diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 604f03c535bc..f69371d30e14 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -3056,7 +3056,11 @@ static MemTxResult flatview_write_continue(FlatView *fv, hwaddr addr,
         } else {
             /* RAM case */
             ptr = qemu_ram_ptr_length(mr->ram_block, addr1, &l, false);
-            memcpy(ptr, buf, l);
+            if (attrs.debug && mr->ram_debug_ops) {
+                mr->ram_debug_ops->write(ptr, buf, l, attrs);
+            } else {
+                memcpy(ptr, buf, l);
+            }
             invalidate_and_set_dirty(mr, addr1, l);
         }
 
@@ -3144,7 +3148,11 @@ MemTxResult flatview_read_continue(FlatView *fv, hwaddr addr,
         } else {
             /* RAM case */
             ptr = qemu_ram_ptr_length(mr->ram_block, addr1, &l, false);
-            memcpy(buf, ptr, l);
+            if (attrs.debug && mr->ram_debug_ops) {
+                mr->ram_debug_ops->read(buf, ptr, l, attrs);
+            } else {
+                memcpy(buf, ptr, l);
+            }
         }
 
         if (release_lock) {
@@ -3237,7 +3245,8 @@ enum write_rom_type {
 };
 
 static inline void cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal(AddressSpace *as,
-    hwaddr addr, const uint8_t *buf, int len, enum write_rom_type type)
+    hwaddr addr, const uint8_t *buf, int len, MemTxAttrs attrs,
+    enum write_rom_type type)
 {
     hwaddr l;
     uint8_t *ptr;
@@ -3257,7 +3266,11 @@ static inline void cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal(AddressSpace *as,
             ptr = qemu_map_ram_ptr(mr->ram_block, addr1);
             switch (type) {
             case WRITE_DATA:
-                memcpy(ptr, buf, l);
+                if (mr->ram_debug_ops) {
+                    mr->ram_debug_ops->write(ptr, buf, l, attrs);
+                } else {
+                    memcpy(ptr, buf, l);
+                }
                 invalidate_and_set_dirty(mr, addr1, l);
                 break;
             case FLUSH_CACHE:
@@ -3276,7 +3289,9 @@ static inline void cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal(AddressSpace *as,
 void cpu_physical_memory_write_rom(AddressSpace *as, hwaddr addr,
                                    const uint8_t *buf, int len)
 {
-    cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal(as, addr, buf, len, WRITE_DATA);
+    cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal(as, addr, buf, len,
+                                           MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                           WRITE_DATA);
 }
 
 void cpu_flush_icache_range(hwaddr start, int len)
@@ -3291,8 +3306,9 @@ void cpu_flush_icache_range(hwaddr start, int len)
         return;
     }
 
-    cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal(&address_space_memory,
-                                           start, NULL, len, FLUSH_CACHE);
+    cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal(&address_space_memory, start, NULL,
+                                           len, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                           FLUSH_CACHE);
 }
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -3612,6 +3628,10 @@ int cpu_memory_rw_debug(CPUState *cpu, target_ulong addr,
         page = addr & TARGET_PAGE_MASK;
         phys_addr = cpu_get_phys_page_attrs_debug(cpu, page, &attrs);
         asidx = cpu_asidx_from_attrs(cpu, attrs);
+
+        /* set debug attrs to indicate memory access is from the debugger */
+        attrs.debug = 1;
+
         /* if no physical page mapped, return an error */
         if (phys_addr == -1)
             return -1;
@@ -3620,13 +3640,14 @@ int cpu_memory_rw_debug(CPUState *cpu, target_ulong addr,
             l = len;
         phys_addr += (addr & ~TARGET_PAGE_MASK);
         if (is_write) {
-            cpu_physical_memory_write_rom(cpu->cpu_ases[asidx].as,
-                                          phys_addr, buf, l);
+            cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal(cpu->cpu_ases[asidx].as,
+                                                   phys_addr, buf, l, attrs,
+                                                   WRITE_DATA);
         } else {
             address_space_rw(cpu->cpu_ases[asidx].as, phys_addr,
-                             MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
-                             buf, l, 0);
+                             attrs, buf, l, 0);
         }
+
         len -= l;
         buf += l;
         addr += l;
diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index 31eae0a64062..875d39a125c6 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -223,6 +223,18 @@ typedef struct IOMMUMemoryRegionClass {
 typedef struct CoalescedMemoryRange CoalescedMemoryRange;
 typedef struct MemoryRegionIoeventfd MemoryRegionIoeventfd;
 
+/* Memory Region RAM debug callback */
+typedef struct MemoryRegionRAMReadWriteOps MemoryRegionRAMReadWriteOps;
+
+struct MemoryRegionRAMReadWriteOps {
+    /* Write data into guest memory */
+    int (*write) (uint8_t *dest, const uint8_t *src,
+                  uint32_t len, MemTxAttrs attrs);
+    /* Read data from guest memory */
+    int (*read) (uint8_t *dest, const uint8_t *src,
+                 uint32_t len, MemTxAttrs attrs);
+};
+
 struct MemoryRegion {
     Object parent_obj;
 
@@ -262,6 +274,7 @@ struct MemoryRegion {
     const char *name;
     unsigned ioeventfd_nb;
     MemoryRegionIoeventfd *ioeventfds;
+    const MemoryRegionRAMReadWriteOps *ram_debug_ops;
 };
 
 struct IOMMUMemoryRegion {
@@ -675,6 +688,21 @@ void memory_region_init_rom_device_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
                                              uint64_t size,
                                              Error **errp);
 
+/**
+ * memory_region_set_ram_debug_ops: Set debug access ops for a given memory
+ * region.
+ *
+ * @mr: the #MemoryRegion to be initialized
+ * @ops: a function that will be used for when accessing @target region during
+ *       debug
+ */
+static inline void
+memory_region_set_ram_debug_ops(MemoryRegion *mr,
+                                const MemoryRegionRAMReadWriteOps *ops)
+{
+    mr->ram_debug_ops = ops;
+}
+
 /**
  * memory_region_init_reservation: Initialize a memory region that reserves
  *                                 I/O space.
@@ -1959,7 +1987,7 @@ MemTxResult address_space_read(AddressSpace *as, hwaddr addr,
     MemoryRegion *mr;
     FlatView *fv;
 
-    if (__builtin_constant_p(len)) {
+    if (__builtin_constant_p(len) && !attrs.debug) {
         if (len) {
             rcu_read_lock();
             fv = address_space_to_flatview(as);
