diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0d99efd5..7989090c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@
 [submodule "packages/grpc-js/deps/udpa"]
 	path = packages/grpc-js/deps/udpa
 	url = https://github.com/cncf/udpa.git
+[submodule "packages/grpc-js/deps/googleapis"]
+	path = packages/grpc-js/deps/googleapis
+	url = https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis.git
+[submodule "packages/grpc-js/deps/protoc-gen-validate"]
+	path = packages/grpc-js/deps/protoc-gen-validate
+	url = https://github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate.git
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/deps/googleapis b/packages/grpc-js/deps/googleapis
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..8c53b2cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/deps/googleapis
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 8c53b2cb792234354c13336ac7daee61333deade
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/deps/protoc-gen-validate b/packages/grpc-js/deps/protoc-gen-validate
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..0af61d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/deps/protoc-gen-validate
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0af61d9dc28712dc0e6f8e1a940855a2ee0cb9ed
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/generateTypes.sh b/packages/grpc-js/generateTypes.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8eee726c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/generateTypes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright 2020 gRPC authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+base=$(dirname $0)
+
+./node_modules/.bin/proto-loader-gen-types --keepCase --longs String --enums String --defaults --oneofs --json\
+ --includeDirs deps/envoy-api/ deps/udpa/ node_modules/protobufjs/ deps/googleapis/ deps/protoc-gen-validate/ \
+ -O src/generated/ --grpcLib ../index envoy/service/discovery/v2/ads.proto envoy/api/v2/listener.proto envoy/api/v2/route.proto envoy/api/v2/cluster.proto envoy/api/v2/endpoint.proto
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/package.json b/packages/grpc-js/package.json
index 86243b30..2e5836f5 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/package.json
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   "types": "build/src/index.d.ts",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@grpc/proto-loader": "^0.5.4",
+    "@grpc/proto-loader": "^0.6.0-pre3",
     "@types/gulp": "^4.0.6",
     "@types/gulp-mocha": "0.0.32",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.108",
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/xds-bootstrap.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/xds-bootstrap.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95fd96e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/xds-bootstrap.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as adsTypes from './generated/ads';
+
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+
+export interface ChannelCredsConfig {
+  type: string;
+  config?: object;
+}
+
+export interface XdsServerConfig {
+  serverUri: string;
+  channelCreds: ChannelCredsConfig[];
+}
+
+export interface BootstrapInfo {
+  xdsServers: XdsServerConfig[];
+  node: adsTypes.messages.envoy.api.v2.core.Node;
+}
+
+function validateChannelCredsConfig(obj: any): ChannelCredsConfig {
+  if (!('type' in obj)) {
+    throw new Error('type field missing in xds_servers.channel_creds element');
+  }
+  if (typeof obj.type !== 'string') {
+    throw new Error(`xds_servers.channel_creds.type field: expected string, got ${typeof obj.type}`);
+  }
+  if ('config' in obj) {
+    if (typeof obj.config !== 'object' || obj.config === null) {
+      throw new Error('xds_servers.channel_creds config field must be an object if provided');
+    }
+  }
+  return {
+    type: obj.type,
+    config: obj.config
+  }
+}
+
+function validateXdsServerConfig(obj: any): XdsServerConfig {
+  if (!('server_uri' in obj)) {
+    throw new Error('server_uri field missing in xds_servers element');
+  }
+  if (typeof obj.server_uri !== 'string') {
+    throw new Error(`xds_servers.server_uri field: expected string, got ${typeof obj.server_uri}`);
+  }
+  if (!('channel_creds' in obj)) {
+    throw new Error('channel_creds missing in xds_servers element');
+  }
+  if (!Array.isArray(obj.channel_creds)) {
+    throw new Error(`xds_servers.channel_creds field: expected array, got ${typeof obj.channel_creds}`);
+  }
+  if (obj.channel_creds.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error('xds_servers.channel_creds field: at least one entry is required');
+  }
+  return {
+    serverUri: obj.server_uri,
+    channelCreds: obj.channel_creds.map(validateChannelCredsConfig)
+  };
+}
+
+function validateNode(obj: any): adsTypes.messages.envoy.api.v2.core.Node {
+  throw new Error('Not implemented');
+}
+
+function validateBootstrapFile(obj: any): BootstrapInfo {
+  return {
+    xdsServers: obj.xds_servers.map(validateXdsServerConfig),
+    node: validateNode(obj.node)
+  }
+}
+
+let loadedBootstrapInfo: Promise<BootstrapInfo> | null = null;
+ 
+export async function loadBootstrapInfo(): Promise<BootstrapInfo> {
+  if (loadedBootstrapInfo !== null) {
+    return loadedBootstrapInfo;
+  }
+  const bootstrapPath = process.env.GRPC_XDS_BOOTSTRAP;
+  if (bootstrapPath === undefined) {
+    return Promise.reject(new Error('GRPC_XDS_BOOTSTRAP environment variable needs to be set to the path to the bootstrap file to use xDS'));
+  }
+  loadedBootstrapInfo = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    fs.readFile(bootstrapPath, { encoding: 'utf8'}, (err, data) => {
+      if (err) {
+        reject(new Error(`Failed to read xDS bootstrap file from path ${bootstrapPath} with error ${err.message}`));
+      }
+      try {
+        const parsedFile = JSON.parse(data);
+        resolve(validateBootstrapFile(parsedFile));
+      } catch (e) {
+        reject(new Error(`Failed to parse xDS bootstrap file at path ${bootstrapPath} with error ${e.message}`));
+      }
+    });
+  });
+  return loadedBootstrapInfo;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/xds-client.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/xds-client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8eea6f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/xds-client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as protoLoader from '@grpc/proto-loader';
+import { loadPackageDefinition } from './make-client';
+import * as adsTypes from './generated/ads';
+import { ChannelCredentials } from './channel-credentials';
+
+const packageDefinition = protoLoader.loadSync([
+    'envoy/service/discovery/v2/ads.proto',
+    'envoy/api/v2/listener.proto',
+    'envoy/api/v2/route.proto',
+    'envoy/api/v2/cluster.proto',
+    'envoy/api/v2/endpoint.proto'
+  ], {
+    keepCase: true,
+    longs: String,
+    enums: String,
+    defaults: true,
+    oneofs: true,
+    includeDirs: [
+      'deps/envoy-api/',
+      'deps/udpa/',
+      'node_modules/protobufjs/',
+      'deps/googleapis/',
+      'deps/protoc-gen-validate/'
+    ]
+  });
+
+const loadedDefinition = loadPackageDefinition(packageDefinition) as unknown as adsTypes.ProtoGrpcType;
+
+export class XdsClient {
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file