diff --git a/examples/models/llama/runner/runner.h b/examples/models/llama/runner/runner.h
index 4524aa81aab..5b3bb010112 100644
--- a/examples/models/llama/runner/runner.h
+++ b/examples/models/llama/runner/runner.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
+#include <executorch/extension/llm/runner/irunner.h>
 #include <executorch/extension/llm/runner/stats.h>
 #include <executorch/extension/llm/runner/text_decoder_runner.h>
 #include <executorch/extension/llm/runner/text_prefiller.h>
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
 
 namespace example {
 
-class ET_EXPERIMENTAL Runner {
+class ET_EXPERIMENTAL Runner : public executorch::extension::llm::IRunner {
  public:
   explicit Runner(
       const std::string& model_path,
diff --git a/examples/models/llama/runner/targets.bzl b/examples/models/llama/runner/targets.bzl
index de12dc4d106..8322f190b32 100644
--- a/examples/models/llama/runner/targets.bzl
+++ b/examples/models/llama/runner/targets.bzl
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def define_common_targets():
             # qnn_executorch_backend can be added below //executorch/backends/qualcomm:qnn_executorch_backend
             exported_deps = [
                 "//executorch/backends/xnnpack:xnnpack_backend",
+                "//executorch/extension/llm/runner:irunner",
                 "//executorch/extension/llm/runner:stats",
                 "//executorch/extension/llm/runner:text_decoder_runner" + aten_suffix,
                 "//executorch/extension/llm/runner:text_prefiller" + aten_suffix,
diff --git a/extension/llm/runner/irunner.h b/extension/llm/runner/irunner.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35d87e997a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/llm/runner/irunner.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+// An interface for LLM runners. Developers can create their own runner that
+// implements their own load and generation logic to run the model.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <functional>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <executorch/extension/llm/runner/stats.h>
+#include <executorch/extension/module/module.h>
+
+namespace executorch {
+namespace extension {
+namespace llm {
+
+class ET_EXPERIMENTAL IRunner {
+ public:
+  virtual ~IRunner() = default;
+
+  // Checks if the model is loaded.
+  virtual bool is_loaded() const = 0;
+
+  // Load the model and tokenizer.
+  virtual ::executorch::runtime::Error load() = 0;
+
+  // Generate the output tokens.
+  virtual ::executorch::runtime::Error generate(
+      const std::string& prompt,
+      int32_t seq_len,
+      std::function<void(const std::string&)> token_callback = {},
+      std::function<void(const ::executorch::extension::llm::Stats&)>
+          stats_callback = {},
+      bool echo = true,
+      bool warming = false) = 0;
+
+  // Stop the generation.
+  virtual void stop() = 0;
+};
+
+} // namespace llm
+} // namespace extension
+} // namespace executorch
diff --git a/extension/llm/runner/targets.bzl b/extension/llm/runner/targets.bzl
index f20240956cb..aa42c22b1b9 100644
--- a/extension/llm/runner/targets.bzl
+++ b/extension/llm/runner/targets.bzl
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 load("@fbsource//xplat/executorch/build:runtime_wrapper.bzl", "runtime")
 
 def define_common_targets():
+    runtime.cxx_library(
+        name = "irunner",
+        exported_headers = [
+            "irunner.h",
+        ],
+        visibility = [
+            "@EXECUTORCH_CLIENTS",
+        ],
+    )
+
     runtime.cxx_library(
         name = "stats",
         exported_headers = [