diff --git a/src/runtime2/component/component.rs b/src/runtime2/component/component.rs
index 506699b8b80d90f0aa92e3164f83e04d1d606777..d50a9ef1a923719d29f2ab9e348e11c9e66117a9 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/component/component.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/component/component.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ pub enum CompScheduling {
 
 /// Generic representation of a component (as viewed by a scheduler).
 pub(crate) trait Component {
+    /// Called upon the creation of the component.
+    fn on_creation(&mut self, sched_ctx: &SchedulerCtx);
+
     /// Called if the component is created by another component and the messages
     /// are being transferred between the two.
     fn adopt_message(&mut self, comp_ctx: &mut CompCtx, message: DataMessage);