diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/BUILD b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/BUILD
index dbd33705d0e..dd50d0577d4 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/BUILD
@@ -158,6 +158,20 @@ cc_library(
     ],
 )
 
+cc_library(
+    name = "interpreter_device",
+    srcs = ["interpreter_device.cc"],
+    hdrs = ["interpreter_device.h"],
+    deps = [
+        ":pjrt_client",
+        "//tensorflow/compiler/xla:statusor",
+        "//tensorflow/compiler/xla/client:client_library",
+        "//tensorflow/compiler/xla/service:interpreter_plugin",
+        "//tensorflow/compiler/xla/service:platform_util",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+    ],
+)
+
 cc_library(
     name = "cpu_device",
     srcs = ["cpu_device.cc"],
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/interpreter_device.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/interpreter_device.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63254d4aa70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/interpreter_device.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* Copyright 2020 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed 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.
+==============================================================================*/
+
+#include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/interpreter_device.h"
+
+#include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
+#include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/client/client_library.h"
+#include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/platform_util.h"
+
+namespace xla {
+
+static const char kInterpreterPlatformName[] = "interpreter";
+
+InterpreterDevice::InterpreterDevice(
+    int id, std::unique_ptr<LocalDeviceState> local_device_state)
+    : Device(id, std::move(local_device_state), kInterpreterPlatformName,
+             /*device_kind=*/kInterpreterPlatformName) {}
+
+StatusOr<std::shared_ptr<PjRtClient>> GetInterpreterClient() {
+  TF_ASSIGN_OR_RETURN(se::Platform * platform,
+                      PlatformUtil::GetPlatform("Interpreter"));
+  if (platform->VisibleDeviceCount() != 1) {
+    return FailedPrecondition(
+        "Interpreter platform should have exactly one device.");
+  }
+  LocalClientOptions options;
+  options.set_platform(platform);
+  TF_ASSIGN_OR_RETURN(LocalClient * client,
+                      ClientLibrary::GetOrCreateLocalClient(options));
+
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Device>> devices;
+  se::StreamExecutor* executor =
+      client->backend().stream_executor(0).ValueOrDie();
+  auto device_state = absl::make_unique<LocalDeviceState>(
+      executor, client, LocalDeviceState::kSynchronous, /*asynchronous=*/false,
+      /*allow_event_reuse=*/false);
+  auto device =
+      absl::make_unique<InterpreterDevice>(0, std::move(device_state));
+  devices.push_back(std::move(device));
+
+  return std::make_shared<PjRtClient>(
+      kInterpreterPlatformName, client, std::move(devices), /*host_id=*/0,
+      /*allocator=*/nullptr, /*host_memory_allocator=*/nullptr,
+      /*gpu_run_options=*/nullptr);
+}
+
+}  // namespace xla
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/interpreter_device.h b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/interpreter_device.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..58b210ad762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/interpreter_device.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* Copyright 2020 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed 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.
+==============================================================================*/
+
+#ifndef TENSORFLOW_COMPILER_XLA_PJRT_INTERPRETER_DEVICE_H_
+#define TENSORFLOW_COMPILER_XLA_PJRT_INTERPRETER_DEVICE_H_
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/pjrt_client.h"
+#include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/statusor.h"
+
+namespace xla {
+
+class InterpreterDevice : public Device {
+ public:
+  InterpreterDevice(int id,
+                    std::unique_ptr<LocalDeviceState> local_device_state);
+};
+
+StatusOr<std::shared_ptr<PjRtClient>> GetInterpreterClient();
+
+}  // namespace xla
+
+#endif  // TENSORFLOW_COMPILER_XLA_PJRT_INTERPRETER_DEVICE_H_
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/python/BUILD b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/python/BUILD
index 10737489331..7913c2d9dd4 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/python/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/python/BUILD
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ pybind_extension(
         "//tensorflow/compiler/xla/client:xla_builder",
         "//tensorflow/compiler/xla/client:xla_computation",
         "//tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt:cpu_device",
+        "//tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt:interpreter_device",
         "//tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt:nvidia_gpu_device",
         "//tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt:pjrt_client",
         "//tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt:tracked_device_buffer",
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/python/xla.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/python/xla.cc
index 0b6824e83e9..6ebe5e85245 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/python/xla.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/python/xla.cc
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/distributed/client.h"
 #include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/distributed/distributed.h"
 #include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/distributed/service.h"
+#include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/interpreter_device.h"
 #include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/nvidia_gpu_device.h"
 #include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/pjrt/pjrt_client.h"
 #include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/python/bfloat16.h"
@@ -767,6 +768,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(xla_extension, m) {
       py::arg("computation"), py::arg("compile_options") = CompileOptions());
 
   m.def("get_cpu_client", &GetCpuClient, py::arg("asynchronous") = true);
+  m.def("get_interpreter_client", &GetInterpreterClient);
   m.def("get_nvidia_gpu_client", &GetNvidiaGpuClient,
         py::arg("asynchronous") = true,
         py::arg("allocator_config") = GpuAllocatorConfig(),
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/python/xla_client.py b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/python/xla_client.py
index 76c3bc33a91..3085715bf12 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/python/xla_client.py
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/python/xla_client.py
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ xla_platform_names = {
 }
 
 
+def _interpreter_backend_factory():
+  return _xla.get_interpreter_client()
+
+
 def _cpu_backend_factory():
   return _xla.get_cpu_client(asynchronous=True)
 
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@ def _gpu_backend_factory(distributed_client=None, node_id=0):
 
 # Backend factories, keyed by user-visible name, in increasing priority order.
 _local_backend_factories = collections.OrderedDict([
+    ('interpreter', _interpreter_backend_factory),
     ('cpu', _cpu_backend_factory),
     ('gpu', _gpu_backend_factory),
 ])