diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b5ad1121b..33bb0eefdb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ dummy := $(call unnest-vars,, \
                 elf2dmp-obj-y \
                 ivshmem-client-obj-y \
                 ivshmem-server-obj-y \
+                ivshmem2-server-obj-y \
                 rdmacm-mux-obj-y \
                 libvhost-user-obj-y \
                 vhost-user-scsi-obj-y \
@@ -655,6 +656,8 @@ ivshmem-client$(EXESUF): $(ivshmem-client-obj-y) $(COMMON_LDADDS)
 	$(call LINK, $^)
 ivshmem-server$(EXESUF): $(ivshmem-server-obj-y) $(COMMON_LDADDS)
 	$(call LINK, $^)
+ivshmem2-server$(EXESUF): $(ivshmem2-server-obj-y) $(COMMON_LDADDS)
+	$(call LINK, $^)
 endif
 vhost-user-scsi$(EXESUF): $(vhost-user-scsi-obj-y) libvhost-user.a
 	$(call LINK, $^)
diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 02bf5ce11d..ce243975ef 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ qga-vss-dll-obj-y = qga/
 elf2dmp-obj-y = contrib/elf2dmp/
 ivshmem-client-obj-$(CONFIG_IVSHMEM) = contrib/ivshmem-client/
 ivshmem-server-obj-$(CONFIG_IVSHMEM) = contrib/ivshmem-server/
+ivshmem2-server-obj-$(CONFIG_IVSHMEM) = contrib/ivshmem2-server/
 libvhost-user-obj-y = contrib/libvhost-user/
 vhost-user-scsi.o-cflags := $(LIBISCSI_CFLAGS)
 vhost-user-scsi.o-libs := $(LIBISCSI_LIBS)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 747d3b4120..1cb1427f1b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6165,6 +6165,7 @@ if test "$want_tools" = "yes" ; then
   fi
   if [ "$ivshmem" = "yes" ]; then
     tools="ivshmem-client\$(EXESUF) ivshmem-server\$(EXESUF) $tools"
+    tools="ivshmem2-server\$(EXESUF) $tools"
   fi
   if [ "$curl" = "yes" ]; then
       tools="elf2dmp\$(EXESUF) $tools"
diff --git a/contrib/ivshmem2-server/Makefile.objs b/contrib/ivshmem2-server/Makefile.objs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d233e18ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/ivshmem2-server/Makefile.objs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ivshmem2-server-obj-y = ivshmem2-server.o main.o
diff --git a/contrib/ivshmem2-server/ivshmem2-server.c b/contrib/ivshmem2-server/ivshmem2-server.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b341f1fcd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/ivshmem2-server/ivshmem2-server.c
@@ -0,0 +1,462 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 6WIND S.A., 2014
+ * Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2019
+ *
+ * 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/host-utils.h"
+#include "qemu/sockets.h"
+#include "qemu/atomic.h"
+
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+
+#include "ivshmem2-server.h"
+
+/* log a message on stdout if verbose=1 */
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, fmt, ...) do { \
+        if ((server)->args.verbose) {         \
+            printf(fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); \
+        }                                \
+    } while (0)
+
+/** maximum size of a huge page, used by ivshmem_server_ftruncate() */
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_MAX_HUGEPAGE_SIZE (1024 * 1024 * 1024)
+
+/** default listen backlog (number of sockets not accepted) */
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_LISTEN_BACKLOG 10
+
+/* send message to a client unix socket */
+static int ivshmem_server_send_msg(int sock_fd, void *payload, int len, int fd)
+{
+    int ret;
+    struct msghdr msg;
+    struct iovec iov[1];
+    union {
+        struct cmsghdr cmsg;
+        char control[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))];
+    } msg_control;
+    struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
+
+    iov[0].iov_base = payload;
+    iov[0].iov_len = len;
+
+    memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
+    msg.msg_iov = iov;
+    msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
+
+    /* if fd is specified, add it in a cmsg */
+    if (fd >= 0) {
+        memset(&msg_control, 0, sizeof(msg_control));
+        msg.msg_control = &msg_control;
+        msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(msg_control);
+        cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg);
+        cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
+        cmsg->cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS;
+        cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int));
+        memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), &fd, sizeof(fd));
+    }
+
+    ret = sendmsg(sock_fd, &msg, 0);
+    if (ret <= 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int ivshmem_server_send_event_fd(int sock_fd, int peer_id, int vector,
+                                        int fd)
+{
+    IvshmemEventFd msg = {
+        .header = {
+            .type = GUINT32_TO_LE(IVSHMEM_MSG_EVENT_FD),
+            .len = GUINT32_TO_LE(sizeof(msg)),
+        },
+        .id = GUINT32_TO_LE(peer_id),
+        .vector = GUINT32_TO_LE(vector),
+    };
+
+    return ivshmem_server_send_msg(sock_fd, &msg, sizeof(msg), fd);
+}
+
+/* free a peer when the server advertises a disconnection or when the
+ * server is freed */
+static void
+ivshmem_server_free_peer(IvshmemServer *server, IvshmemServerPeer *peer)
+{
+    unsigned vector;
+    IvshmemServerPeer *other_peer;
+    IvshmemPeerGone msg = {
+        .header = {
+            .type = GUINT32_TO_LE(IVSHMEM_MSG_PEER_GONE),
+            .len = GUINT32_TO_LE(sizeof(msg)),
+        },
+        .id = GUINT32_TO_LE(peer->id),
+    };
+
+    IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "free peer %" PRId64 "\n", peer->id);
+    close(peer->sock_fd);
+    QTAILQ_REMOVE(&server->peer_list, peer, next);
+
+    server->state_table[peer->id] = 0;
+    smp_mb();
+
+    /* advertise the deletion to other peers */
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(other_peer, &server->peer_list, next) {
+        ivshmem_server_send_msg(other_peer->sock_fd, &msg, sizeof(msg), -1);
+    }
+
+    for (vector = 0; vector < peer->vectors_count; vector++) {
+        event_notifier_cleanup(&peer->vectors[vector]);
+    }
+
+    g_free(peer);
+}
+
+/* send the peer id and the shm_fd just after a new client connection */
+static int
+ivshmem_server_send_initial_info(IvshmemServer *server, IvshmemServerPeer *peer)
+{
+    IvshmemInitialInfo msg = {
+        .header = {
+            .type = GUINT32_TO_LE(IVSHMEM_MSG_INIT),
+            .len = GUINT32_TO_LE(sizeof(msg)),
+        },
+        .version = GUINT32_TO_LE(IVSHMEM_PROTOCOL_VERSION),
+        .compatible_version = GUINT32_TO_LE(IVSHMEM_PROTOCOL_VERSION),
+        .id = GUINT32_TO_LE(peer->id),
+        .max_peers = GUINT32_TO_LE(server->args.max_peers),
+        .vectors = GUINT32_TO_LE(server->args.vectors),
+        .protocol = GUINT32_TO_LE(server->args.protocol),
+        .output_section_size = GUINT64_TO_LE(server->args.output_section_size),
+    };
+    unsigned virtio_protocol;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (server->args.protocol >= 0x8000) {
+        virtio_protocol = server->args.protocol & ~0x4000;
+        msg.protocol &= ~0x4000;
+        if (peer->id == 0) {
+            virtio_protocol |= 0x4000;
+        }
+        msg.protocol = GUINT32_TO_LE(virtio_protocol);
+    }
+
+    ret = ivshmem_server_send_msg(peer->sock_fd, &msg, sizeof(msg),
+                                  server->shm_fd);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "cannot send initial info: %s\n",
+                             strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* handle message on listening unix socket (new client connection) */
+static int
+ivshmem_server_handle_new_conn(IvshmemServer *server)
+{
+    IvshmemServerPeer *peer, *other_peer;
+    struct sockaddr_un unaddr;
+    socklen_t unaddr_len;
+    int newfd;
+    unsigned i;
+
+    /* accept the incoming connection */
+    unaddr_len = sizeof(unaddr);
+    newfd = qemu_accept(server->sock_fd,
+                        (struct sockaddr *)&unaddr, &unaddr_len);
+
+    if (newfd < 0) {
+        IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "cannot accept() %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    qemu_set_nonblock(newfd);
+    IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "accept()=%d\n", newfd);
+
+    /* allocate new structure for this peer */
+    peer = g_malloc0(sizeof(*peer));
+    peer->sock_fd = newfd;
+
+    /* get an unused peer id */
+    /* XXX: this could use id allocation such as Linux IDA, or simply
+     * a free-list */
+    for (i = 0; i < G_MAXUINT16; i++) {
+        if (ivshmem_server_search_peer(server, i) == NULL) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if (i >= server->args.max_peers) {
+        IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "cannot allocate new client id\n");
+        close(newfd);
+        g_free(peer);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    peer->id = i;
+
+    /* create eventfd, one per vector */
+    peer->vectors_count = server->args.vectors;
+    for (i = 0; i < peer->vectors_count; i++) {
+        if (event_notifier_init(&peer->vectors[i], FALSE) < 0) {
+            IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "cannot create eventfd\n");
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* send peer id and shm fd */
+    if (ivshmem_server_send_initial_info(server, peer) < 0) {
+        IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "cannot send initial info\n");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    /* advertise the new peer to others */
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(other_peer, &server->peer_list, next) {
+        for (i = 0; i < peer->vectors_count; i++) {
+            ivshmem_server_send_event_fd(other_peer->sock_fd, peer->id, i,
+                                         peer->vectors[i].wfd);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* advertise the other peers to the new one */
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(other_peer, &server->peer_list, next) {
+        for (i = 0; i < peer->vectors_count; i++) {
+            ivshmem_server_send_event_fd(peer->sock_fd, other_peer->id, i,
+                                         other_peer->vectors[i].wfd);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* advertise the new peer to itself */
+    for (i = 0; i < peer->vectors_count; i++) {
+        ivshmem_server_send_event_fd(peer->sock_fd, peer->id, i,
+                                     event_notifier_get_fd(&peer->vectors[i]));
+    }
+
+    QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&server->peer_list, peer, next);
+    IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "new peer id = %" PRId64 "\n",
+                         peer->id);
+    return 0;
+
+fail:
+    while (i--) {
+        event_notifier_cleanup(&peer->vectors[i]);
+    }
+    close(newfd);
+    g_free(peer);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+/* Try to ftruncate a file to next power of 2 of shmsize.
+ * If it fails; all power of 2 above shmsize are tested until
+ * we reach the maximum huge page size. This is useful
+ * if the shm file is in a hugetlbfs that cannot be truncated to the
+ * shm_size value. */
+static int
+ivshmem_server_ftruncate(int fd, unsigned shmsize)
+{
+    int ret;
+    struct stat mapstat;
+
+    /* align shmsize to next power of 2 */
+    shmsize = pow2ceil(shmsize);
+
+    if (fstat(fd, &mapstat) != -1 && mapstat.st_size == shmsize) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    while (shmsize <= IVSHMEM_SERVER_MAX_HUGEPAGE_SIZE) {
+        ret = ftruncate(fd, shmsize);
+        if (ret == 0) {
+            return ret;
+        }
+        shmsize *= 2;
+    }
+
+    return -1;
+}
+
+/* Init a new ivshmem server */
+void ivshmem_server_init(IvshmemServer *server)
+{
+    server->sock_fd = -1;
+    server->shm_fd = -1;
+    server->state_table = NULL;
+    QTAILQ_INIT(&server->peer_list);
+}
+
+/* open shm, create and bind to the unix socket */
+int
+ivshmem_server_start(IvshmemServer *server)
+{
+    struct sockaddr_un sun;
+    int shm_fd, sock_fd, ret;
+    void *state_table;
+
+    /* open shm file */
+    if (server->args.use_shm_open) {
+        IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "Using POSIX shared memory: %s\n",
+                             server->args.shm_path);
+        shm_fd = shm_open(server->args.shm_path, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, S_IRWXU);
+    } else {
+        gchar *filename = g_strdup_printf("%s/ivshmem.XXXXXX",
+                                          server->args.shm_path);
+        IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "Using file-backed shared memory: %s\n",
+                             server->args.shm_path);
+        shm_fd = mkstemp(filename);
+        unlink(filename);
+        g_free(filename);
+    }
+
+    if (shm_fd < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "cannot open shm file %s: %s\n", server->args.shm_path,
+                strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (ivshmem_server_ftruncate(shm_fd, server->args.shm_size) < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ftruncate(%s) failed: %s\n", server->args.shm_path,
+                strerror(errno));
+        goto err_close_shm;
+    }
+    state_table = mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
+                       shm_fd, 0);
+    if (state_table == MAP_FAILED) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "mmap failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        goto err_close_shm;
+    }
+
+    IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "create & bind socket %s\n",
+                         server->args.unix_socket_path);
+
+    /* create the unix listening socket */
+    sock_fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    if (sock_fd < 0) {
+        IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "cannot create socket: %s\n",
+                             strerror(errno));
+        goto err_unmap;
+    }
+
+    sun.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+    ret = snprintf(sun.sun_path, sizeof(sun.sun_path), "%s",
+                   server->args.unix_socket_path);
+    if (ret < 0 || ret >= sizeof(sun.sun_path)) {
+        IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "could not copy unix socket path\n");
+        goto err_close_sock;
+    }
+    if (bind(sock_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sun, sizeof(sun)) < 0) {
+        IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "cannot connect to %s: %s\n", sun.sun_path,
+                             strerror(errno));
+        goto err_close_sock;
+    }
+
+    if (listen(sock_fd, IVSHMEM_SERVER_LISTEN_BACKLOG) < 0) {
+        IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "listen() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        goto err_close_sock;
+    }
+
+    server->sock_fd = sock_fd;
+    server->shm_fd = shm_fd;
+    server->state_table = state_table;
+
+    return 0;
+
+err_close_sock:
+    close(sock_fd);
+err_unmap:
+    munmap(state_table, 4096);
+err_close_shm:
+    if (server->args.use_shm_open) {
+        shm_unlink(server->args.shm_path);
+    }
+    close(shm_fd);
+    shm_unlink(server->args.shm_path);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+/* close connections to clients, the unix socket and the shm fd */
+void
+ivshmem_server_close(IvshmemServer *server)
+{
+    IvshmemServerPeer *peer, *npeer;
+
+    IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "close server\n");
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(peer, &server->peer_list, next, npeer) {
+        ivshmem_server_free_peer(server, peer);
+    }
+
+    unlink(server->args.unix_socket_path);
+    if (server->args.use_shm_open) {
+        shm_unlink(server->args.shm_path);
+    }
+    close(server->sock_fd);
+    munmap(server->state_table, 4096);
+    close(server->shm_fd);
+    server->sock_fd = -1;
+    server->shm_fd = -1;
+}
+
+/* get the fd_set according to the unix socket and the peer list */
+void
+ivshmem_server_get_fds(const IvshmemServer *server, fd_set *fds, int *maxfd)
+{
+    IvshmemServerPeer *peer;
+
+    if (server->sock_fd == -1) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    FD_SET(server->sock_fd, fds);
+    if (server->sock_fd >= *maxfd) {
+        *maxfd = server->sock_fd + 1;
+    }
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(peer, &server->peer_list, next) {
+        FD_SET(peer->sock_fd, fds);
+        if (peer->sock_fd >= *maxfd) {
+            *maxfd = peer->sock_fd + 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/* process incoming messages on the sockets in fd_set */
+int
+ivshmem_server_handle_fds(IvshmemServer *server, fd_set *fds, int maxfd)
+{
+    IvshmemServerPeer *peer, *peer_next;
+
+    if (server->sock_fd < maxfd && FD_ISSET(server->sock_fd, fds) &&
+        ivshmem_server_handle_new_conn(server) < 0 && errno != EINTR) {
+        IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "ivshmem_server_handle_new_conn() "
+                             "failed\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(peer, &server->peer_list, next, peer_next) {
+        /* any message from a peer socket result in a close() */
+        IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEBUG(server, "peer->sock_fd=%d\n", peer->sock_fd);
+        if (peer->sock_fd < maxfd && FD_ISSET(peer->sock_fd, fds)) {
+            ivshmem_server_free_peer(server, peer);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* lookup peer from its id */
+IvshmemServerPeer *
+ivshmem_server_search_peer(IvshmemServer *server, int64_t peer_id)
+{
+    IvshmemServerPeer *peer;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(peer, &server->peer_list, next) {
+        if (peer->id == peer_id) {
+            return peer;
+        }
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/contrib/ivshmem2-server/ivshmem2-server.h b/contrib/ivshmem2-server/ivshmem2-server.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fd6166577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/ivshmem2-server/ivshmem2-server.h
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 6WIND S.A., 2014
+ * Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2019
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef IVSHMEM2_SERVER_H
+#define IVSHMEM2_SERVER_H
+
+/**
+ * The ivshmem server is a daemon that creates a unix socket in listen
+ * mode. The ivshmem clients (qemu or ivshmem-client) connect to this
+ * unix socket. For each client, the server will create some eventfd
+ * (see EVENTFD(2)), one per vector. These fd are transmitted to all
+ * clients using the SCM_RIGHTS cmsg message. Therefore, each client is
+ * able to send a notification to another client without being
+ * "profixied" by the server.
+ *
+ * We use this mechanism to send interruptions between guests.
+ * qemu is able to transform an event on a eventfd into a PCI MSI-x
+ * interruption in the guest.
+ *
+ * The ivshmem server is also able to share the file descriptor
+ * associated to the ivshmem shared memory.
+ */
+
+#include <sys/select.h>
+
+#include "qemu/event_notifier.h"
+#include "qemu/queue.h"
+#include "hw/misc/ivshmem2.h"
+
+/**
+ * Maximum number of notification vectors supported by the server
+ */
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_MAX_VECTORS 64
+
+/**
+ * Structure storing a peer
+ *
+ * Each time a client connects to an ivshmem server, a new
+ * IvshmemServerPeer structure is created. This peer and all its
+ * vectors are advertised to all connected clients through the connected
+ * unix sockets.
+ */
+typedef struct IvshmemServerPeer {
+    QTAILQ_ENTRY(IvshmemServerPeer) next;    /**< next in list*/
+    int sock_fd;                             /**< connected unix sock */
+    int64_t id;                              /**< the id of the peer */
+    EventNotifier vectors[IVSHMEM_SERVER_MAX_VECTORS]; /**< one per vector */
+    unsigned vectors_count;                  /**< number of vectors */
+} IvshmemServerPeer;
+
+/**
+ * Structure describing ivshmem server arguments
+ */
+typedef struct IvshmemServerArgs {
+    bool verbose;                   /**< true to enable verbose mode */
+    const char *unix_socket_path;   /**< pointer to unix socket file name */
+    const char *shm_path;           /**< Path to the shared memory; path
+                                         corresponds to a POSIX shm name or a
+                                         hugetlbfs mount point. */
+    bool use_shm_open;              /**< true to use shm_open, false for
+                                         file-backed shared memory */
+    uint64_t shm_size;              /**< total size of shared memory */
+    uint64_t output_section_size;   /**< size of each output section */
+    unsigned max_peers;             /**< maximum number of peers */
+    unsigned vectors;               /**< interrupt vectors per client */
+    unsigned protocol;              /**< protocol advertised to all clients */
+} IvshmemServerArgs;
+
+/**
+ * Structure describing an ivshmem server
+ *
+ * This structure stores all information related to our server: the name
+ * of the server unix socket and the list of connected peers.
+ */
+typedef struct IvshmemServer {
+    IvshmemServerArgs args;          /**< server arguments */
+    int sock_fd;                     /**< unix sock file descriptor */
+    int shm_fd;                      /**< shm file descriptor */
+    uint32_t *state_table;           /**< mapped state table */
+    QTAILQ_HEAD(, IvshmemServerPeer) peer_list; /**< list of peers */
+} IvshmemServer;
+
+/**
+ * Initialize an ivshmem server
+ *
+ * @server:         A pointer to an uninitialized IvshmemServer structure
+ */
+void ivshmem_server_init(IvshmemServer *server);
+
+/**
+ * Open the shm, then create and bind to the unix socket
+ *
+ * @server: The pointer to the initialized IvshmemServer structure
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, or a negative value on error
+ */
+int ivshmem_server_start(IvshmemServer *server);
+
+/**
+ * Close the server
+ *
+ * Close connections to all clients, close the unix socket and the
+ * shared memory file descriptor. The structure remains initialized, so
+ * it is possible to call ivshmem_server_start() again after a call to
+ * ivshmem_server_close().
+ *
+ * @server: The ivshmem server
+ */
+void ivshmem_server_close(IvshmemServer *server);
+
+/**
+ * Fill a fd_set with file descriptors to be monitored
+ *
+ * This function will fill a fd_set with all file descriptors that must
+ * be polled (unix server socket and peers unix socket). The function
+ * will not initialize the fd_set, it is up to the caller to do it.
+ *
+ * @server: The ivshmem server
+ * @fds:    The fd_set to be updated
+ * @maxfd:  Must be set to the max file descriptor + 1 in fd_set. This value is
+ *          updated if this function adds a greater fd in fd_set.
+ */
+void
+ivshmem_server_get_fds(const IvshmemServer *server, fd_set *fds, int *maxfd);
+
+/**
+ * Read and handle new messages
+ *
+ * Given a fd_set (for instance filled by a call to select()), handle
+ * incoming messages from peers.
+ *
+ * @server: The ivshmem server
+ * @fds:    The fd_set containing the file descriptors to be checked. Note that
+ *          file descriptors that are not related to our server are ignored.
+ * @maxfd:  The maximum fd in fd_set, plus one.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, or a negative value on error
+ */
+int ivshmem_server_handle_fds(IvshmemServer *server, fd_set *fds, int maxfd);
+
+/**
+ * Search a peer from its identifier
+ *
+ * @server:  The ivshmem server
+ * @peer_id: The identifier of the peer structure
+ *
+ * Returns:  The peer structure, or NULL if not found
+ */
+IvshmemServerPeer *
+ivshmem_server_search_peer(IvshmemServer *server, int64_t peer_id);
+
+#endif /* IVSHMEM2_SERVER_H */
diff --git a/contrib/ivshmem2-server/main.c b/contrib/ivshmem2-server/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35cd6fca0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/ivshmem2-server/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,313 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 6WIND S.A., 2014
+ * Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2019
+ *
+ * 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 "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
+#include "qemu/option.h"
+#include "ivshmem2-server.h"
+
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_FOREGROUND     0
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_PID_FILE       "/var/run/ivshmem-server.pid"
+
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_VERBOSE        0
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_UNIX_SOCK_PATH "/tmp/ivshmem_socket"
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_SHM_PATH       "ivshmem"
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_SHM_SIZE       (4*1024*1024)
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_SEC_SZ  0
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_MAX_PEERS      2
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_VECTORS        1
+#define IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL       0
+
+/* used to quit on signal SIGTERM */
+static int ivshmem_server_quit;
+
+static bool foreground = IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_FOREGROUND;
+static const char *pid_file = IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_PID_FILE;
+
+static void
+ivshmem_server_usage(const char *progname)
+{
+    printf("Usage: %s [OPTION]...\n"
+           "  -h: show this help\n"
+           "  -v: verbose mode\n"
+           "  -F: foreground mode (default is to daemonize)\n"
+           "  -p <pid-file>: path to the PID file (used in daemon mode only)\n"
+           "     default " IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_PID_FILE "\n"
+           "  -S <unix-socket-path>: path to the unix socket to listen to\n"
+           "     default " IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_UNIX_SOCK_PATH "\n"
+           "  -M <shm-name>: POSIX shared memory object to use\n"
+           "     default " IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_SHM_PATH "\n"
+           "  -m <dir-name>: where to create shared memory\n"
+           "  -l <size>: size of shared memory in bytes\n"
+           "     suffixes K, M and G can be used, e.g. 1K means 1024\n"
+           "     default %u\n"
+           "  -o <size>: size of each output section in bytes "
+                "(suffixes supported)\n"
+           "     default %u\n"
+           "  -n <peers>: maximum number of peers\n"
+           "     default %u\n"
+           "  -V <vectors>: number of vectors\n"
+           "     default %u\n"
+           "  -P <protocol>: 16-bit protocol to be advertised\n"
+           "     default 0x%04x\n"
+           "     When using virtio (0x8000...0xffff), only two peers are "
+           "supported, peer 0\n"
+           "     will become backend, peer 1 frontend\n",
+           progname, IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_SHM_SIZE,
+           IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_SEC_SZ,
+           IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_MAX_PEERS, IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_VECTORS,
+           IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL);
+}
+
+static void
+ivshmem_server_help(const char *progname)
+{
+    fprintf(stderr, "Try '%s -h' for more information.\n", progname);
+}
+
+/* parse the program arguments, exit on error */
+static void
+ivshmem_server_parse_args(IvshmemServerArgs *args, int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    int c;
+    unsigned long long v;
+    Error *err = NULL;
+
+    while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "hvFp:S:m:M:l:o:n:V:P:")) != -1) {
+
+        switch (c) {
+        case 'h': /* help */
+            ivshmem_server_usage(argv[0]);
+            exit(0);
+            break;
+
+        case 'v': /* verbose */
+            args->verbose = 1;
+            break;
+
+        case 'F': /* foreground */
+            foreground = 1;
+            break;
+
+        case 'p': /* pid file */
+            pid_file = optarg;
+            break;
+
+        case 'S': /* unix socket path */
+            args->unix_socket_path = optarg;
+            break;
+
+        case 'M': /* shm name */
+        case 'm': /* dir name */
+            args->shm_path = optarg;
+            args->use_shm_open = c == 'M';
+            break;
+
+        case 'l': /* shm size */
+            parse_option_size("shm_size", optarg, &args->shm_size, &err);
+            if (err) {
+                error_report_err(err);
+                ivshmem_server_help(argv[0]);
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case 'o': /* output section size */
+            parse_option_size("output_section_size", optarg,
+                              &args->output_section_size, &err);
+            if (err) {
+                error_report_err(err);
+                ivshmem_server_help(argv[0]);
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case 'n': /* maximum number of peers */
+            if (parse_uint_full(optarg, &v, 0) < 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "cannot parse max-peers\n");
+                ivshmem_server_help(argv[0]);
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            args->max_peers = v;
+            break;
+
+        case 'V': /* number of vectors */
+            if (parse_uint_full(optarg, &v, 0) < 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "cannot parse vectors\n");
+                ivshmem_server_help(argv[0]);
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            args->vectors = v;
+            break;
+
+        case 'P': /* protocol */
+            if (parse_uint_full(optarg, &v, 0) < 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "cannot parse protocol\n");
+                ivshmem_server_help(argv[0]);
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            args->protocol = v;
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            ivshmem_server_usage(argv[0]);
+            exit(1);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (args->vectors > IVSHMEM_SERVER_MAX_VECTORS) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "too many requested vectors (max is %d)\n",
+                IVSHMEM_SERVER_MAX_VECTORS);
+        ivshmem_server_help(argv[0]);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (args->protocol >= 0x8000 && args->max_peers > 2) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "virtio protocols only support 2 peers\n");
+        ivshmem_server_help(argv[0]);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (args->verbose == 1 && foreground == 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "cannot use verbose in daemon mode\n");
+        ivshmem_server_help(argv[0]);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
+/* wait for events on listening server unix socket and connected client
+ * sockets */
+static int
+ivshmem_server_poll_events(IvshmemServer *server)
+{
+    fd_set fds;
+    int ret = 0, maxfd;
+
+    while (!ivshmem_server_quit) {
+
+        FD_ZERO(&fds);
+        maxfd = 0;
+        ivshmem_server_get_fds(server, &fds, &maxfd);
+
+        ret = select(maxfd, &fds, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            if (errno == EINTR) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            fprintf(stderr, "select error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+            break;
+        }
+        if (ret == 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (ivshmem_server_handle_fds(server, &fds, maxfd) < 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "ivshmem_server_handle_fds() failed\n");
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void
+ivshmem_server_quit_cb(int signum)
+{
+    ivshmem_server_quit = 1;
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    IvshmemServer server = {
+        .args = {
+            .verbose = IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_VERBOSE,
+            .unix_socket_path = IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_UNIX_SOCK_PATH,
+            .shm_path = IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_SHM_PATH,
+            .use_shm_open = true,
+            .shm_size = IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_SHM_SIZE,
+            .output_section_size = IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_SEC_SZ,
+            .max_peers = IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_MAX_PEERS,
+            .vectors = IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_VECTORS,
+            .protocol = IVSHMEM_SERVER_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL,
+        },
+    };
+    struct sigaction sa, sa_quit;
+    int ret = 1;
+
+    /*
+     * Do not remove this notice without adding proper error handling!
+     * Start with handling ivshmem_server_send_one_msg() failure.
+     */
+    printf("*** Example code, do not use in production ***\n");
+
+    /* parse arguments, will exit on error */
+    ivshmem_server_parse_args(&server.args, argc, argv);
+
+    /* Ignore SIGPIPE, see this link for more info:
+     * http://www.mail-archive.com/libevent-users@monkey.org/msg01606.html */
+    sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+    sa.sa_flags = 0;
+    if (sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask) == -1 ||
+        sigaction(SIGPIPE, &sa, 0) == -1) {
+        perror("failed to ignore SIGPIPE; sigaction");
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    sa_quit.sa_handler = ivshmem_server_quit_cb;
+    sa_quit.sa_flags = 0;
+    if (sigemptyset(&sa_quit.sa_mask) == -1 ||
+        sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa_quit, 0) == -1 ||
+        sigaction(SIGINT, &sa_quit, 0) == -1) {
+        perror("failed to add signal handler; sigaction");
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    /* init the ivshms structure */
+    ivshmem_server_init(&server);
+
+    /* start the ivshmem server (open shm & unix socket) */
+    if (ivshmem_server_start(&server) < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "cannot bind\n");
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    /* daemonize if asked to */
+    if (!foreground) {
+        FILE *fp;
+
+        if (qemu_daemon(1, 1) < 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "cannot daemonize: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+            goto err_close;
+        }
+
+        /* write pid file */
+        fp = fopen(pid_file, "w");
+        if (fp == NULL) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "cannot write pid file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+            goto err_close;
+        }
+
+        fprintf(fp, "%d\n", (int) getpid());
+        fclose(fp);
+    }
+
+    ivshmem_server_poll_events(&server);
+    fprintf(stdout, "server disconnected\n");
+    ret = 0;
+
+err_close:
+    ivshmem_server_close(&server);
+err:
+    return ret;
+}
