diff --git a/hw/vfio/ccw.c b/hw/vfio/ccw.c
index 93394c2..c6bfce7 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/ccw.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/ccw.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/s390-ccw.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/ccw-device.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "standard-headers/asm-s390/vfio_ccw.h"
 
 #define TYPE_VFIO_CCW "vfio-ccw"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ typedef struct VFIOCCWDevice {
     uint64_t io_region_size;
     uint64_t io_region_offset;
     struct ccw_io_region *io_region;
+    EventNotifier io_notifier;
 } VFIOCCWDevice;
 
 static void vfio_ccw_compute_needs_reset(VFIODevice *vdev)
@@ -54,6 +56,98 @@ static void vfio_ccw_reset(DeviceState *dev)
     ioctl(vcdev->vdev.fd, VFIO_DEVICE_RESET);
 }
 
+static void vfio_ccw_io_notifier_handler(void *opaque)
+{
+    VFIOCCWDevice *vcdev = opaque;
+
+    if (!event_notifier_test_and_clear(&vcdev->io_notifier)) {
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
+static void vfio_ccw_register_io_notifier(VFIOCCWDevice *vcdev, Error **errp)
+{
+    VFIODevice *vdev = &vcdev->vdev;
+    struct vfio_irq_info *irq_info;
+    struct vfio_irq_set *irq_set;
+    size_t argsz;
+    int32_t *pfd;
+
+    if (vdev->num_irqs != VFIO_CCW_NUM_IRQS) {
+        error_setg(errp, "vfio: unexpected number of io irqs %u",
+                   vdev->num_irqs);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    argsz = sizeof(*irq_set);
+    irq_info = g_malloc0(argsz);
+    irq_info->index = VFIO_CCW_IO_IRQ_INDEX;
+    irq_info->argsz = argsz;
+    if (ioctl(vdev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_GET_IRQ_INFO,
+              irq_info) < 0 || irq_info->count < 1) {
+        error_setg(errp, "vfio: Error getting irq info");
+        goto get_error;
+    }
+
+    if (event_notifier_init(&vcdev->io_notifier, 0)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "vfio: Unable to init event notifier for IO");
+        goto get_error;
+    }
+
+    argsz = sizeof(*irq_set) + sizeof(*pfd);
+    irq_set = g_malloc0(argsz);
+    irq_set->argsz = argsz;
+    irq_set->flags = VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_EVENTFD |
+                     VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TRIGGER;
+    irq_set->index = VFIO_CCW_IO_IRQ_INDEX;
+    irq_set->start = 0;
+    irq_set->count = 1;
+    pfd = (int32_t *) &irq_set->data;
+
+    *pfd = event_notifier_get_fd(&vcdev->io_notifier);
+    qemu_set_fd_handler(*pfd, vfio_ccw_io_notifier_handler, NULL, vcdev);
+    if (ioctl(vdev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS, irq_set)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "vfio: Failed to set up io notification");
+        qemu_set_fd_handler(*pfd, NULL, NULL, vcdev);
+        event_notifier_cleanup(&vcdev->io_notifier);
+        goto set_error;
+    }
+
+set_error:
+    g_free(irq_set);
+
+get_error:
+    g_free(irq_info);
+}
+
+static void vfio_ccw_unregister_io_notifier(VFIOCCWDevice *vcdev)
+{
+    struct vfio_irq_set *irq_set;
+    size_t argsz;
+    int32_t *pfd;
+
+    argsz = sizeof(*irq_set) + sizeof(*pfd);
+    irq_set = g_malloc0(argsz);
+    irq_set->argsz = argsz;
+    irq_set->flags = VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_EVENTFD |
+                     VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TRIGGER;
+    irq_set->index = VFIO_CCW_IO_IRQ_INDEX;
+    irq_set->start = 0;
+    irq_set->count = 1;
+    pfd = (int32_t *) &irq_set->data;
+    *pfd = -1;
+
+    if (ioctl(vcdev->vdev.fd, VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS, irq_set)) {
+        error_report("vfio: Failed to de-assign device io fd");
+    }
+
+    qemu_set_fd_handler(event_notifier_get_fd(&vcdev->io_notifier),
+                        NULL, NULL, vcdev);
+    event_notifier_cleanup(&vcdev->io_notifier);
+
+    g_free(irq_set);
+}
+
 static void vfio_ccw_get_region(VFIOCCWDevice *vcdev, Error **errp)
 {
     VFIODevice *vdev = &vcdev->vdev;
@@ -193,8 +287,15 @@ static void vfio_ccw_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         goto out_region_err;
     }
 
+    vfio_ccw_register_io_notifier(vcdev, errp);
+    if (*errp) {
+        goto out_notifier_err;
+    }
+
     return;
 
+out_notifier_err:
+    vfio_ccw_put_region(vcdev);
 out_region_err:
     vfio_put_device(vcdev);
 out_device_err:
@@ -217,6 +318,7 @@ static void vfio_ccw_unrealize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         cdc->unrealize(cdev, errp);
     }
 
+    vfio_ccw_unregister_io_notifier(vcdev);
     vfio_ccw_put_region(vcdev);
     vfio_put_device(vcdev);
     vfio_put_group(group);
