diff --git a/agent/consul/testdata/v2-resource-dependencies.md b/agent/consul/testdata/v2-resource-dependencies.md
index 7a36417742..6cd7b4bd10 100644
--- a/agent/consul/testdata/v2-resource-dependencies.md
+++ b/agent/consul/testdata/v2-resource-dependencies.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ flowchart TD
   demo/v2/artist
   hcp/v2/link
   internal/v1/tombstone
+  mesh/v2beta1/apigateway
   mesh/v2beta1/computedexplicitdestinations --> catalog/v2beta1/service
   mesh/v2beta1/computedexplicitdestinations --> catalog/v2beta1/workload
   mesh/v2beta1/computedexplicitdestinations --> mesh/v2beta1/computedroutes
diff --git a/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/apigateways/controller.go b/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/apigateways/controller.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28f62d3b2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/apigateways/controller.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+package apigateways
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/internal/controller"
+	pbmesh "github.com/hashicorp/consul/proto-public/pbmesh/v2beta1"
+)
+
+const (
+	ControllerName = "consul.io/api-gateway"
+)
+
+func Controller() *controller.Controller {
+	r := &reconciler{}
+
+	return controller.NewController(ControllerName, pbmesh.APIGatewayType).
+		WithReconciler(r)
+}
+
+type reconciler struct{}
+
+// Reconcile is responsible for creating a Service w/ a MeshGateway owner,
+// in addition to other things discussed in the RFC.
+func (r *reconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, rt controller.Runtime, req controller.Request) error {
+	rt.Logger = rt.Logger.With("resource-id", req.ID)
+	rt.Logger.Trace("reconciling api gateway")
+
+	//TODO NET-7378
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/register.go b/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/register.go
index fb10288420..a543fd66d6 100644
--- a/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/register.go
+++ b/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/register.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package controllers
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/apigateways"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/gatewayproxy"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/internal/mesh/internal/controllers/meshconfiguration"
@@ -57,4 +58,5 @@ func Register(mgr *controller.Manager, deps Dependencies) {
 
 	mgr.Register(meshgateways.Controller())
 	mgr.Register(meshconfiguration.Controller())
+	mgr.Register(apigateways.Controller())
 }