diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt b/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt
index c2194711d9..67da41fdd2 100644
--- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt
+++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt
@@ -142,6 +142,18 @@ Depending on the request type, payload can be:
    Offset: a 64-bit offset of this area from the start of the
        supplied file descriptor
 
+ * Inflight description
+   ----------------------------------------------------------
+   | mmap size | mmap offset | align | num queues | version |
+   ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+   mmap size: a 64-bit size of area to track inflight I/O
+   mmap offset: a 64-bit offset of this area from the start
+                of the supplied file descriptor
+   align: a 32-bit align of each region in this area
+   num queues: a 16-bit number of virtqueues
+   version: a 16-bit version of this area
+
 In QEMU the vhost-user message is implemented with the following struct:
 
 typedef struct VhostUserMsg {
@@ -157,6 +169,7 @@ typedef struct VhostUserMsg {
         struct vhost_iotlb_msg iotlb;
         VhostUserConfig config;
         VhostUserVringArea area;
+        VhostUserInflight inflight;
     };
 } QEMU_PACKED VhostUserMsg;
 
@@ -175,6 +188,7 @@ the ones that do:
  * VHOST_USER_GET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES
  * VHOST_USER_GET_VRING_BASE
  * VHOST_USER_SET_LOG_BASE (if VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_LOG_SHMFD)
+ * VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD (if VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD)
 
 [ Also see the section on REPLY_ACK protocol extension. ]
 
@@ -188,6 +202,7 @@ in the ancillary data:
  * VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_CALL
  * VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ERR
  * VHOST_USER_SET_SLAVE_REQ_FD
+ * VHOST_USER_SET_INFLIGHT_FD (if VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD)
 
 If Master is unable to send the full message or receives a wrong reply it will
 close the connection. An optional reconnection mechanism can be implemented.
@@ -382,6 +397,30 @@ If VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_SEND_FD protocol feature is negotiated,
 slave can send file descriptors (at most 8 descriptors in each message)
 to master via ancillary data using this fd communication channel.
 
+Inflight I/O tracking
+---------------------
+
+To support slave reconnecting, slave need to track inflight I/O in a
+shared memory. VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD and VHOST_USER_SET_INFLIGHT_FD
+are used to transfer the memory between master and slave. And to encourage
+consistency, we provide a recommended format for this memory:
+
+offset	 width	  description
+0x0      0x400    region for queue0
+0x400    0x400    region for queue1
+0x800    0x400    region for queue2
+...      ...      ...
+
+For each virtqueue, we have a 1024 bytes region. The region's format is like:
+
+offset   width    description
+0x0      0x1      descriptor 0 is in use or not
+0x1      0x1      descriptor 1 is in use or not
+0x2      0x1      descriptor 2 is in use or not
+...      ...      ...
+
+For each descriptor, we use one byte to specify whether it's in use or not.
+
 Protocol features
 -----------------
 
@@ -397,6 +436,7 @@ Protocol features
 #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIG         9
 #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_SEND_FD  10
 #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_HOST_NOTIFIER  11
+#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD 12
 
 Master message types
 --------------------
@@ -761,6 +801,26 @@ Master message types
       was previously sent.
       The value returned is an error indication; 0 is success.
 
+ * VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD
+      Id: 31
+      Equivalent ioctl: N/A
+      Master payload: inflight description
+
+      When VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD protocol feature has been
+      successfully negotiated, this message is submitted by master to get
+      a shared memory from slave. The shared memory will be used to track
+      inflight I/O by slave. Master should clear it when vm reset.
+
+ * VHOST_USER_SET_INFLIGHT_FD
+      Id: 32
+      Equivalent ioctl: N/A
+      Master payload: inflight description
+
+      When VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD protocol feature has been
+      successfully negotiated, this message is submitted by master to send
+      the shared inflight buffer back to slave so that slave could get
+      inflight I/O after a crash or restart.
+
 Slave message types
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
index e09bed0e4a..4d118c6e14 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ enum VhostUserProtocolFeature {
     VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIG = 9,
     VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_SEND_FD = 10,
     VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_HOST_NOTIFIER = 11,
+    VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD = 12,
     VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MAX
 };
 
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ typedef enum VhostUserRequest {
     VHOST_USER_POSTCOPY_ADVISE  = 28,
     VHOST_USER_POSTCOPY_LISTEN  = 29,
     VHOST_USER_POSTCOPY_END     = 30,
+    VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD = 31,
+    VHOST_USER_SET_INFLIGHT_FD = 32,
     VHOST_USER_MAX
 } VhostUserRequest;
 
@@ -147,6 +150,14 @@ typedef struct VhostUserVringArea {
     uint64_t offset;
 } VhostUserVringArea;
 
+typedef struct VhostUserInflight {
+    uint64_t mmap_size;
+    uint64_t mmap_offset;
+    uint32_t align;
+    uint16_t num_queues;
+    uint16_t version;
+} VhostUserInflight;
+
 typedef struct {
     VhostUserRequest request;
 
@@ -169,6 +180,7 @@ typedef union {
         VhostUserConfig config;
         VhostUserCryptoSession session;
         VhostUserVringArea area;
+        VhostUserInflight inflight;
 } VhostUserPayload;
 
 typedef struct VhostUserMsg {
@@ -1739,6 +1751,100 @@ static bool vhost_user_mem_section_filter(struct vhost_dev *dev,
     return result;
 }
 
+static int vhost_user_get_inflight_fd(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+                                      struct vhost_inflight *inflight)
+{
+    void *addr;
+    int fd;
+    struct vhost_user *u = dev->opaque;
+    CharBackend *chr = u->user->chr;
+    VhostUserMsg msg = {
+        .hdr.request = VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD,
+        .hdr.flags = VHOST_USER_VERSION,
+        .payload.inflight.num_queues = dev->nvqs,
+        .hdr.size = sizeof(msg.payload.inflight),
+    };
+
+    if (!virtio_has_feature(dev->protocol_features,
+                            VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (vhost_user_write(dev, &msg, NULL, 0) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (vhost_user_read(dev, &msg) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (msg.hdr.request != VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD) {
+        error_report("Received unexpected msg type. "
+                     "Expected %d received %d",
+                     VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD, msg.hdr.request);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (msg.hdr.size != sizeof(msg.payload.inflight)) {
+        error_report("Received bad msg size.");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (!msg.payload.inflight.mmap_size) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    fd = qemu_chr_fe_get_msgfd(chr);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        error_report("Failed to get mem fd");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    addr = mmap(0, msg.payload.inflight.mmap_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                MAP_SHARED, fd, msg.payload.inflight.mmap_offset);
+
+    if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+        error_report("Failed to mmap mem fd");
+        close(fd);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    inflight->addr = addr;
+    inflight->fd = fd;
+    inflight->size = msg.payload.inflight.mmap_size;
+    inflight->offset = msg.payload.inflight.mmap_offset;
+    inflight->align = msg.payload.inflight.align;
+    inflight->version = msg.payload.inflight.version;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int vhost_user_set_inflight_fd(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+                                      struct vhost_inflight *inflight)
+{
+    VhostUserMsg msg = {
+        .hdr.request = VHOST_USER_SET_INFLIGHT_FD,
+        .hdr.flags = VHOST_USER_VERSION,
+        .payload.inflight.mmap_size = inflight->size,
+        .payload.inflight.mmap_offset = inflight->offset,
+        .payload.inflight.align = inflight->align,
+        .payload.inflight.num_queues = dev->nvqs,
+        .payload.inflight.version = inflight->version,
+        .hdr.size = sizeof(msg.payload.inflight),
+    };
+
+    if (!virtio_has_feature(dev->protocol_features,
+                            VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (vhost_user_write(dev, &msg, &inflight->fd, 1) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 VhostUserState *vhost_user_init(void)
 {
     VhostUserState *user = g_new0(struct VhostUserState, 1);
@@ -1790,4 +1896,6 @@ const VhostOps user_ops = {
         .vhost_crypto_create_session = vhost_user_crypto_create_session,
         .vhost_crypto_close_session = vhost_user_crypto_close_session,
         .vhost_backend_mem_section_filter = vhost_user_mem_section_filter,
+        .vhost_get_inflight_fd = vhost_user_get_inflight_fd,
+        .vhost_set_inflight_fd = vhost_user_set_inflight_fd,
 };
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index 569c4053ea..730f436692 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -1481,6 +1481,114 @@ void vhost_dev_set_config_notifier(struct vhost_dev *hdev,
     hdev->config_ops = ops;
 }
 
+void vhost_dev_reset_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight)
+{
+    if (inflight->addr) {
+        memset(inflight->addr, 0, inflight->size);
+    }
+}
+
+void vhost_dev_free_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight)
+{
+    if (inflight->addr) {
+        qemu_memfd_free(inflight->addr, inflight->size, inflight->fd);
+        inflight->addr = NULL;
+        inflight->fd = -1;
+    }
+}
+
+static int vhost_dev_resize_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight,
+                                     uint64_t new_size)
+{
+    Error *err = NULL;
+    int fd = -1;
+    void *addr = qemu_memfd_alloc("vhost-inflight", new_size,
+                                  F_SEAL_GROW | F_SEAL_SHRINK | F_SEAL_SEAL,
+                                  &fd, &err);
+
+    if (err) {
+        error_report_err(err);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    vhost_dev_free_inflight(inflight);
+    inflight->offset = 0;
+    inflight->addr = addr;
+    inflight->fd = fd;
+    inflight->size = new_size;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void vhost_dev_save_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight, QEMUFile *f)
+{
+    if (inflight->addr) {
+        qemu_put_be64(f, inflight->size);
+        qemu_put_be64(f, inflight->offset);
+        qemu_put_be32(f, inflight->align);
+        qemu_put_be16(f, inflight->version);
+        qemu_put_buffer(f, inflight->addr, inflight->size);
+    } else {
+        qemu_put_be64(f, 0);
+    }
+}
+
+int vhost_dev_load_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight, QEMUFile *f)
+{
+    uint64_t size;
+
+    size = qemu_get_be64(f);
+    if (!size) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (inflight->size != size) {
+        if (vhost_dev_resize_inflight(inflight, size)) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+    inflight->size = size;
+    inflight->offset = qemu_get_be64(f);
+    inflight->align = qemu_get_be32(f);
+    inflight->version = qemu_get_be16(f);
+
+    qemu_get_buffer(f, inflight->addr, size);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int vhost_dev_set_inflight(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+                           struct vhost_inflight *inflight)
+{
+    int r;
+
+    if (dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_inflight_fd && inflight->addr) {
+        r = dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_inflight_fd(dev, inflight);
+        if (r) {
+            VHOST_OPS_DEBUG("vhost_set_inflight_fd failed");
+            return -errno;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int vhost_dev_get_inflight(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+                           struct vhost_inflight *inflight)
+{
+    int r;
+
+    if (dev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_inflight_fd) {
+        r = dev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_inflight_fd(dev, inflight);
+        if (r) {
+            VHOST_OPS_DEBUG("vhost_get_inflight_fd failed");
+            return -errno;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /* Host notifiers must be enabled at this point. */
 int vhost_dev_start(struct vhost_dev *hdev, VirtIODevice *vdev)
 {
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h
index 81283ec50f..97676bd237 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ typedef enum VhostSetConfigType {
     VHOST_SET_CONFIG_TYPE_MIGRATION = 1,
 } VhostSetConfigType;
 
+struct vhost_inflight;
 struct vhost_dev;
 struct vhost_log;
 struct vhost_memory;
@@ -104,6 +105,12 @@ typedef int (*vhost_crypto_close_session_op)(struct vhost_dev *dev,
 typedef bool (*vhost_backend_mem_section_filter_op)(struct vhost_dev *dev,
                                                 MemoryRegionSection *section);
 
+typedef int (*vhost_get_inflight_fd_op)(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+                                        struct vhost_inflight *inflight);
+
+typedef int (*vhost_set_inflight_fd_op)(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+                                        struct vhost_inflight *inflight);
+
 typedef struct VhostOps {
     VhostBackendType backend_type;
     vhost_backend_init vhost_backend_init;
@@ -142,6 +149,8 @@ typedef struct VhostOps {
     vhost_crypto_create_session_op vhost_crypto_create_session;
     vhost_crypto_close_session_op vhost_crypto_close_session;
     vhost_backend_mem_section_filter_op vhost_backend_mem_section_filter;
+    vhost_get_inflight_fd_op vhost_get_inflight_fd;
+    vhost_set_inflight_fd_op vhost_set_inflight_fd;
 } VhostOps;
 
 extern const VhostOps user_ops;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
index a7f449fa87..0a71596d8b 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 
 /* Generic structures common for any vhost based device. */
+
+struct vhost_inflight {
+    int fd;
+    void *addr;
+    uint64_t size;
+    uint64_t offset;
+    uint32_t align;
+    uint16_t version;
+};
+
 struct vhost_virtqueue {
     int kick;
     int call;
@@ -120,4 +130,13 @@ int vhost_dev_set_config(struct vhost_dev *dev, const uint8_t *data,
  */
 void vhost_dev_set_config_notifier(struct vhost_dev *dev,
                                    const VhostDevConfigOps *ops);
+
+void vhost_dev_reset_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight);
+void vhost_dev_free_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight);
+void vhost_dev_save_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight, QEMUFile *f);
+int vhost_dev_load_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight, QEMUFile *f);
+int vhost_dev_set_inflight(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+                           struct vhost_inflight *inflight);
+int vhost_dev_get_inflight(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+                           struct vhost_inflight *inflight);
 #endif
