diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h
index 6cc18d6acb..466f8ae595 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 
 typedef struct VhostShadowVirtqueue VhostShadowVirtqueue;
 
+bool vhost_shadow_vq_start_rcu(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+                               VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq);
+void vhost_shadow_vq_stop_rcu(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+                              VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq);
+
 VhostShadowVirtqueue *vhost_shadow_vq_new(struct vhost_dev *dev, int idx);
 
 void vhost_shadow_vq_free(VhostShadowVirtqueue *vq);
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
index 2be782cefd..732a4b2a2b 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ struct vhost_iommu {
     QLIST_ENTRY(vhost_iommu) iommu_next;
 };
 
+typedef struct VhostShadowVirtqueue VhostShadowVirtqueue;
+
 typedef struct VhostDevConfigOps {
     /* Vhost device config space changed callback
      */
@@ -83,7 +85,9 @@ struct vhost_dev {
     uint64_t backend_cap;
     bool started;
     bool log_enabled;
+    bool sw_lm_enabled;
     uint64_t log_size;
+    VhostShadowVirtqueue **shadow_vqs;
     Error *migration_blocker;
     const VhostOps *vhost_ops;
     void *opaque;
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
index c0c967a7c5..908c36c66d 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
@@ -8,15 +8,129 @@
  */
 
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/vhost.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio-access.h"
+
+#include "standard-headers/linux/vhost_types.h"
+#include "standard-headers/linux/virtio_ring.h"
 
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
-#include "qemu/event_notifier.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 
 typedef struct VhostShadowVirtqueue {
     EventNotifier kick_notifier;
     EventNotifier call_notifier;
+    const struct vhost_virtqueue *hvq;
+    VirtIODevice *vdev;
+    VirtQueue *vq;
 } VhostShadowVirtqueue;
 
+static uint16_t vhost_shadow_vring_used_flags(VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq)
+{
+    const struct vring_used *used = svq->hvq->used;
+    return virtio_tswap16(svq->vdev, used->flags);
+}
+
+static bool vhost_shadow_vring_should_kick(VhostShadowVirtqueue *vq)
+{
+    return !(vhost_shadow_vring_used_flags(vq) & VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY);
+}
+
+static void vhost_shadow_vring_kick(VhostShadowVirtqueue *vq)
+{
+    if (vhost_shadow_vring_should_kick(vq)) {
+        event_notifier_set(&vq->kick_notifier);
+    }
+}
+
+static void handle_shadow_vq(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
+{
+    struct vhost_dev *hdev = vhost_dev_from_virtio(vdev);
+    uint16_t idx = virtio_get_queue_index(vq);
+
+    VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq = hdev->shadow_vqs[idx];
+
+    vhost_shadow_vring_kick(svq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Start shadow virtqueue operation.
+ * @dev vhost device
+ * @svq Shadow Virtqueue
+ *
+ * Run in RCU context
+ */
+bool vhost_shadow_vq_start_rcu(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+                               VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq)
+{
+    const VirtioDeviceClass *k = VIRTIO_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(dev->vdev);
+    EventNotifier *vq_host_notifier = virtio_queue_get_host_notifier(svq->vq);
+    unsigned idx = virtio_queue_get_idx(svq->vdev, svq->vq);
+    struct vhost_vring_file kick_file = {
+        .index = idx,
+        .fd = event_notifier_get_fd(&svq->kick_notifier),
+    };
+    int r;
+    bool ok;
+
+    /* Check that notifications are still going directly to vhost dev */
+    assert(virtio_queue_host_notifier_status(svq->vq));
+
+    ok = k->set_vq_handler(dev->vdev, idx, handle_shadow_vq);
+    if (!ok) {
+        error_report("Couldn't set the vq handler");
+        goto err_set_kick_handler;
+    }
+
+    r = dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_vring_kick(dev, &kick_file);
+    if (r != 0) {
+        error_report("Couldn't set kick fd: %s", strerror(errno));
+        goto err_set_vring_kick;
+    }
+
+    event_notifier_set_handler(vq_host_notifier,
+                               virtio_queue_host_notifier_read);
+    virtio_queue_set_host_notifier_enabled(svq->vq, false);
+    virtio_queue_host_notifier_read(vq_host_notifier);
+
+    return true;
+
+err_set_vring_kick:
+    k->set_vq_handler(dev->vdev, idx, NULL);
+
+err_set_kick_handler:
+    return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Stop shadow virtqueue operation.
+ * @dev vhost device
+ * @svq Shadow Virtqueue
+ *
+ * Run in RCU context
+ */
+void vhost_shadow_vq_stop_rcu(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+                              VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq)
+{
+    const VirtioDeviceClass *k = VIRTIO_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(svq->vdev);
+    unsigned idx = virtio_queue_get_idx(svq->vdev, svq->vq);
+    EventNotifier *vq_host_notifier = virtio_queue_get_host_notifier(svq->vq);
+    struct vhost_vring_file kick_file = {
+        .index = idx,
+        .fd = event_notifier_get_fd(vq_host_notifier),
+    };
+    int r;
+
+    /* Restore vhost kick */
+    r = dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_vring_kick(dev, &kick_file);
+    /* Cannot do a lot of things */
+    assert(r == 0);
+
+    event_notifier_set_handler(vq_host_notifier, NULL);
+    virtio_queue_set_host_notifier_enabled(svq->vq, true);
+    k->set_vq_handler(svq->vdev, idx, NULL);
+}
+
 /*
  * Creates vhost shadow virtqueue, and instruct vhost device to use the shadow
  * methods and file descriptors.
@@ -24,8 +138,13 @@ typedef struct VhostShadowVirtqueue {
 VhostShadowVirtqueue *vhost_shadow_vq_new(struct vhost_dev *dev, int idx)
 {
     g_autofree VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq = g_new0(VhostShadowVirtqueue, 1);
+    int vq_idx = dev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_vq_index(dev, dev->vq_index + idx);
     int r;
 
+    svq->vq = virtio_get_queue(dev->vdev, vq_idx);
+    svq->hvq = &dev->vqs[idx];
+    svq->vdev = dev->vdev;
+
     r = event_notifier_init(&svq->kick_notifier, 0);
     if (r != 0) {
         error_report("Couldn't create kick event notifier: %s",
@@ -40,7 +159,7 @@ VhostShadowVirtqueue *vhost_shadow_vq_new(struct vhost_dev *dev, int idx)
         goto err_init_call_notifier;
     }
 
-    return svq;
+    return g_steal_pointer(&svq);
 
 err_init_call_notifier:
     event_notifier_cleanup(&svq->kick_notifier);
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index 42836e45f3..bde688f278 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-access.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h"
 #include "migration/blocker.h"
 #include "migration/qemu-file-types.h"
 #include "sysemu/dma.h"
@@ -945,6 +946,82 @@ static void vhost_log_global_stop(MemoryListener *listener)
     }
 }
 
+static int vhost_sw_live_migration_stop(struct vhost_dev *dev)
+{
+    int idx;
+
+    WITH_RCU_READ_LOCK_GUARD() {
+        dev->sw_lm_enabled = false;
+
+        for (idx = 0; idx < dev->nvqs; ++idx) {
+            vhost_shadow_vq_stop_rcu(dev, dev->shadow_vqs[idx]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (idx = 0; idx < dev->nvqs; ++idx) {
+        vhost_shadow_vq_free(dev->shadow_vqs[idx]);
+    }
+
+    g_free(dev->shadow_vqs);
+    dev->shadow_vqs = NULL;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int vhost_sw_live_migration_start(struct vhost_dev *dev)
+{
+    int idx;
+
+    dev->shadow_vqs = g_new0(VhostShadowVirtqueue *, dev->nvqs);
+    for (idx = 0; idx < dev->nvqs; ++idx) {
+        dev->shadow_vqs[idx] = vhost_shadow_vq_new(dev, idx);
+        if (unlikely(dev->shadow_vqs[idx] == NULL)) {
+            goto err;
+        }
+    }
+
+    WITH_RCU_READ_LOCK_GUARD() {
+        for (idx = 0; idx < dev->nvqs; ++idx) {
+            int stop_idx = idx;
+            bool ok = vhost_shadow_vq_start_rcu(dev,
+                                                dev->shadow_vqs[idx]);
+
+            if (!ok) {
+                while (--stop_idx >= 0) {
+                    vhost_shadow_vq_stop_rcu(dev, dev->shadow_vqs[stop_idx]);
+                }
+
+                goto err;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    dev->sw_lm_enabled = true;
+    return 0;
+
+err:
+    for (; idx >= 0; --idx) {
+        vhost_shadow_vq_free(dev->shadow_vqs[idx]);
+    }
+    g_free(dev->shadow_vqs[idx]);
+
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static int vhost_sw_live_migration_enable(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+                                          bool enable_lm)
+{
+    int r;
+
+    if (enable_lm == dev->sw_lm_enabled) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    r = enable_lm ? vhost_sw_live_migration_start(dev)
+                  : vhost_sw_live_migration_stop(dev);
+
+    return r;
+}
+
 static void vhost_log_start(MemoryListener *listener,
                             MemoryRegionSection *section,
                             int old, int new)
@@ -1389,6 +1466,7 @@ int vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *hdev, void *opaque,
     hdev->log = NULL;
     hdev->log_size = 0;
     hdev->log_enabled = false;
+    hdev->sw_lm_enabled = false;
     hdev->started = false;
     memory_listener_register(&hdev->memory_listener, &address_space_memory);
     QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&vhost_devices, hdev, entry);
@@ -1816,6 +1894,11 @@ void vhost_dev_stop(struct vhost_dev *hdev, VirtIODevice *vdev)
         hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_dev_start(hdev, false);
     }
     for (i = 0; i < hdev->nvqs; ++i) {
+        if (hdev->sw_lm_enabled) {
+            vhost_shadow_vq_stop_rcu(hdev, hdev->shadow_vqs[i]);
+            vhost_shadow_vq_free(hdev->shadow_vqs[i]);
+        }
+
         vhost_virtqueue_stop(hdev,
                              vdev,
                              hdev->vqs + i,
@@ -1829,6 +1912,8 @@ void vhost_dev_stop(struct vhost_dev *hdev, VirtIODevice *vdev)
         memory_listener_unregister(&hdev->iommu_listener);
     }
     vhost_log_put(hdev, true);
+    g_free(hdev->shadow_vqs);
+    hdev->sw_lm_enabled = false;
     hdev->started = false;
     hdev->vdev = NULL;
 }
@@ -1845,5 +1930,53 @@ int vhost_net_set_backend(struct vhost_dev *hdev,
 
 void qmp_x_vhost_enable_shadow_vq(const char *name, bool enable, Error **errp)
 {
-    error_setg(errp, "Shadow virtqueue still not implemented.");
+    struct vhost_dev *hdev;
+    const char *err_cause = NULL;
+    const VirtioDeviceClass *k;
+    int r;
+    ErrorClass err_class = ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR;
+
+    QLIST_FOREACH(hdev, &vhost_devices, entry) {
+        if (hdev->vdev && 0 == strcmp(hdev->vdev->name, name)) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!hdev) {
+        err_class = ERROR_CLASS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND;
+        err_cause = "Device not found";
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    if (!hdev->started) {
+        err_cause = "Device is not started";
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    if (hdev->acked_features & BIT_ULL(VIRTIO_F_RING_PACKED)) {
+        err_cause = "Use packed vq";
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    if (vhost_dev_has_iommu(hdev)) {
+        err_cause = "Device use IOMMU";
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    k = VIRTIO_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(hdev->vdev);
+    if (!k->set_vq_handler) {
+        err_cause = "Virtio device type does not support reset of vq handler";
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    r = vhost_sw_live_migration_enable(hdev, enable);
+    if (unlikely(r)) {
+        err_cause = "Error enabling (see monitor)";
+    }
+
+err:
+    if (err_cause) {
+        error_set(errp, err_class,
+                  "Can't enable shadow vq on %s: %s", name, err_cause);
+    }
 }
