diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/etc/emqx_resource.conf b/apps/emqx_resource/etc/emqx_resource.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f038ef8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/etc/emqx_resource.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+##--------------------------------------------------------------------
+## EMQ X Resource Plugin
+##--------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/priv/emqx_resource.schema b/apps/emqx_resource/priv/emqx_resource.schema
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8246dc6a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/priv/emqx_resource.schema
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+%%-*- mode: erlang -*-
+%% emqx-resource config mapping
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/rebar.config b/apps/emqx_resource/rebar.config
index 2505d2e5c..089985cec 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/rebar.config
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/rebar.config
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 {erl_opts, [ debug_info
+           , nowarn_unused_import
            %, {d, 'RESOURCE_DEBUG'}
            ]}.
 
 {erl_first_files, ["src/emqx_resource_transform.erl"]}.
 
-%{extra_src_dirs, ["examples"]}.
+{extra_src_dirs, ["examples"]}.
+
+{dialyzer, [{warnings, [unmatched_returns, error_handling]}
+           ]}.
 
 {deps, [ {hocon, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/hocon", {branch, "master"}}}
        , {jsx, {git, "https://github.com/talentdeficit/jsx", {tag, "v3.1.0"}}}
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_app.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_app.erl
index e3ef9f3d2..d2c499490 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_app.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_app.erl
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 -include("emqx_resource.hrl").
 
+-emqx_plugin(?MODULE).
+
 -export([start/2, stop/1]).
 
 start(_StartType, _StartArgs) ->
diff --git a/data/loaded_plugins.tmpl b/data/loaded_plugins.tmpl
index d0dac7fe1..236eeaa95 100644
--- a/data/loaded_plugins.tmpl
+++ b/data/loaded_plugins.tmpl
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 {emqx_retainer, {{enable_plugin_emqx_retainer}}}.
 {emqx_telemetry, {{enable_plugin_emqx_telemetry}}}.
 {emqx_rule_engine, {{enable_plugin_emqx_rule_engine}}}.
+{emqx_resource, {{enable_plugin_emqx_resource}}}.
 {emqx_bridge_mqtt, {{enable_plugin_emqx_bridge_mqtt}}}.
diff --git a/rebar.config.erl b/rebar.config.erl
index e3a6c427b..f46dfa0d8 100644
--- a/rebar.config.erl
+++ b/rebar.config.erl
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ overlay_vars_rel(RelType) ->
              end,
     [ {enable_plugin_emqx_rule_engine, RelType =:= cloud}
     , {enable_plugin_emqx_bridge_mqtt, RelType =:= edge}
+    , {enable_plugin_emqx_resource, true}
     , {enable_plugin_emqx_modules, false} %% modules is not a plugin in ce
     , {enable_plugin_emqx_recon, true}
     , {enable_plugin_emqx_retainer, true}