diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index 521d9901d7..a9d2b669e8 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -990,6 +990,7 @@ void memory_region_init_ram_from_file(MemoryRegion *mr,
  * @size: size of the region.
  * @share: %true if memory must be mmaped with the MAP_SHARED flag
  * @fd: the fd to mmap.
+ * @offset: offset within the file referenced by fd
  * @errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.
  *
  * Note that this function does not do anything to cause the data in the
@@ -1001,6 +1002,7 @@ void memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(MemoryRegion *mr,
                                     uint64_t size,
                                     bool share,
                                     int fd,
+                                    ram_addr_t offset,
                                     Error **errp);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/exec/ram_addr.h b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
index c6d2ef1d07..d465a483c6 100644
--- a/include/exec/ram_addr.h
+++ b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ RAMBlock *qemu_ram_alloc_from_file(ram_addr_t size, MemoryRegion *mr,
                                    Error **errp);
 RAMBlock *qemu_ram_alloc_from_fd(ram_addr_t size, MemoryRegion *mr,
                                  uint32_t ram_flags, int fd,
-                                 Error **errp);
+                                 off_t offset, Error **errp);
 
 RAMBlock *qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(ram_addr_t size, void *host,
                                   MemoryRegion *mr, Error **errp);
diff --git a/include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h b/include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h
index e786266b92..b096ffb7e9 100644
--- a/include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h
+++ b/include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ size_t qemu_mempath_getpagesize(const char *mem_path);
  *          otherwise, the alignment in use will be determined by QEMU.
  *  @shared: map has RAM_SHARED flag.
  *  @is_pmem: map has RAM_PMEM flag.
+ *  @map_offset: map starts at offset of map_offset from the start of fd
  *
  * Return:
  *  On success, return a pointer to the mapped area.
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ void *qemu_ram_mmap(int fd,
                     size_t size,
                     size_t align,
                     bool shared,
-                    bool is_pmem);
+                    bool is_pmem,
+                    off_t map_offset);
 
 void qemu_ram_munmap(int fd, void *ptr, size_t size);
 
diff --git a/backends/hostmem-memfd.c b/backends/hostmem-memfd.c
index e5626d4330..69b0ae30bb 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem-memfd.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem-memfd.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ memfd_backend_memory_alloc(HostMemoryBackend *backend, Error **errp)
     name = host_memory_backend_get_name(backend);
     memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(&backend->mr, OBJECT(backend),
                                    name, backend->size,
-                                   backend->share, fd, errp);
+                                   backend->share, fd, 0, errp);
     g_free(name);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
index 0505b52c98..603e992a7f 100644
--- a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
+++ b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ static void process_msg_shmem(IVShmemState *s, int fd, Error **errp)
 
     /* mmap the region and map into the BAR2 */
     memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(&s->server_bar2, OBJECT(s),
-                                   "ivshmem.bar2", size, true, fd, &local_err);
+                                   "ivshmem.bar2", size, true, fd, 0,
+                                   &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return;
diff --git a/softmmu/memory.c b/softmmu/memory.c
index 333e1ed7b0..fa65f45532 100644
--- a/softmmu/memory.c
+++ b/softmmu/memory.c
@@ -1609,6 +1609,7 @@ void memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(MemoryRegion *mr,
                                     uint64_t size,
                                     bool share,
                                     int fd,
+                                    ram_addr_t offset,
                                     Error **errp)
 {
     Error *err = NULL;
@@ -1618,7 +1619,7 @@ void memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(MemoryRegion *mr,
     mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
     mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_fd(size, mr,
                                            share ? RAM_SHARED : 0,
-                                           fd, &err);
+                                           fd, offset, &err);
     if (err) {
         mr->size = int128_zero();
         object_unparent(OBJECT(mr));
diff --git a/softmmu/physmem.c b/softmmu/physmem.c
index cdcd197656..5303634fc3 100644
--- a/softmmu/physmem.c
+++ b/softmmu/physmem.c
@@ -1461,6 +1461,7 @@ static void *file_ram_alloc(RAMBlock *block,
                             ram_addr_t memory,
                             int fd,
                             bool truncate,
+                            off_t offset,
                             Error **errp)
 {
     void *area;
@@ -1511,7 +1512,8 @@ static void *file_ram_alloc(RAMBlock *block,
     }
 
     area = qemu_ram_mmap(fd, memory, block->mr->align,
-                         block->flags & RAM_SHARED, block->flags & RAM_PMEM);
+                         block->flags & RAM_SHARED, block->flags & RAM_PMEM,
+                         offset);
     if (area == MAP_FAILED) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, errno,
                          "unable to map backing store for guest RAM");
@@ -1943,7 +1945,7 @@ static void ram_block_add(RAMBlock *new_block, Error **errp, bool shared)
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
 RAMBlock *qemu_ram_alloc_from_fd(ram_addr_t size, MemoryRegion *mr,
                                  uint32_t ram_flags, int fd,
-                                 Error **errp)
+                                 off_t offset, Error **errp)
 {
     RAMBlock *new_block;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
@@ -1996,7 +1998,8 @@ RAMBlock *qemu_ram_alloc_from_fd(ram_addr_t size, MemoryRegion *mr,
     new_block->used_length = size;
     new_block->max_length = size;
     new_block->flags = ram_flags;
-    new_block->host = file_ram_alloc(new_block, size, fd, !file_size, errp);
+    new_block->host = file_ram_alloc(new_block, size, fd, !file_size, offset,
+                                     errp);
     if (!new_block->host) {
         g_free(new_block);
         return NULL;
@@ -2026,7 +2029,7 @@ RAMBlock *qemu_ram_alloc_from_file(ram_addr_t size, MemoryRegion *mr,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_fd(size, mr, ram_flags, fd, errp);
+    block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_fd(size, mr, ram_flags, fd, 0, errp);
     if (!block) {
         if (created) {
             unlink(mem_path);
diff --git a/util/mmap-alloc.c b/util/mmap-alloc.c
index 27dcccd8ec..ddffa0db4e 100644
--- a/util/mmap-alloc.c
+++ b/util/mmap-alloc.c
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ void *qemu_ram_mmap(int fd,
                     size_t size,
                     size_t align,
                     bool shared,
-                    bool is_pmem)
+                    bool is_pmem,
+                    off_t map_offset)
 {
     int flags;
     int map_sync_flags = 0;
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ void *qemu_ram_mmap(int fd,
     offset = QEMU_ALIGN_UP((uintptr_t)guardptr, align) - (uintptr_t)guardptr;
 
     ptr = mmap(guardptr + offset, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
-               flags | map_sync_flags, fd, 0);
+               flags | map_sync_flags, fd, map_offset);
 
     if (ptr == MAP_FAILED && map_sync_flags) {
         if (errno == ENOTSUP) {
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ void *qemu_ram_mmap(int fd,
          * we will remove these flags to handle compatibility.
          */
         ptr = mmap(guardptr + offset, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
-                   flags, fd, 0);
+                   flags, fd, map_offset);
     }
 
     if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) {
diff --git a/util/oslib-posix.c b/util/oslib-posix.c
index 359c52df12..3041e9f9a6 100644
--- a/util/oslib-posix.c
+++ b/util/oslib-posix.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void *qemu_memalign(size_t alignment, size_t size)
 void *qemu_anon_ram_alloc(size_t size, uint64_t *alignment, bool shared)
 {
     size_t align = QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN;
-    void *ptr = qemu_ram_mmap(-1, size, align, shared, false);
+    void *ptr = qemu_ram_mmap(-1, size, align, shared, false, 0);
 
     if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) {
         return NULL;
