
+  );
+
+typedef struct _EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_PROTOCOL {
+  EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_IS_IMAGE_SUPPORTED    IsImageSupported;
+  EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_REGISTER_IMAGE        RegisterImage;
+  EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_UNREGISTER_IMAGE      UnregisterImage;
+} EDKII_PECOFF_IMAGE_EMULATOR_PROTOCOL;
+
+extern EFI_GUID gEdkiiPeCoffImageEmulatorProtocolGuid;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec b/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec
index 6a6d9660edc2..be307329f901 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec
@@ -617,6 +617,10 @@
 
   ## Include/Protocol/AtaAtapiPolicy.h
   gEdkiiAtaAtapiPolicyProtocolGuid = { 0xe59cd769, 0x5083, 0x4f26,{ 0x90, 0x94, 0x6c, 0x91, 0x9f, 0x91, 0x6c, 0x4e } }
+
+  ## Include/Protocol/PeCoffImageEmulator.h
+  gEdkiiPeCoffImageEmulatorProtocolGuid = { 0x96f46153, 0x97a7, 0x4793, { 0xac, 0xc1, 0xfa, 0x19, 0xbf, 0x78, 0xea, 0x97 } }
+
 #
 # [Error.gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid]
 #   0x80000001 | Invalid value provided.
