diff --git a/pjrt-plugins/xla-cpu/PjrtPluginXlaCpu.idr b/pjrt-plugins/xla-cpu/PjrtPluginXlaCpu.idr
index 830c105c5..788d19eb2 100644
--- a/pjrt-plugins/xla-cpu/PjrtPluginXlaCpu.idr
+++ b/pjrt-plugins/xla-cpu/PjrtPluginXlaCpu.idr
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ export
 device : Pjrt Device
 device = do
   api <- MkPjrtApi <$> primIO prim__getPjrtApi
+  pjrtPluginInitialize api
   MkDevice api <$> pjrtClientCreate api
diff --git a/pjrt-plugins/xla-cuda/PjrtPluginXlaCuda.idr b/pjrt-plugins/xla-cuda/PjrtPluginXlaCuda.idr
index 0760f9d75..3e1e24ecd 100644
--- a/pjrt-plugins/xla-cuda/PjrtPluginXlaCuda.idr
+++ b/pjrt-plugins/xla-cuda/PjrtPluginXlaCuda.idr
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ export
 device : Pjrt Device
 device = do
   api <- MkPjrtApi <$> primIO prim__getPjrtApi
+  pjrtPluginInitialize api
   MkDevice api <$> pjrtClientCreate api
diff --git a/spidr/backend/VERSION b/spidr/backend/VERSION
index ceddfb28f..e3b86dd9c 100644
--- a/spidr/backend/VERSION
+++ b/spidr/backend/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.15
+0.0.16
diff --git a/spidr/backend/src/xla/pjrt/c/pjrt_c_api.cpp b/spidr/backend/src/xla/pjrt/c/pjrt_c_api.cpp
index 18290860c..040efb300 100644
--- a/spidr/backend/src/xla/pjrt/c/pjrt_c_api.cpp
+++ b/spidr/backend/src/xla/pjrt/c/pjrt_c_api.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ extern "C" {
         return api->PJRT_Error_GetCode(args);
     }
 
+    PJRT_Plugin_Initialize_Args* PJRT_Plugin_Initialize_Args_new() {
+        return new PJRT_Plugin_Initialize_Args{
+            .struct_size = PJRT_Plugin_Initialize_Args_STRUCT_SIZE,
+            .extension_start = nullptr,
+        };
+    }
+
+    PJRT_Error* pjrt_plugin_initialize(PJRT_Api* api, PJRT_Plugin_Initialize_Args* args) {
+        return api->PJRT_Plugin_Initialize(args);
+    }
+
     PJRT_Event_Destroy_Args* PJRT_Event_Destroy_Args_new(PJRT_Event* event) {
         return new PJRT_Event_Destroy_Args{
             .struct_size = PJRT_Event_Destroy_Args_STRUCT_SIZE,
diff --git a/spidr/src/Compiler/Xla/PJRT/C/PjrtCApi.idr b/spidr/src/Compiler/Xla/PJRT/C/PjrtCApi.idr
index 734f9fa16..9933b6c30 100644
--- a/spidr/src/Compiler/Xla/PJRT/C/PjrtCApi.idr
+++ b/spidr/src/Compiler/Xla/PJRT/C/PjrtCApi.idr
@@ -154,6 +154,23 @@ try api err onOk = if (isNullPtr err) then right onOk else do
   destroyPjrtError api err
   left $ MkPjrtError msg $ map pjrtErrorCodeFromCInt code
 
+%foreign (libxla "PJRT_Plugin_Initialize_Args_new")
+prim__mkPjrtPluginInitializeArgs : PrimIO AnyPtr
+
+%foreign (libxla "pjrt_plugin_initialize")
+prim__pjrtPluginInitialize : AnyPtr -> AnyPtr -> PrimIO AnyPtr
+
+||| For use by plugin developers.
+|||
+||| Initialize a PJRT plugin. Must be called before the PjrtApi is used.
+export
+pjrtPluginInitialize : PjrtApi -> Pjrt ()
+pjrtPluginInitialize (MkPjrtApi api) = do
+  args <- primIO prim__mkPjrtPluginInitializeArgs
+  err <- primIO $ prim__pjrtPluginInitialize api args
+  free args
+  try api err ()
+
 ||| For internal spidr use only.
 export
 data PjrtEvent = MkPjrtEvent AnyPtr