diff --git a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp
index 639d73ed49e201034a64d7eb83eff005c9e29dcd..bcd14dcc0cc086ca289fff76a0a2e8873b3a5447 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp
+++ b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void RequestMessage::process(const cta::xrd::Request &request, cta::xrd::Respons
    {
       using namespace cta::xrd;
 
-      case Request::kAdmincmd:
+      case Request::kAdmincmd:       processAdminCmd(request.admincmd(), response); break;
       case Request::kNotification:   processNotification(request.notification(), response); break;
       case Request::REQUEST_NOT_SET: throw PbException("Request message has not been set.");
       default:                       throw PbException("Unrecognized Request message. "
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ void RequestMessage::process(const cta::xrd::Request &request, cta::xrd::Respons
 
 
 
+void RequestMessage::processAdminCmd(const cta::xrd::AdminCmd &admin_cmd, cta::xrd::Response &response)
+{
+}
+
+
+
 void RequestMessage::processNotification(const cta::eos::Notification &notification, cta::xrd::Response &response)
 {
    switch(notification.wf().event())
diff --git a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.hpp b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.hpp
index b4cb54b8debc8dbced169b3784b5bf78b6aff3df..d9405bca6e57a0c30d7cab851ba821ffa6e74e67 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.hpp
+++ b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.hpp
@@ -45,11 +45,19 @@ public:
    void process(const cta::xrd::Request &request, cta::xrd::Response &response);
 
 private:
+   /*!
+    * Process the Admin Command message type
+    *
+    * @param[in]     admincmd        Admin command from the cta admin cli
+    * @param[out]    response        Response message
+    */
+   void processAdminCmd(const cta::xrd::AdminCmd &admin_cmd, cta::xrd::Response &response);
+
    /*!
     * Process the EOS WFE Notification message type
     *
     * @param[in]     notification    Notification request message from EOS WFE
-    * @param[out]    response        Response message to return to EOS
+    * @param[out]    response        Response message
     */
    void processNotification(const cta::eos::Notification &notification, cta::xrd::Response &response);