diff --git a/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs b/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs
index 1b2799cfd8..7f914d45d0 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_CRYPTO) += virtio-crypto.o
 obj-$(call land,$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_CRYPTO),$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI)) += virtio-crypto-pci.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX) += vhost.o vhost-backend.o vhost-user.o
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_MEM_HOTPLUG),y)
+obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX) += virtio-pmem.o
+endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK) += vhost-vsock.o
 endif
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 3a01fe90f0..93d3fc05c7 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -2521,6 +2521,49 @@ static const TypeInfo virtio_rng_pci_info = {
     .class_init    = virtio_rng_pci_class_init,
 };
 
+/* virtio-pmem-pci */
+
+static void virtio_pmem_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
+{
+    VirtIOPMEMPCI *vpmem = VIRTIO_PMEM_PCI(vpci_dev);
+    DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&vpmem->vdev);
+
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(vdev), true, "realized", errp);
+}
+
+static void virtio_pmem_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    VirtioPCIClass *k = VIRTIO_PCI_CLASS(klass);
+    PCIDeviceClass *pcidev_k = PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    k->realize = virtio_pmem_pci_realize;
+    set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_MISC, dc->categories);
+    pcidev_k->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET;
+    pcidev_k->device_id = PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_PMEM;
+    pcidev_k->revision = VIRTIO_PCI_ABI_VERSION;
+    pcidev_k->class_id = PCI_CLASS_OTHERS;
+}
+
+static void virtio_pmem_pci_instance_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    VirtIOPMEMPCI *dev = VIRTIO_PMEM_PCI(obj);
+
+    virtio_instance_init_common(obj, &dev->vdev, sizeof(dev->vdev),
+                                TYPE_VIRTIO_PMEM);
+    object_property_add_alias(obj, "memdev", OBJECT(&dev->vdev), "memdev",
+                              &error_abort);
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo virtio_pmem_pci_info = {
+    .name          = TYPE_VIRTIO_PMEM_PCI,
+    .parent        = TYPE_VIRTIO_PCI,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(VirtIOPMEMPCI),
+    .instance_init = virtio_pmem_pci_instance_init,
+    .class_init    = virtio_pmem_pci_class_init,
+};
+
+
 /* virtio-input-pci */
 
 static Property virtio_input_pci_properties[] = {
@@ -2714,6 +2757,7 @@ static void virtio_pci_register_types(void)
     type_register_static(&virtio_balloon_pci_info);
     type_register_static(&virtio_serial_pci_info);
     type_register_static(&virtio_net_pci_info);
+    type_register_static(&virtio_pmem_pci_info);
 #ifdef CONFIG_VHOST_SCSI
     type_register_static(&vhost_scsi_pci_info);
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
index 813082b0d7..fe74fcad3f 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-blk.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-net.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-rng.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-serial.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.h"
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ typedef struct VirtIOInputHostPCI VirtIOInputHostPCI;
 typedef struct VirtIOGPUPCI VirtIOGPUPCI;
 typedef struct VHostVSockPCI VHostVSockPCI;
 typedef struct VirtIOCryptoPCI VirtIOCryptoPCI;
+typedef struct VirtIOPMEMPCI VirtIOPMEMPCI;
 
 /* virtio-pci-bus */
 
@@ -274,6 +276,18 @@ struct VirtIOBlkPCI {
     VirtIOBlock vdev;
 };
 
+/*
+ * virtio-pmem-pci: This extends VirtioPCIProxy.
+ */
+#define TYPE_VIRTIO_PMEM_PCI "virtio-pmem-pci"
+#define VIRTIO_PMEM_PCI(obj) \
+        OBJECT_CHECK(VirtIOPMEMPCI, (obj), TYPE_VIRTIO_PMEM_PCI)
+
+struct VirtIOPMEMPCI {
+    VirtIOPCIProxy parent_obj;
+    VirtIOPMEM vdev;
+};
+
 /*
  * virtio-balloon-pci: This extends VirtioPCIProxy.
  */
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69ae4c0a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+/*
+ * Virtio pmem device
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio-access.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.h"
+#include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
+#include "block/aio.h"
+#include "block/thread-pool.h"
+
+typedef struct VirtIOPMEMresp {
+    int ret;
+} VirtIOPMEMResp;
+
+typedef struct VirtIODeviceRequest {
+    VirtQueueElement elem;
+    int fd;
+    VirtIOPMEM *pmem;
+    VirtIOPMEMResp resp;
+} VirtIODeviceRequest;
+
+static int worker_cb(void *opaque)
+{
+    VirtIODeviceRequest *req = opaque;
+    int err = 0;
+
+    /* flush raw backing image */
+    err = fsync(req->fd);
+    if (err != 0) {
+        err = EIO;
+    }
+    req->resp.ret = err;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void done_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
+{
+    VirtIODeviceRequest *req = opaque;
+    int len = iov_from_buf(req->elem.in_sg, req->elem.in_num, 0,
+                              &req->resp, sizeof(VirtIOPMEMResp));
+
+    /* Callbacks are serialized, so no need to use atomic ops.  */
+    virtqueue_push(req->pmem->rq_vq, &req->elem, len);
+    virtio_notify((VirtIODevice *)req->pmem, req->pmem->rq_vq);
+    g_free(req);
+}
+
+static void virtio_pmem_flush(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
+{
+    VirtIODeviceRequest *req;
+    VirtIOPMEM *pmem = VIRTIO_PMEM(vdev);
+    HostMemoryBackend *backend = MEMORY_BACKEND(pmem->memdev);
+    ThreadPool *pool = aio_get_thread_pool(qemu_get_aio_context());
+
+    req = virtqueue_pop(vq, sizeof(VirtIODeviceRequest));
+    if (!req) {
+        virtio_error(vdev, "virtio-pmem missing request data");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (req->elem.out_num < 1 || req->elem.in_num < 1) {
+        virtio_error(vdev, "virtio-pmem request not proper");
+        g_free(req);
+        return;
+    }
+    req->fd = memory_region_get_fd(&backend->mr);
+    req->pmem = pmem;
+    thread_pool_submit_aio(pool, worker_cb, req, done_cb, req);
+}
+
+static void virtio_pmem_get_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config)
+{
+    VirtIOPMEM *pmem = VIRTIO_PMEM(vdev);
+    struct virtio_pmem_config *pmemcfg = (struct virtio_pmem_config *) config;
+
+    virtio_stq_p(vdev, &pmemcfg->start, pmem->start);
+    virtio_stq_p(vdev, &pmemcfg->size, pmem->size);
+}
+
+static uint64_t virtio_pmem_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t features,
+                                        Error **errp)
+{
+    return features;
+}
+
+static void virtio_pmem_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+{
+    VirtIODevice   *vdev   = VIRTIO_DEVICE(dev);
+    VirtIOPMEM     *pmem   = VIRTIO_PMEM(dev);
+    MachineState   *ms     = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+    uint64_t align;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    MemoryRegion *mr;
+
+    if (!pmem->memdev) {
+        error_setg(errp, "virtio-pmem memdev not set");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    mr  = host_memory_backend_get_memory(pmem->memdev);
+    align = memory_region_get_alignment(mr);
+    pmem->size = QEMU_ALIGN_DOWN(memory_region_size(mr), align);
+    pmem->start = memory_device_get_free_addr(ms, NULL, align, pmem->size,
+                                                               &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Can't get free address in mem device");
+        return;
+    }
+    memory_region_init_alias(&pmem->mr, OBJECT(pmem),
+                             "virtio_pmem-memory", mr, 0, pmem->size);
+    memory_device_plug_region(ms, &pmem->mr, pmem->start);
+
+    host_memory_backend_set_mapped(pmem->memdev, true);
+    virtio_init(vdev, TYPE_VIRTIO_PMEM, VIRTIO_ID_PMEM,
+                                          sizeof(struct virtio_pmem_config));
+    pmem->rq_vq = virtio_add_queue(vdev, 128, virtio_pmem_flush);
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_check_memdev(Object *obj, const char *name, Object *val,
+                                    Error **errp)
+{
+    if (host_memory_backend_is_mapped(MEMORY_BACKEND(val))) {
+        char *path = object_get_canonical_path_component(val);
+        error_setg(errp, "Can't use already busy memdev: %s", path);
+        g_free(path);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    qdev_prop_allow_set_link_before_realize(obj, name, val, errp);
+}
+
+static const char *virtio_pmem_get_device_id(VirtIOPMEM *vm)
+{
+    Object *obj = OBJECT(vm);
+    DeviceState *parent_dev;
+
+    /* always use the ID of the proxy device */
+    if (obj->parent && object_dynamic_cast(obj->parent, TYPE_DEVICE)) {
+        parent_dev = DEVICE(obj->parent);
+        return parent_dev->id;
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void virtio_pmem_md_fill_device_info(const MemoryDeviceState *md,
+                                           MemoryDeviceInfo *info)
+{
+    VirtioPMemDeviceInfo *vi = g_new0(VirtioPMemDeviceInfo, 1);
+    VirtIOPMEM *vm = VIRTIO_PMEM(md);
+    const char *id = virtio_pmem_get_device_id(vm);
+
+    if (id) {
+        vi->has_id = true;
+        vi->id = g_strdup(id);
+    }
+
+    vi->start = vm->start;
+    vi->size = vm->size;
+    vi->memdev = object_get_canonical_path(OBJECT(vm->memdev));
+
+    info->u.virtio_pmem.data = vi;
+    info->type = MEMORY_DEVICE_INFO_KIND_VIRTIO_PMEM;
+}
+
+static uint64_t virtio_pmem_md_get_addr(const MemoryDeviceState *md)
+{
+    VirtIOPMEM *vm = VIRTIO_PMEM(md);
+
+    return vm->start;
+}
+
+static uint64_t virtio_pmem_md_get_plugged_size(const MemoryDeviceState *md)
+{
+    VirtIOPMEM *vm = VIRTIO_PMEM(md);
+
+    return vm->size;
+}
+
+static uint64_t virtio_pmem_md_get_region_size(const MemoryDeviceState *md)
+{
+    VirtIOPMEM *vm = VIRTIO_PMEM(md);
+
+    return vm->size;
+}
+
+static void virtio_pmem_instance_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    VirtIOPMEM *vm = VIRTIO_PMEM(obj);
+    object_property_add_link(obj, "memdev", TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND,
+                                (Object **)&vm->memdev,
+                                (void *) virtio_mem_check_memdev,
+                                OBJ_PROP_LINK_STRONG,
+                                &error_abort);
+}
+
+
+static void virtio_pmem_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    VirtioDeviceClass *vdc = VIRTIO_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    MemoryDeviceClass *mdc = MEMORY_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+
+    vdc->realize      =  virtio_pmem_realize;
+    vdc->get_config   =  virtio_pmem_get_config;
+    vdc->get_features =  virtio_pmem_get_features;
+
+    mdc->get_addr         = virtio_pmem_md_get_addr;
+    mdc->get_plugged_size = virtio_pmem_md_get_plugged_size;
+    mdc->get_region_size  = virtio_pmem_md_get_region_size;
+    mdc->fill_device_info = virtio_pmem_md_fill_device_info;
+}
+
+static TypeInfo virtio_pmem_info = {
+    .name          = TYPE_VIRTIO_PMEM,
+    .parent        = TYPE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
+    .class_init    = virtio_pmem_class_init,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(VirtIOPMEM),
+    .instance_init = virtio_pmem_instance_init,
+    .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
+        { TYPE_MEMORY_DEVICE },
+        { }
+  },
+};
+
+static void virtio_register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&virtio_pmem_info);
+}
+
+type_init(virtio_register_types)
diff --git a/include/hw/pci/pci.h b/include/hw/pci/pci.h
index 990d6fcbde..28829b6437 100644
--- a/include/hw/pci/pci.h
+++ b/include/hw/pci/pci.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ extern bool pci_available;
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_RNG         0x1005
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_9P          0x1009
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_VSOCK       0x1012
+#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_PMEM        0x1013
 
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT             0x1b36
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_REDHAT_BRIDGE      0x0001
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fda3ee691c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Virtio pmem Device
+ *
+ * Copyright Red Hat, Inc. 2018
+ * Copyright Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@redhat.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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_VIRTIO_PMEM_H
+#define QEMU_VIRTIO_PMEM_H
+
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
+#include "exec/memory.h"
+#include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
+#include "standard-headers/linux/virtio_ids.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
+#include "hw/i386/pc.h"
+
+#define TYPE_VIRTIO_PMEM "virtio-pmem"
+
+#define VIRTIO_PMEM(obj) \
+        OBJECT_CHECK(VirtIOPMEM, (obj), TYPE_VIRTIO_PMEM)
+
+/* VirtIOPMEM device structure */
+typedef struct VirtIOPMEM {
+    VirtIODevice parent_obj;
+
+    VirtQueue *rq_vq;
+    uint64_t start;
+    uint64_t size;
+    MemoryRegion mr;
+    HostMemoryBackend *memdev;
+} VirtIOPMEM;
+
+struct virtio_pmem_config {
+    uint64_t start;
+    uint64_t size;
+};
+#endif
diff --git a/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_ids.h b/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_ids.h
index 6d5c3b2d4f..346389565a 100644
--- a/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_ids.h
+++ b/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_ids.h
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@
 #define VIRTIO_ID_INPUT        18 /* virtio input */
 #define VIRTIO_ID_VSOCK        19 /* virtio vsock transport */
 #define VIRTIO_ID_CRYPTO       20 /* virtio crypto */
+#define VIRTIO_ID_PMEM         25 /* virtio pmem */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_VIRTIO_IDS_H */
diff --git a/qapi/misc.json b/qapi/misc.json
index d450cfef21..517376b866 100644
--- a/qapi/misc.json
+++ b/qapi/misc.json
@@ -2907,6 +2907,29 @@
           }
 }
 
+##
+# @VirtioPMemDeviceInfo:
+#
+# VirtioPMem state information
+#
+# @id: device's ID
+#
+# @start: physical address, where device is mapped
+#
+# @size: size of memory that the device provides
+#
+# @memdev: memory backend linked with device
+#
+# Since: 3.1
+##
+{ 'struct': 'VirtioPMemDeviceInfo',
+  'data': { '*id': 'str',
+            'start': 'size',
+            'size': 'size',
+            'memdev': 'str'
+          }
+}
+
 ##
 # @MemoryDeviceInfo:
 #
@@ -2916,7 +2939,8 @@
 ##
 { 'union': 'MemoryDeviceInfo',
   'data': { 'dimm': 'PCDIMMDeviceInfo',
-            'nvdimm': 'PCDIMMDeviceInfo'
+            'nvdimm': 'PCDIMMDeviceInfo',
+	    'virtio-pmem': 'VirtioPMemDeviceInfo'
           }
 }
 
