diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 18db408fd..95580eb18 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ OBJS		+= signalfd.o
 OBJS		+= pstree.o
 OBJS		+= protobuf.o
 OBJS		+= tty.o
+OBJS		+= cr-exec.o
 
 DEPS		:= $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$(OBJS))
 
diff --git a/cr-exec.c b/cr-exec.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b32099a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cr-exec.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "crtools.h"
+#include "ptrace.h"
+#include "parasite-syscall.h"
+
+int cr_exec(int pid, char **opt)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
diff --git a/crtools.c b/crtools.c
index 5e58b40e9..b4f4b5381 100644
--- a/crtools.c
+++ b/crtools.c
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (strcmp(argv[optind], "dump") &&
 	    strcmp(argv[optind], "restore") &&
 	    strcmp(argv[optind], "show") &&
-	    strcmp(argv[optind], "check")) {
+	    strcmp(argv[optind], "check") &&
+	    strcmp(argv[optind], "exec")) {
 		pr_err("Unknown command %s\n", argv[optind]);
 		goto usage;
 	}
@@ -274,6 +275,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	case 'c':
 		ret = cr_check();
 		break;
+	case 'e':
+		if (!pid)
+			goto opt_pid_missing;
+		ret = cr_exec(pid, argv + optind + 1);
+		break;
 	default:
 		goto usage;
 		break;
@@ -287,12 +293,14 @@ usage:
 	pr_msg("  %s restore -t pid [<options>]\n", argv[0]);
 	pr_msg("  %s show (-D dir)|(-f file) [<options>]\n", argv[0]);
 	pr_msg("  %s check\n", argv[0]);
+	pr_msg("  %s exec -t pid <syscall-string>\n", argv[0]);
 
 	pr_msg("\nCommands:\n");
 	pr_msg("  dump           checkpoint a process/tree identified by pid\n");
 	pr_msg("  restore        restore a process/tree identified by pid\n");
 	pr_msg("  show           show dump file(s) contents\n");
 	pr_msg("  check          checks whether the kernel support is up-to-date\n");
+	pr_msg("  exec           execute a system call by other task\n");
 
 	if (argc < 2) {
 		pr_msg("\nTry -h|--help for more info\n");
diff --git a/include/crtools.h b/include/crtools.h
index 799ea6ed9..0a07b412d 100644
--- a/include/crtools.h
+++ b/include/crtools.h
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ int cr_restore_tasks(pid_t pid, struct cr_options *opts);
 int cr_show(struct cr_options *opts);
 int convert_to_elf(char *elf_path, int fd_core);
 int cr_check(void);
+int cr_exec(int pid, char **opts);
 
 #define O_DUMP	(O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL)
 #define O_SHOW	(O_RDONLY)