diff --git a/platform/mellanox/criu.mk b/platform/mellanox/criu.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01a425bb2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/mellanox/criu.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+CRIU_VERSION = 3.10
+
+export CRIU_VERSION
+
+CRIU = criu_$(CRIU_VERSION)-1_amd64.deb
+$(CRIU)_SRC_PATH = $(PLATFORM_PATH)/criu
+$(CRIU)_DEPENDS += $(LIBNL3_DEV)
+SONIC_MAKE_DEBS += $(CRIU)
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/criu/Makefile b/platform/mellanox/criu/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9d49b5690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/mellanox/criu/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+.ONESHELL:
+SHELL = /bin/bash
+.SHELLFLAGS += -e
+
+MAIN_TARGET = criu_$(CRIU_VERSION)-1_amd64.deb
+
+CRIU_DEPS = iptables,protobuf-c-compiler,protobuf-compiler,python-protobuf,libprotobuf-c1,python-future,python-ipaddr,libnet1,pkg-config,asciidoc,xmlto
+
+$(addprefix $(DEST)/, $(MAIN_TARGET)): $(DEST)/% :
+	rm -rf criu
+	git clone -b v$(CRIU_VERSION) https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/criu.git
+	pushd criu
+	RUNDIR=/run/criu make
+	sudo checkinstall --default --install=no --fstrans=no --pkgversion=$(CRIU_VERSION) --maintainer='@' --requires=$(CRIU_DEPS) --pakdir=$(DEST)
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx.mk b/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx.mk
index 6ac895d2eb..5ad6f6dccf 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx.mk
+++ b/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 DOCKER_SYNCD_MLNX = docker-syncd-mlnx.gz
 $(DOCKER_SYNCD_MLNX)_PATH = $(PLATFORM_PATH)/docker-syncd-mlnx
-$(DOCKER_SYNCD_MLNX)_DEPENDS += $(SYNCD) $(PYTHON_SDK_API) $(MLNX_SFPD)
+$(DOCKER_SYNCD_MLNX)_DEPENDS += $(SYNCD) $(PYTHON_SDK_API) $(MLNX_SFPD) $(CRIU)
 $(DOCKER_SYNCD_MLNX)_LOAD_DOCKERS += $(DOCKER_CONFIG_ENGINE)
 SONIC_DOCKER_IMAGES += $(DOCKER_SYNCD_MLNX)
 ifneq ($(ENABLE_SYNCD_RPC),y)
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ $(DOCKER_SYNCD_MLNX)_CONTAINER_NAME = syncd
 $(DOCKER_SYNCD_MLNX)_RUN_OPT += --net=host --privileged -t
 $(DOCKER_SYNCD_MLNX)_RUN_OPT += -v /host/machine.conf:/etc/machine.conf
 $(DOCKER_SYNCD_MLNX)_RUN_OPT += -v /etc/sonic:/etc/sonic:ro
+$(DOCKER_SYNCD_MLNX)_RUN_OPT += --tmpfs /run/criu
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/Dockerfile.j2 b/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/Dockerfile.j2
index 971602a212..bf301f179a 100755
--- a/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ debs/{{ deb }}{{' '}}
 {%- endfor -%}
 debs/
 
-RUN apt-get install -y libxml2
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libxml2 iptables libbsd0 protobuf-c-compiler protobuf-compiler python-protobuf libprotobuf-c1 python-future python-ipaddr libnet1 pkg-config asciidoc xmlto
 
 RUN dpkg -i \
 {% for deb in docker_syncd_mlnx_debs.split(' ') -%}
diff --git a/sonic-slave/Dockerfile b/sonic-slave/Dockerfile
index 32218b44d1..c284161c7e 100644
--- a/sonic-slave/Dockerfile
+++ b/sonic-slave/Dockerfile
@@ -230,7 +230,20 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 # For bash
         texi2html \
 # For initramfs
-        bash-completion
+        bash-completion \
+#For Mellanox CRIU build
+        libprotobuf-dev \
+        libprotobuf-c0-dev \
+        protobuf-c-compiler \
+        protobuf-compiler \
+        python-protobuf \
+        pkg-config \
+        libnet1-dev \
+        libnet-dev \
+        libaio-dev \
+        asciidoc \
+        xmlto \
+        checkinstall
 
 # For linux build
 RUN apt-get -y build-dep linux