diff --git a/docs/confidential-guest-support.txt b/docs/confidential-guest-support.txt
index 2790425b38..f0801814ff 100644
--- a/docs/confidential-guest-support.txt
+++ b/docs/confidential-guest-support.txt
@@ -40,4 +40,7 @@ Currently supported confidential guest mechanisms are:
 AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)
     docs/amd-memory-encryption.txt
 
+POWER Protected Execution Facility (PEF)
+    docs/papr-pef.txt
+
 Other mechanisms may be supported in future.
diff --git a/docs/papr-pef.txt b/docs/papr-pef.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6419e995cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/papr-pef.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+POWER (PAPR) Protected Execution Facility (PEF)
+===============================================
+
+Protected Execution Facility (PEF), also known as Secure Guest support
+is a feature found on IBM POWER9 and POWER10 processors.
+
+If a suitable firmware including an Ultravisor is installed, it adds
+an extra memory protection mode to the CPU.  The ultravisor manages a
+pool of secure memory which cannot be accessed by the hypervisor.
+
+When this feature is enabled in qemu, a guest can use ultracalls to
+enter "secure mode".  This transfers most of its memory to secure
+memory, where it cannot be eavesdropped by a compromised hypervisor.
+
+Launching
+---------
+
+To launch a guest which will be permitted to enter PEF secure mode:
+
+# ${QEMU} \
+    -object pef-guest,id=pef0 \
+    -machine confidential-guest-support=pef0 \
+    ...
+
+Live Migration
+----------------
+
+Live migration is not yet implemented for PEF guests.  For
+consistency, we currently prevent migration if the PEF feature is
+enabled, whether or not the guest has actually entered secure mode.
diff --git a/hw/ppc/meson.build b/hw/ppc/meson.build
index ffa2ec37fa..218631c883 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/meson.build
+++ b/hw/ppc/meson.build
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ ppc_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_PSERIES', if_true: files(
   'spapr_nvdimm.c',
   'spapr_rtas_ddw.c',
   'spapr_numa.c',
+  'pef.c',
 ))
 ppc_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SPAPR_RNG', if_true: files('spapr_rng.c'))
 ppc_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_PSERIES', 'CONFIG_LINUX'], if_true: files(
diff --git a/hw/ppc/pef.c b/hw/ppc/pef.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02b9b3b460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/ppc/pef.c
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * PEF (Protected Execution Facility) for POWER support
+ *
+ * Copyright David Gibson, Redhat Inc. 2020
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
+#include "sysemu/kvm.h"
+#include "migration/blocker.h"
+#include "exec/confidential-guest-support.h"
+#include "hw/ppc/pef.h"
+
+#define TYPE_PEF_GUEST "pef-guest"
+OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(PefGuest, PEF_GUEST)
+
+typedef struct PefGuest PefGuest;
+typedef struct PefGuestClass PefGuestClass;
+
+struct PefGuestClass {
+    ConfidentialGuestSupportClass parent_class;
+};
+
+/**
+ * PefGuest:
+ *
+ * The PefGuest object is used for creating and managing a PEF
+ * guest.
+ *
+ * # $QEMU \
+ *         -object pef-guest,id=pef0 \
+ *         -machine ...,confidential-guest-support=pef0
+ */
+struct PefGuest {
+    ConfidentialGuestSupport parent_obj;
+};
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
+static int kvmppc_svm_init(Error **errp)
+{
+    if (!kvm_check_extension(kvm_state, KVM_CAP_PPC_SECURE_GUEST)) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "KVM implementation does not support Secure VMs (is an ultravisor running?)");
+        return -1;
+    } else {
+        int ret = kvm_vm_enable_cap(kvm_state, KVM_CAP_PPC_SECURE_GUEST, 0, 1);
+
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_setg(errp,
+                       "Error enabling PEF with KVM");
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Don't set error if KVM_PPC_SVM_OFF ioctl is invoked on kernels
+ * that don't support this ioctl.
+ */
+void kvmppc_svm_off(Error **errp)
+{
+    int rc;
+
+    if (!kvm_enabled()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    rc = kvm_vm_ioctl(KVM_STATE(current_accel()), KVM_PPC_SVM_OFF);
+    if (rc && rc != -ENOTTY) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -rc, "KVM_PPC_SVM_OFF ioctl failed");
+    }
+}
+#else
+static int kvmppc_svm_init(Error **errp)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+#endif
+
+int pef_kvm_init(ConfidentialGuestSupport *cgs, Error **errp)
+{
+    if (!object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(cgs), TYPE_PEF_GUEST)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (!kvm_enabled()) {
+        error_setg(errp, "PEF requires KVM");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return kvmppc_svm_init(errp);
+}
+
+OBJECT_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_INTERFACES(PefGuest,
+                                   pef_guest,
+                                   PEF_GUEST,
+                                   CONFIDENTIAL_GUEST_SUPPORT,
+                                   { TYPE_USER_CREATABLE },
+                                   { NULL })
+
+static void pef_guest_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
+{
+}
+
+static void pef_guest_init(Object *obj)
+{
+}
+
+static void pef_guest_finalize(Object *obj)
+{
+}
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 2c403b574e..accf7a834b 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr_tpm_proxy.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr_nvdimm.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr_numa.h"
+#include "hw/ppc/pef.h"
 
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 
@@ -2658,6 +2659,11 @@ static void spapr_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
     char *filename;
     Error *resize_hpt_err = NULL;
 
+    /*
+     * if Secure VM (PEF) support is configured, then initialize it
+     */
+    pef_kvm_init(machine->cgs, &error_fatal);
+
     msi_nonbroken = true;
 
     QLIST_INIT(&spapr->phbs);
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/pef.h b/include/hw/ppc/pef.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57d4ec9fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/pef.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * PEF (Protected Execution Facility) for POWER support
+ *
+ * Copyright David Gibson, Redhat Inc. 2020
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef HW_PPC_PEF_H
+#define HW_PPC_PEF_H
+
+int pef_kvm_init(ConfidentialGuestSupport *cgs, Error **errp);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
+void kvmppc_svm_off(Error **errp);
+#else
+static inline void kvmppc_svm_off(Error **errp)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+
+#endif /* HW_PPC_PEF_H */
diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm.c b/target/ppc/kvm.c
index daf690a678..0c5056dd5b 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm.c
@@ -2929,21 +2929,3 @@ void kvmppc_set_reg_tb_offset(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int64_t tb_offset)
         kvm_set_one_reg(cs, KVM_REG_PPC_TB_OFFSET, &tb_offset);
     }
 }
-
-/*
- * Don't set error if KVM_PPC_SVM_OFF ioctl is invoked on kernels
- * that don't support this ioctl.
- */
-void kvmppc_svm_off(Error **errp)
-{
-    int rc;
-
-    if (!kvm_enabled()) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    rc = kvm_vm_ioctl(KVM_STATE(current_accel()), KVM_PPC_SVM_OFF);
-    if (rc && rc != -ENOTTY) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, -rc, "KVM_PPC_SVM_OFF ioctl failed");
-    }
-}
diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h b/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
index 73ce2bc951..989f61ace0 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ int kvmppc_booke_watchdog_enable(PowerPCCPU *cpu);
 target_ulong kvmppc_configure_v3_mmu(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
                                      bool radix, bool gtse,
                                      uint64_t proc_tbl);
-void kvmppc_svm_off(Error **errp);
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 bool kvmppc_spapr_use_multitce(void);
 int kvmppc_spapr_enable_inkernel_multitce(void);
@@ -216,11 +215,6 @@ static inline target_ulong kvmppc_configure_v3_mmu(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
     return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void kvmppc_svm_off(Error **errp)
-{
-    return;
-}
-
 static inline void kvmppc_set_reg_ppc_online(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
                                              unsigned int online)
 {
