diff --git a/openpype/hosts/webpublisher/__init__.py b/openpype/hosts/webpublisher/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..4e918c5d7d 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/webpublisher/__init__.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/webpublisher/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from .addon import (
+    WebpublisherAddon,
+    WEBPUBLISHER_ROOT_DIR,
+)
+
+
+__all__ = (
+    "WebpublisherAddon",
+    "WEBPUBLISHER_ROOT_DIR",
+)
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/webpublisher/addon.py b/openpype/hosts/webpublisher/addon.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d76115df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpype/hosts/webpublisher/addon.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import os
+from openpype.modules import OpenPypeModule
+from openpype.modules.interfaces import IHostModule
+
+WEBPUBLISHER_ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+
+class WebpublisherAddon(OpenPypeModule, IHostModule):
+    name = "webpublisher"
+    host_name = "webpublisher"
+
+    def initialize(self, module_settings):
+        self.enabled = True