diff --git a/orc-rt/include/CMakeLists.txt b/orc-rt/include/CMakeLists.txt
index 9413878a47a5..89a92bb895a5 100644
--- a/orc-rt/include/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/orc-rt/include/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ set(ORC_RT_HEADERS
     orc-rt/IntervalSet.h
     orc-rt/Math.h
     orc-rt/MemoryFlags.h
+    orc-rt/ResourceManager.h
     orc-rt/RTTI.h
     orc-rt/ScopeExit.h
     orc-rt/SimplePackedSerialization.h
diff --git a/orc-rt/include/orc-rt/ResourceManager.h b/orc-rt/include/orc-rt/ResourceManager.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9710daced952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orc-rt/include/orc-rt/ResourceManager.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+//===- ResourceManager.h -- Interface for JIT resource managers -*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// ResourceManager class and related APIs.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef ORC_RT_RESOURCEMANAGER_H
+#define ORC_RT_RESOURCEMANAGER_H
+
+#include "orc-rt/Error.h"
+#include "orc-rt/move_only_function.h"
+
+namespace orc_rt {
+
+/// A ResourceManager manages resources (e.g. JIT'd memory) to support a JIT
+/// session.
+class ResourceManager {
+public:
+  using OnCompleteFn = move_only_function<void(Error)>;
+
+  virtual ~ResourceManager();
+
+  /// The detach method will be called if the controller disconnects from the
+  /// session without shutting the session down.
+  ///
+  /// Since no further requests for allocation will be made, the ResourceManager
+  /// may discard any book-keeping data-structures used to support allocation.
+  /// E.g. a JIT memory manager may discard its free-list, since no further
+  /// JIT'd allocations will happen.
+  virtual void detach(OnCompleteFn OnComplete) = 0;
+
+  /// The shutdown operation will be called at the end of the session.
+  /// The ResourceManager should release all held resources.
+  virtual void shutdown(OnCompleteFn OnComplete) = 0;
+};
+} // namespace orc_rt
+
+#endif // ORC_RT_RESOURCEMANAGER_H
diff --git a/orc-rt/lib/executor/CMakeLists.txt b/orc-rt/lib/executor/CMakeLists.txt
index 9213522e66a2..08103251fa19 100644
--- a/orc-rt/lib/executor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/orc-rt/lib/executor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 set(files
   orc-rt-executor.cpp
   AllocAction.cpp
+  ResourceManager.cpp
   RTTI.cpp
   )
 
diff --git a/orc-rt/lib/executor/ResourceManager.cpp b/orc-rt/lib/executor/ResourceManager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..171def567a04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orc-rt/lib/executor/ResourceManager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//===- ResourceManager.cpp ------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Contains the implementation of APIs in the orc-rt/ResourceManager.h header.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "orc-rt/ResourceManager.h"
+
+namespace orc_rt {
+
+ResourceManager::~ResourceManager() = default;
+
+} // namespace orc_rt