diff --git a/src/python/gem5/components/boards/abstract_board.py b/src/python/gem5/components/boards/abstract_board.py
index 4ea8866009..aba080e239 100644
--- a/src/python/gem5/components/boards/abstract_board.py
+++ b/src/python/gem5/components/boards/abstract_board.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 import inspect
 
 from .mem_mode import MemMode, mem_mode_to_string
-from ...resources.workload import AbstractWorkload
+from ...resources.resource import WorkloadResource
 
 from m5.objects import (
     AddrRange,
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class AbstractBoard:
             )
         return self._is_fs
 
-    def set_workload(self, workload: AbstractWorkload) -> None:
+    def set_workload(self, workload: WorkloadResource) -> None:
         """
         Set the workload for this board to run.
 
diff --git a/src/python/gem5/resources/resource.py b/src/python/gem5/resources/resource.py
index bc9f4480ba..2f50f36631 100644
--- a/src/python/gem5/resources/resource.py
+++ b/src/python/gem5/resources/resource.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from .downloader import get_resource
 from .looppoint import LooppointCsvLoader, LooppointJsonLoader
 from ..isas import ISA, get_isa_from_str
 
-from typing import Optional, Dict, Union, Type, Tuple, List
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Union, Type, Tuple, List, Any
 
 from .client import get_resource_json_obj
 
@@ -554,6 +554,79 @@ class SimpointDirectoryResource(SimpointResource):
         return simpoint_list, weight_list
 
 
+class WorkloadResource(AbstractResource):
+    """A workload resource. This resource is used to specify a workload to run
+    on a board. It contains the function to call and the parameters to pass to
+    that function.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        resource_version: Optional[str] = None,
+        function: str = None,
+        resoucres: Dict[str, Dict[str, str]] = None,
+        additional_params: Dict[str, str] = None,
+        description: Optional[str] = None,
+        source: Optional[str] = None,
+        local_path: Optional[str] = None,
+    ):
+        """
+        :param function: The function to call on the board.
+        :param parameters: The parameters to pass to the function.
+        """
+
+        super().__init__(
+            local_path=local_path,
+            description=description,
+            source=source,
+            resource_version=resource_version,
+        )
+
+        self._func = function
+        self._params = {}
+        for key in resoucres.keys():
+            assert isinstance(key, str)
+            value = resoucres[key]
+            assert isinstance(value, dict)
+            self._params[key] = obtain_resource(
+                value["id"],
+                resource_version=value["resource_version"],
+            )
+        for key in additional_params.keys():
+            assert isinstance(key, str)
+            value = additional_params[key]
+            assert isinstance(value, str)
+            self._params[key] = value
+
+    def get_function_str(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Returns the name of the workload function to be run.
+
+        This function is called via the AbstractBoard's `set_workload`
+        function. The parameters from the `get_parameters` function are passed
+        to this function.
+        """
+        return self._func
+
+    def get_parameters(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Returns a dictionary mapping the workload parameters to their values.
+
+        These parameters are passed to the function specified by
+        `get_function_str` via the AbstractBoard's `set_workload` function.
+        """
+        return self._params
+
+    def set_parameter(self, parameter: str, value: Any) -> None:
+        """
+        Used to set or override a workload parameter
+
+        :param parameter: The parameter of the function to set.
+        :param value: The value to set to the parameter.
+        """
+        self._params[parameter] = value
+
+
 def obtain_resource(
     resource_id: str,
     resource_directory: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -640,7 +713,7 @@ def obtain_resource(
     # Obtain the type from the JSON. From this we will determine what subclass
     # of `AbstractResource` we are to create and return.
     resources_category = resource_json["category"]
-
+    print(resource_json)
     if resources_category == "resource":
         # This is a stop-gap measure to ensure to work with older versions of
         # the "resource.json" file. These should be replaced with their
@@ -812,4 +885,5 @@ _get_resource_json_type_map = {
     "resource": Resource,
     "looppoint-pinpoint-csv": LooppointCsvResource,
     "looppoint-json": LooppointJsonResource,
+    "workload": WorkloadResource,
 }