diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 940b1e6bf..c0dfb0a98 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ let package = Package(
         .library(name: "SmithyCBOR", targets: ["SmithyCBOR"]),
         .library(name: "SmithyWaitersAPI", targets: ["SmithyWaitersAPI"]),
         .library(name: "SmithyTestUtil", targets: ["SmithyTestUtil"]),
+        .plugin(name: "SmithyCodeGenerator", targets: ["SmithyCodeGenerator"]),
     ],
     dependencies: {
         var dependencies: [Package.Dependency] = [
             .package(url: "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-crt-swift.git", exact: "0.54.2"),
+            .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-argument-parser.git", from: "1.0.0"),
             .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-log.git", from: "1.0.0"),
             .package(url: "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-swift", from: "1.13.0"),
         ]
@@ -258,6 +260,19 @@ let package = Package(
         .target(
             name: "SmithyWaitersAPI"
         ),
+        .plugin(
+            name: "SmithyCodeGenerator",
+            capability: .buildTool(),
+            dependencies: [
+                "SmithyCodegenCLI",
+            ]
+        ),
+        .executableTarget(
+            name: "SmithyCodegenCLI",
+            dependencies: [
+                .product(name: "ArgumentParser", package: "swift-argument-parser"),
+            ]
+        ),
         .testTarget(
             name: "ClientRuntimeTests",
             dependencies: [
diff --git a/Plugins/SmithyCodeGenerator/SmithyCodeGeneratorPlugin.swift b/Plugins/SmithyCodeGenerator/SmithyCodeGeneratorPlugin.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..180e3bb5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Plugins/SmithyCodeGenerator/SmithyCodeGeneratorPlugin.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+//
+// Copyright Amazon.com Inc. or its affiliates.
+// All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+import struct Foundation.Data
+import class Foundation.FileManager
+import class Foundation.JSONDecoder
+import struct Foundation.URL
+import PackagePlugin
+
+@main
+struct SmithyCodeGeneratorPlugin: BuildToolPlugin {
+
+    func createBuildCommands(context: PluginContext, target: Target) throws -> [Command] {
+        // This plugin only runs for package targets that can have source files.
+        guard let sourceFiles = target.sourceModule?.sourceFiles else { return [] }
+
+        // Retrieve the `SmithyCodegenCLI` tool from the plugin's tools.
+        let smithyCodegenCLITool = try context.tool(named: "SmithyCodegenCLI")
+
+        // Construct a build command for each source file with a particular suffix.
+        return try sourceFiles.map(\.path).compactMap {
+            try createBuildCommand(
+                name: target.name,
+                for: $0,
+                in: context.pluginWorkDirectory,
+                with: smithyCodegenCLITool.path
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func createBuildCommand(
+        name: String,
+        for inputPath: Path,
+        in outputDirectoryPath: Path,
+        with generatorToolPath: Path
+    ) throws -> Command? {
+        // Skip any file that isn't the smithy-model-info.json for this service.
+        guard inputPath.lastComponent == "smithy-model-info.json" else { return nil }
+
+        let currentWorkingDirectoryFileURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: FileManager.default.currentDirectoryPath)
+
+        // Get the smithy model path.
+        let modelInfoData = try Data(contentsOf: URL(fileURLWithPath: inputPath.string))
+        let smithyModelInfo = try JSONDecoder().decode(SmithyModelInfo.self, from: modelInfoData)
+        let modelPathURL = currentWorkingDirectoryFileURL.appendingPathComponent(smithyModelInfo.path)
+        let modelPath = Path(modelPathURL.path)
+
+        // Construct the schemas.swift path.
+        let schemasSwiftPath = outputDirectoryPath.appending("\(name)Schemas.swift")
+
+        // Construct the build command that invokes SmithyCodegenCLI.
+        return .buildCommand(
+            displayName: "Generating Swift source files from model file \(smithyModelInfo.path)",
+            executable: generatorToolPath,
+            arguments: [
+                "--schemas-path", schemasSwiftPath,
+                modelPath
+            ],
+            inputFiles: [inputPath, modelPath],
+            outputFiles: [schemasSwiftPath]
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/// Codable structure for reading the contents of `smithy-model-info.json`
+private struct SmithyModelInfo: Decodable {
+    /// The path to the model, from the root of the target's project.  Required.
+    let path: String
+}
diff --git a/Sources/SmithyCodegenCLI/SmithyCodegenCLI.swift b/Sources/SmithyCodegenCLI/SmithyCodegenCLI.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8b247155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/SmithyCodegenCLI/SmithyCodegenCLI.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+//
+// Copyright Amazon.com Inc. or its affiliates.
+// All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+import ArgumentParser
+import Foundation
+
+@main
+struct SmithyCodegenCLI: AsyncParsableCommand {
+
+    @Argument(help: "The full or relative path to the JSON model file.")
+    var modelPath: String
+
+    @Option(help: "The full or relative path to write the schemas output file.")
+    var schemasPath: String?
+
+    func run() async throws {
+        let currentWorkingDirectoryFileURL = currentWorkingDirectoryFileURL()
+        print("Current working directory: \(currentWorkingDirectoryFileURL.path)")
+
+        // Create the model file URL
+        let modelFileURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: modelPath, relativeTo: currentWorkingDirectoryFileURL)
+        guard FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: modelFileURL.path) else {
+            throw SmithyCodegenCLIError(localizedDescription: "no file at model path \(modelFileURL.path)")
+        }
+        print("Model file path: \(modelFileURL.path)")
+
+        // If --schemas-path was supplied, create the schema file URL
+        let schemasFileURL = resolve(paramName: "--schemas-path", path: schemasPath)
+
+        // All file URLs needed for code generation have now been resolved.
+        // Implement code generation here.
+        if let schemasFileURL {
+            print("Schemas file path: \(schemasFileURL)")
+            FileManager.default.createFile(atPath: schemasFileURL.path, contents: Data())
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func currentWorkingDirectoryFileURL() -> URL {
+        // Get the current working directory as a file URL
+        var currentWorkingDirectoryPath = FileManager.default.currentDirectoryPath
+        if !currentWorkingDirectoryPath.hasSuffix("/") {
+            currentWorkingDirectoryPath.append("/")
+        }
+        return URL(fileURLWithPath: currentWorkingDirectoryPath)
+    }
+
+    private func resolve(paramName: String, path: String?) -> URL? {
+        if let path {
+            let fileURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: path, relativeTo: currentWorkingDirectoryFileURL())
+            print("Resolved \(paramName): \(fileURL.path)")
+            return fileURL
+        } else {
+            print("\(paramName) not provided, skipping generation")
+            return nil
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct SmithyCodegenCLIError: Error {
+    let localizedDescription: String
+}
diff --git a/smithy-swift-codegen/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/swift/codegen/DirectedSwiftCodegen.kt b/smithy-swift-codegen/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/swift/codegen/DirectedSwiftCodegen.kt
index 94a56b8bc..154348e74 100644
--- a/smithy-swift-codegen/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/swift/codegen/DirectedSwiftCodegen.kt
+++ b/smithy-swift-codegen/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/swift/codegen/DirectedSwiftCodegen.kt
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ class DirectedSwiftCodegen(
                 DependencyJSONGenerator(ctx).writePackageJSON(writers.dependencies)
             }
 
+            LOGGER.info("Generating Smithy model file info")
+            SmithyModelFileInfoGenerator(ctx).writeSmithyModelFileInfo()
+
             LOGGER.info("Flushing swift writers")
             writers.flushWriters()
         }
diff --git a/smithy-swift-codegen/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/swift/codegen/SmithyModelFileInfoGenerator.kt b/smithy-swift-codegen/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/swift/codegen/SmithyModelFileInfoGenerator.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0662d8d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smithy-swift-codegen/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/swift/codegen/SmithyModelFileInfoGenerator.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package software.amazon.smithy.swift.codegen
+
+import software.amazon.smithy.aws.traits.ServiceTrait
+import software.amazon.smithy.swift.codegen.integration.ProtocolGenerator
+import software.amazon.smithy.swift.codegen.model.getTrait
+
+class SmithyModelFileInfoGenerator(
+    val ctx: ProtocolGenerator.GenerationContext,
+) {
+    fun writeSmithyModelFileInfo() {
+        ctx.service.getTrait<ServiceTrait>()?.let { serviceTrait ->
+            val filename = "Sources/${ctx.settings.moduleName}/smithy-model-info.json"
+            val modelFileName =
+                serviceTrait
+                    .sdkId
+                    .lowercase()
+                    .replace(",", "")
+                    .replace(" ", "-")
+            val contents = "codegen/sdk-codegen/aws-models/$modelFileName.json"
+            ctx.delegator.useFileWriter(filename) { writer ->
+                writer.write("{\"path\":\"$contents\"}")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}