diff --git a/lib/clif-backend/src/code.rs b/lib/clif-backend/src/code.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28257621e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/clif-backend/src/code.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+use crate::signal::Caller;
+use wasmer_runtime_core::{
+    backend::{Backend, CacheGen, Token},
+    cache::{Artifact, Error as CacheError},
+    codegen::*,
+    module::{ModuleInfo, ModuleInner},
+    structures::Map,
+    types::{FuncIndex, FuncSig, SigIndex},
+};
+use wasmparser::Type as WpType;
+
+pub struct CraneliftModuleCodeGenerator {}
+
+impl ModuleCodeGenerator<CraneliftFunctionCodeGenerator, Caller, CodegenError>
+    for CraneliftModuleCodeGenerator
+{
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn backend_id() -> Backend {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn check_precondition(&mut self, _module_info: &ModuleInfo) -> Result<(), CodegenError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn next_function(&mut self) -> Result<&mut CraneliftFunctionCodeGenerator, CodegenError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn finalize(
+        self,
+        _module_info: &ModuleInfo,
+    ) -> Result<(Caller, Box<dyn CacheGen>), CodegenError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn feed_signatures(&mut self, _signatures: Map<SigIndex, FuncSig>) -> Result<(), CodegenError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn feed_function_signatures(
+        &mut self,
+        _assoc: Map<FuncIndex, SigIndex>,
+    ) -> Result<(), CodegenError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn feed_import_function(&mut self) -> Result<(), CodegenError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn from_cache(_cache: Artifact, _: Token) -> Result<ModuleInner, CacheError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct CraneliftFunctionCodeGenerator {}
+
+impl FunctionCodeGenerator<CodegenError> for CraneliftFunctionCodeGenerator {
+    fn feed_return(&mut self, _ty: WpType) -> Result<(), CodegenError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn feed_param(&mut self, _ty: WpType) -> Result<(), CodegenError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn feed_local(&mut self, _ty: WpType, _n: usize) -> Result<(), CodegenError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn begin_body(&mut self, _module_info: &ModuleInfo) -> Result<(), CodegenError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn feed_event(&mut self, _op: Event, _module_info: &ModuleInfo) -> Result<(), CodegenError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn finalize(&mut self) -> Result<(), CodegenError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct CodegenError {
+    pub message: String,
+}
diff --git a/lib/clif-backend/src/lib.rs b/lib/clif-backend/src/lib.rs
index 639249c34..a8cd0f448 100644
--- a/lib/clif-backend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/clif-backend/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #![deny(unused_imports, unused_variables)]
 
 mod cache;
+mod code;
 mod func_env;
 mod libcalls;
 mod module;
@@ -31,15 +32,15 @@ extern crate serde;
 
 use wasmparser::{self, WasmDecoder};
 
-pub struct CraneliftCompiler {}
+pub struct OldCraneliftCompiler {}
 
-impl CraneliftCompiler {
+impl OldCraneliftCompiler {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self {}
     }
 }
 
-impl Compiler for CraneliftCompiler {
+impl Compiler for OldCraneliftCompiler {
     /// Compiles wasm binary to a wasmer module.
     fn compile(
         &self,
@@ -129,3 +130,12 @@ fn validate(bytes: &[u8]) -> CompileResult<()> {
 
 /// The current version of this crate
 pub const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+
+use wasmer_runtime_core::codegen::SimpleStreamingCompilerGen;
+
+pub type CraneliftCompiler = SimpleStreamingCompilerGen<
+    code::CraneliftModuleCodeGenerator,
+    code::CraneliftFunctionCodeGenerator,
+    signal::Caller,
+    code::CodegenError,
+>;