diff --git a/crypto/Makefile.objs b/crypto/Makefile.objs
index 2be5a3a..d2e8fa8 100644
--- a/crypto/Makefile.objs
+++ b/crypto/Makefile.objs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ crypto-obj-y += aes.o
 crypto-obj-y += desrfb.o
 crypto-obj-y += cipher.o
 crypto-obj-$(CONFIG_AF_ALG) += afalg.o
+crypto-obj-$(CONFIG_AF_ALG) += cipher-afalg.o
 crypto-obj-y += tlscreds.o
 crypto-obj-y += tlscredsanon.o
 crypto-obj-y += tlscredsx509.o
diff --git a/crypto/afalgpriv.h b/crypto/afalgpriv.h
index f1b0ae5..e384b15 100644
--- a/crypto/afalgpriv.h
+++ b/crypto/afalgpriv.h
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@
 #define SALG_TYPE_LEN_MAX 14
 #define SALG_NAME_LEN_MAX 64
 
+#ifndef SOL_ALG
+#define SOL_ALG 279
+#endif
+
+#define AFALG_TYPE_CIPHER "skcipher"
+
+#define ALG_OPTYPE_LEN 4
+#define ALG_MSGIV_LEN(len) (sizeof(struct af_alg_iv) + (len))
+
 typedef struct QCryptoAFAlg QCryptoAFAlg;
 
 struct QCryptoAFAlg {
diff --git a/crypto/cipher-afalg.c b/crypto/cipher-afalg.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cce8e6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/cipher-afalg.c
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU Crypto af_alg-backend cipher support
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *    Longpeng(Mike) <longpeng2@huawei.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  See the COPYING file in the
+ * top-level directory.
+ */
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/sockets.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "crypto/cipher.h"
+#include "cipherpriv.h"
+
+
+static char *
+qcrypto_afalg_cipher_format_name(QCryptoCipherAlgorithm alg,
+                                 QCryptoCipherMode mode,
+                                 Error **errp)
+{
+    char *name;
+    const char *alg_name;
+    const char *mode_name;
+    int ret;
+
+    switch (alg) {
+    case QCRYPTO_CIPHER_ALG_AES_128:
+    case QCRYPTO_CIPHER_ALG_AES_192:
+    case QCRYPTO_CIPHER_ALG_AES_256:
+        alg_name = "aes";
+        break;
+    case QCRYPTO_CIPHER_ALG_CAST5_128:
+        alg_name = "cast5";
+        break;
+    case QCRYPTO_CIPHER_ALG_SERPENT_128:
+    case QCRYPTO_CIPHER_ALG_SERPENT_192:
+    case QCRYPTO_CIPHER_ALG_SERPENT_256:
+        alg_name = "serpent";
+        break;
+    case QCRYPTO_CIPHER_ALG_TWOFISH_128:
+    case QCRYPTO_CIPHER_ALG_TWOFISH_192:
+    case QCRYPTO_CIPHER_ALG_TWOFISH_256:
+        alg_name = "twofish";
+        break;
+
+    default:
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported cipher algorithm %d", alg);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    mode_name = QCryptoCipherMode_lookup[mode];
+
+    name = g_new0(char, SALG_NAME_LEN_MAX);
+    ret = snprintf(name, SALG_NAME_LEN_MAX, "%s(%s)", mode_name,
+                   alg_name);
+    if (ret < 0 || ret >= SALG_NAME_LEN_MAX) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Build ciphername(name='%s',mode='%s') failed",
+                   alg_name, mode_name);
+        g_free(name);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return name;
+}
+
+QCryptoAFAlg *
+qcrypto_afalg_cipher_ctx_new(QCryptoCipherAlgorithm alg,
+                             QCryptoCipherMode mode,
+                             const uint8_t *key,
+                             size_t nkey, Error **errp)
+{
+    QCryptoAFAlg *afalg;
+    size_t except_niv;
+    char *name;
+
+    name = qcrypto_afalg_cipher_format_name(alg, mode, errp);
+    if (!name) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    afalg = qcrypto_afalg_comm_alloc(AFALG_TYPE_CIPHER, name, errp);
+    if (!afalg) {
+        g_free(name);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    afalg->name = name;
+
+    /* setkey */
+    if (qemu_setsockopt(afalg->tfmfd, SOL_ALG, ALG_SET_KEY, key,
+                        nkey) != 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Set key failed");
+        qcrypto_afalg_comm_free(afalg);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* prepare msg header */
+    afalg->msg = g_new0(struct msghdr, 1);
+    afalg->msg->msg_controllen += CMSG_SPACE(ALG_OPTYPE_LEN);
+    except_niv = qcrypto_cipher_get_iv_len(alg, mode);
+    if (except_niv) {
+        afalg->msg->msg_controllen += CMSG_SPACE(ALG_MSGIV_LEN(except_niv));
+    }
+    afalg->msg->msg_control = g_new0(uint8_t, afalg->msg->msg_controllen);
+
+    /* We use 1st msghdr for crypto-info and 2nd msghdr for IV-info */
+    afalg->cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(afalg->msg);
+    afalg->cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_ALG;
+    afalg->cmsg->cmsg_type = ALG_SET_OP;
+    afalg->cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_SPACE(ALG_OPTYPE_LEN);
+
+    return afalg;
+}
+
+static int
+qcrypto_afalg_cipher_setiv(QCryptoCipher *cipher,
+                           const uint8_t *iv,
+                           size_t niv, Error **errp)
+{
+    struct af_alg_iv *alg_iv;
+    size_t except_niv;
+    QCryptoAFAlg *afalg = cipher->opaque;
+
+    except_niv = qcrypto_cipher_get_iv_len(cipher->alg, cipher->mode);
+    if (niv != except_niv) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Set IV len(%lu) not match excepted(%lu)",
+                   niv, except_niv);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* move ->cmsg to next msghdr, for IV-info */
+    afalg->cmsg = CMSG_NXTHDR(afalg->msg, afalg->cmsg);
+
+    /* build setiv msg */
+    afalg->cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_ALG;
+    afalg->cmsg->cmsg_type = ALG_SET_IV;
+    afalg->cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_SPACE(ALG_MSGIV_LEN(niv));
+    alg_iv = (struct af_alg_iv *)CMSG_DATA(afalg->cmsg);
+    alg_iv->ivlen = niv;
+    memcpy(alg_iv->iv, iv, niv);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+qcrypto_afalg_cipher_op(QCryptoAFAlg *afalg,
+                        const void *in, void *out,
+                        size_t len, bool do_encrypt,
+                        Error **errp)
+{
+    uint32_t *type = NULL;
+    struct iovec iov;
+    size_t ret, done = 0;
+    uint32_t origin_contorllen;
+
+    origin_contorllen = afalg->msg->msg_controllen;
+    /* movev ->cmsg to first header, for crypto-info */
+    afalg->cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(afalg->msg);
+
+    /* build encrypt msg */
+    afalg->msg->msg_iov = &iov;
+    afalg->msg->msg_iovlen = 1;
+    type = (uint32_t *)CMSG_DATA(afalg->cmsg);
+    if (do_encrypt) {
+        *type = ALG_OP_ENCRYPT;
+    } else {
+        *type = ALG_OP_DECRYPT;
+    }
+
+    do {
+        iov.iov_base = (void *)in + done;
+        iov.iov_len = len - done;
+
+        /* send info to AF_ALG core */
+        ret = sendmsg(afalg->opfd, afalg->msg, 0);
+        if (ret == -1) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Send data to AF_ALG core failed");
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        /* encrypto && get result */
+        if (ret != read(afalg->opfd, out, ret)) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Get result from AF_ALG core failed");
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        /* do not update IV for following chunks */
+        afalg->msg->msg_controllen = 0;
+        done += ret;
+    } while (done < len);
+
+    afalg->msg->msg_controllen = origin_contorllen;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+qcrypto_afalg_cipher_encrypt(QCryptoCipher *cipher,
+                             const void *in, void *out,
+                             size_t len, Error **errp)
+{
+    return qcrypto_afalg_cipher_op(cipher->opaque, in, out,
+                                   len, true, errp);
+}
+
+static int
+qcrypto_afalg_cipher_decrypt(QCryptoCipher *cipher,
+                             const void *in, void *out,
+                             size_t len, Error **errp)
+{
+    return qcrypto_afalg_cipher_op(cipher->opaque, in, out,
+                                   len, false, errp);
+}
+
+static void qcrypto_afalg_comm_ctx_free(QCryptoCipher *cipher)
+{
+    qcrypto_afalg_comm_free(cipher->opaque);
+}
+
+struct QCryptoCipherDriver qcrypto_cipher_afalg_driver = {
+    .cipher_encrypt = qcrypto_afalg_cipher_encrypt,
+    .cipher_decrypt = qcrypto_afalg_cipher_decrypt,
+    .cipher_setiv = qcrypto_afalg_cipher_setiv,
+    .cipher_free = qcrypto_afalg_comm_ctx_free,
+};
diff --git a/crypto/cipher.c b/crypto/cipher.c
index a6e052c..4a6f548 100644
--- a/crypto/cipher.c
+++ b/crypto/cipher.c
@@ -164,17 +164,34 @@ QCryptoCipher *qcrypto_cipher_new(QCryptoCipherAlgorithm alg,
 {
     QCryptoCipher *cipher;
     void *ctx;
+    Error *err2 = NULL;
+    QCryptoCipherDriver *drv;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_AF_ALG
+    ctx = qcrypto_afalg_cipher_ctx_new(alg, mode, key, nkey, &err2);
+    if (ctx) {
+        drv = &qcrypto_cipher_afalg_driver;
+        goto set_cipher;
+    }
+#endif
 
     ctx = qcrypto_cipher_ctx_new(alg, mode, key, nkey, errp);
     if (ctx == NULL) {
+        error_free(err2);
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    drv = &qcrypto_cipher_lib_driver;
+    error_free(err2);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_AF_ALG
+set_cipher:
+#endif
     cipher = g_new0(QCryptoCipher, 1);
     cipher->alg = alg;
     cipher->mode = mode;
     cipher->opaque = ctx;
-    cipher->driver = (void *)&qcrypto_cipher_lib_driver;
+    cipher->driver = (void *)drv;
 
     return cipher;
 }
@@ -220,3 +237,12 @@ void qcrypto_cipher_free(QCryptoCipher *cipher)
         g_free(cipher);
     }
 }
+
+bool qcrypto_cipher_using_afalg_drv(QCryptoCipher *cipher)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_AF_ALG
+    return cipher->driver == (void *)&qcrypto_cipher_afalg_driver;
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/crypto/cipherpriv.h b/crypto/cipherpriv.h
index 4af5e85..91c6a7e 100644
--- a/crypto/cipherpriv.h
+++ b/crypto/cipherpriv.h
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #ifndef QCRYPTO_CIPHERPRIV_H
 #define QCRYPTO_CIPHERPRIV_H
 
+#include "qapi-types.h"
+#include "afalgpriv.h"
+
 typedef struct QCryptoCipherDriver QCryptoCipherDriver;
 
 struct QCryptoCipherDriver {
@@ -37,4 +40,12 @@ struct QCryptoCipherDriver {
     void (*cipher_free)(QCryptoCipher *cipher);
 };
 
+extern QCryptoAFAlg *
+qcrypto_afalg_cipher_ctx_new(QCryptoCipherAlgorithm alg,
+                             QCryptoCipherMode mode,
+                             const uint8_t *key,
+                             size_t nkey, Error **errp);
+
+extern struct QCryptoCipherDriver qcrypto_cipher_afalg_driver;
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/crypto/cipher.h b/include/crypto/cipher.h
index 984fb82..037f602 100644
--- a/include/crypto/cipher.h
+++ b/include/crypto/cipher.h
@@ -233,4 +233,12 @@ int qcrypto_cipher_setiv(QCryptoCipher *cipher,
                          const uint8_t *iv, size_t niv,
                          Error **errp);
 
+/**
+ * qcrypto_cipher_using_afalg_drv:
+ * @ the cipher object
+ *
+ * Returns: true if @cipher is using afalg driver, otherwise false.
+ */
+bool qcrypto_cipher_using_afalg_drv(QCryptoCipher *cipher);
+
 #endif /* QCRYPTO_CIPHER_H */
diff --git a/tests/test-crypto-cipher.c b/tests/test-crypto-cipher.c
index 07fa2fa..8bb3308 100644
--- a/tests/test-crypto-cipher.c
+++ b/tests/test-crypto-cipher.c
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ static void test_cipher_null_iv(void)
     uint8_t key[32] = { 0 };
     uint8_t plaintext[32] = { 0 };
     uint8_t ciphertext[32] = { 0 };
+    Error *err = NULL;
 
     cipher = qcrypto_cipher_new(
         QCRYPTO_CIPHER_ALG_AES_256,
@@ -729,7 +730,14 @@ static void test_cipher_null_iv(void)
                            plaintext,
                            ciphertext,
                            sizeof(plaintext),
-                           &error_abort);
+                           &err);
+
+    if (qcrypto_cipher_using_afalg_drv(cipher)) {
+        g_assert(err != NULL);
+        error_free_or_abort(&err);
+    } else {
+        g_assert(err == NULL);
+    }
 
     qcrypto_cipher_free(cipher);
 }
