diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
index 5a070adbc1..bca5600ff1 100644
--- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
@@ -1528,6 +1528,48 @@ is sent by the front-end.
 
   The state.num field is currently reserved and must be set to 0.
 
+``VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_ADD``
+  :id: 6
+  :equivalent ioctl: N/A
+  :request payload: ``struct VhostUserShared``
+  :reply payload: N/A
+
+  When the ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHARED_OBJECT`` protocol
+  feature has been successfully negotiated, this message can be submitted
+  by the backends to add a new dma-buf fd to the virtio-dmabuf shared
+  table API can send this message. The fd gets associated with a UUID.
+  If ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK`` is negotiated, and the back-end sets
+  the ``VHOST_USER_NEED_REPLY`` flag, the front-end must respond with zero when
+  operation is successfully completed, or non-zero otherwise.
+
+``VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_REMOVE``
+  :id: 7
+  :equivalent ioctl: N/A
+  :request payload: ``struct VhostUserShared``
+  :reply payload: N/A
+
+  When the ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHARED_OBJECT`` protocol
+  feature has been successfully negotiated, this message can be submitted
+  by the backend to remove a dma-buf from to the virtio-dmabuf shared
+  table API can send this message. The shared table will remove the dma-buf
+  fd associated with the UUID. If ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK`` is
+  negotiated, and the back-end sets the ``VHOST_USER_NEED_REPLY`` flag, the
+  front-end must respond with zero when operation is successfully completed,
+  or non-zero otherwise.
+
+``VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_LOOKUP``
+  :id: 8
+  :equivalent ioctl: N/A
+  :request payload: ``struct VhostUserShared``
+  :reply payload: dmabuf fd and ``u64``
+
+  When the ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHARED_OBJECT`` protocol
+  feature has been successfully negotiated, this message can be submitted
+  by the backends to retrieve a given dma-buf fd from the virtio-dmabuf
+  shared table given a UUID. Frontend will reply passing the fd and a zero
+  when the operation is successful, or non-zero otherwise. Note that if the
+  operation fails, no fd is sent to the backend.
+
 .. _reply_ack:
 
 VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
index 74a2a28663..e340c39a19 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio-dmabuf.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-user.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h"
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#include "qemu/uuid.h"
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 #include "sysemu/cryptodev.h"
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ enum VhostUserProtocolFeature {
     /* Feature 14 reserved for VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INBAND_NOTIFICATIONS. */
     VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIGURE_MEM_SLOTS = 15,
     VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_STATUS = 16,
+    VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHARED_OBJECT = 17,
     VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MAX
 };
 
@@ -128,6 +131,9 @@ typedef enum VhostUserSlaveRequest {
     VHOST_USER_BACKEND_IOTLB_MSG = 1,
     VHOST_USER_BACKEND_CONFIG_CHANGE_MSG = 2,
     VHOST_USER_BACKEND_VRING_HOST_NOTIFIER_MSG = 3,
+    VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_ADD = 6,
+    VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_REMOVE = 7,
+    VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_LOOKUP = 8,
     VHOST_USER_BACKEND_MAX
 }  VhostUserSlaveRequest;
 
@@ -190,6 +196,10 @@ typedef struct VhostUserInflight {
     uint16_t queue_size;
 } VhostUserInflight;
 
+typedef struct VhostUserShared {
+    unsigned char uuid[16];
+} VhostUserShared;
+
 typedef struct {
     VhostUserRequest request;
 
@@ -214,6 +224,7 @@ typedef union {
         VhostUserCryptoSession session;
         VhostUserVringArea area;
         VhostUserInflight inflight;
+        VhostUserShared object;
 } VhostUserPayload;
 
 typedef struct VhostUserMsg {
@@ -1582,6 +1593,83 @@ static int vhost_user_slave_handle_vring_host_notifier(struct vhost_dev *dev,
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+vhost_user_backend_handle_shared_object_add(VhostUserShared *object,
+                                            int dmabuf_fd)
+{
+    QemuUUID uuid;
+
+    memcpy(uuid.data, object->uuid, sizeof(object->uuid));
+    return virtio_add_dmabuf(&uuid, dmabuf_fd);
+}
+
+static int
+vhost_user_backend_handle_shared_object_remove(VhostUserShared *object)
+{
+    QemuUUID uuid;
+
+    memcpy(uuid.data, object->uuid, sizeof(object->uuid));
+    return virtio_remove_resource(&uuid);
+}
+
+static bool
+vhost_user_backend_send_dmabuf_fd(QIOChannel *ioc, VhostUserHeader *hdr,
+                                  VhostUserPayload *payload)
+{
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    struct iovec iov[2];
+
+    if (hdr->flags & VHOST_USER_NEED_REPLY_MASK) {
+        hdr->flags &= ~VHOST_USER_NEED_REPLY_MASK;
+    }
+    hdr->flags |= VHOST_USER_REPLY_MASK;
+
+    hdr->size = sizeof(payload->u64);
+
+    iov[0].iov_base = hdr;
+    iov[0].iov_len = VHOST_USER_HDR_SIZE;
+    iov[1].iov_base = payload;
+    iov[1].iov_len = hdr->size;
+
+    if (qio_channel_writev_all(ioc, iov, ARRAY_SIZE(iov), &local_err)) {
+        error_report_err(local_err);
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+static int
+vhost_user_backend_handle_shared_object_lookup(struct vhost_user *u,
+                                               QIOChannel *ioc,
+                                               VhostUserHeader *hdr,
+                                               VhostUserPayload *payload)
+{
+    QemuUUID uuid;
+    CharBackend *chr = u->user->chr;
+    int dmabuf_fd = -1;
+    int fd_num = 0;
+
+    memcpy(uuid.data, payload->object.uuid, sizeof(payload->object.uuid));
+
+    dmabuf_fd = virtio_lookup_dmabuf(&uuid);
+    if (dmabuf_fd != -1) {
+        fd_num++;
+    }
+
+    payload->u64 = 0;
+    if (qemu_chr_fe_set_msgfds(chr, &dmabuf_fd, fd_num) < 0) {
+        error_report("Failed to set msg fds.");
+        payload->u64 = -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    if (!vhost_user_backend_send_dmabuf_fd(ioc, hdr, payload)) {
+        error_report("Failed to write response msg.");
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static void close_slave_channel(struct vhost_user *u)
 {
     g_source_destroy(u->slave_src);
@@ -1639,6 +1727,17 @@ static gboolean slave_read(QIOChannel *ioc, GIOCondition condition,
         ret = vhost_user_slave_handle_vring_host_notifier(dev, &payload.area,
                                                           fd ? fd[0] : -1);
         break;
+    case VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_ADD:
+        ret = vhost_user_backend_handle_shared_object_add(&payload.object,
+                                                          fd ? fd[0] : -1);
+        break;
+    case VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_REMOVE:
+        ret = vhost_user_backend_handle_shared_object_remove(&payload.object);
+        break;
+    case VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_LOOKUP:
+        ret = vhost_user_backend_handle_shared_object_lookup(dev->opaque, ioc,
+                                                             &hdr, &payload);
+        break;
     default:
         error_report("Received unexpected msg type: %d.", hdr.request);
         ret = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
index 8fb61e2df2..672d8292a0 100644
--- a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
+++ b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
@@ -1403,6 +1403,107 @@ bool vu_set_queue_host_notifier(VuDev *dev, VuVirtq *vq, int fd,
     return vu_process_message_reply(dev, &vmsg);
 }
 
+bool
+vu_get_shared_object(VuDev *dev, unsigned char uuid[UUID_LEN], int *dmabuf_fd)
+{
+    bool result = false;
+    VhostUserMsg msg_reply;
+    VhostUserMsg msg = {
+        .request = VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_LOOKUP,
+        .size = sizeof(msg.payload.object),
+        .flags = VHOST_USER_VERSION | VHOST_USER_NEED_REPLY_MASK,
+    };
+
+    memcpy(msg.payload.object.uuid, uuid, sizeof(uuid[0]) * UUID_LEN);
+
+    if (!vu_has_protocol_feature(dev, VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHARED_OBJECT)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&dev->slave_mutex);
+    if (!vu_message_write(dev, dev->slave_fd, &msg)) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    if (!vu_message_read_default(dev, dev->slave_fd, &msg_reply)) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    if (msg_reply.request != msg.request) {
+        DPRINT("Received unexpected msg type. Expected %d, received %d",
+               msg.request, msg_reply.request);
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    if (msg_reply.fd_num != 1) {
+        DPRINT("Received unexpected number of fds. Expected 1, received %d",
+               msg_reply.fd_num);
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    *dmabuf_fd = msg_reply.fds[0];
+    result = *dmabuf_fd > 0 && msg_reply.payload.u64 == 0;
+out:
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&dev->slave_mutex);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+static bool
+vu_send_message(VuDev *dev, VhostUserMsg *vmsg)
+{
+    bool result = false;
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&dev->slave_mutex);
+    if (!vu_message_write(dev, dev->slave_fd, vmsg)) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    result = true;
+out:
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&dev->slave_mutex);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+bool
+vu_add_shared_object(VuDev *dev, unsigned char uuid[UUID_LEN], int dmabuf_fd)
+{
+    int fd_num = 0;
+    VhostUserMsg msg = {
+        .request = VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_ADD,
+        .size = sizeof(msg.payload.object),
+        .flags = VHOST_USER_VERSION,
+    };
+
+    msg.fds[fd_num++] = dmabuf_fd;
+    msg.fd_num = fd_num;
+    memcpy(msg.payload.object.uuid, uuid, sizeof(uuid[0]) * UUID_LEN);
+
+    if (!vu_has_protocol_feature(dev, VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHARED_OBJECT)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return vu_send_message(dev, &msg);
+}
+
+bool
+vu_rm_shared_object(VuDev *dev, unsigned char uuid[UUID_LEN])
+{
+    VhostUserMsg msg = {
+        .request = VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_REMOVE,
+        .size = sizeof(msg.payload.object),
+        .flags = VHOST_USER_VERSION,
+    };
+
+    memcpy(msg.payload.object.uuid, uuid, sizeof(uuid[0]) * UUID_LEN);
+
+    if (!vu_has_protocol_feature(dev, VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHARED_OBJECT)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return vu_send_message(dev, &msg);
+}
+
 static bool
 vu_set_vring_call_exec(VuDev *dev, VhostUserMsg *vmsg)
 {
diff --git a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.h b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.h
index 49208cceaa..907af1bcda 100644
--- a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.h
+++ b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.h
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ enum VhostUserProtocolFeature {
     VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD = 12,
     VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INBAND_NOTIFICATIONS = 14,
     VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIGURE_MEM_SLOTS = 15,
-
+    /* Feature 16 is reserved for VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_STATUS. */
+    VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHARED_OBJECT = 17,
     VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MAX
 };
 
@@ -119,6 +120,9 @@ typedef enum VhostUserSlaveRequest {
     VHOST_USER_BACKEND_VRING_HOST_NOTIFIER_MSG = 3,
     VHOST_USER_BACKEND_VRING_CALL = 4,
     VHOST_USER_BACKEND_VRING_ERR = 5,
+    VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_ADD = 6,
+    VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_REMOVE = 7,
+    VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_LOOKUP = 8,
     VHOST_USER_BACKEND_MAX
 }  VhostUserSlaveRequest;
 
@@ -172,6 +176,12 @@ typedef struct VhostUserInflight {
     uint16_t queue_size;
 } VhostUserInflight;
 
+#define UUID_LEN 16
+
+typedef struct VhostUserShared {
+    unsigned char uuid[UUID_LEN];
+} VhostUserShared;
+
 #if defined(_WIN32) && (defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__))
 # define VU_PACKED __attribute__((gcc_struct, packed))
 #else
@@ -199,6 +209,7 @@ typedef struct VhostUserMsg {
         VhostUserConfig config;
         VhostUserVringArea area;
         VhostUserInflight inflight;
+        VhostUserShared object;
     } payload;
 
     int fds[VHOST_MEMORY_BASELINE_NREGIONS];
@@ -539,6 +550,46 @@ void vu_set_queue_handler(VuDev *dev, VuVirtq *vq,
 bool vu_set_queue_host_notifier(VuDev *dev, VuVirtq *vq, int fd,
                                 int size, int offset);
 
+/**
+ * vu_get_shared_object:
+ * @dev: a VuDev context
+ * @uuid: UUID of the shared object
+ * @dmabuf_fd: output dma-buf file descriptor
+ *
+ * Lookup for a virtio shared object (i.e., dma-buf fd) associated with the
+ * received UUID. Result, if found, is stored in the dmabuf_fd argument.
+ *
+ * Returns: whether the virtio object was found.
+ */
+bool vu_get_shared_object(VuDev *dev, unsigned char uuid[UUID_LEN],
+                          int *dmabuf_fd);
+
+/**
+ * vu_add_shared_object:
+ * @dev: a VuDev context
+ * @uuid: UUID of the shared object
+ * @dmabuf_fd: output dma-buf file descriptor
+ *
+ * Stores a new shared object (i.e., dma-buf fd) in the hash table, and
+ * associates it with the received UUID.
+ *
+ * Returns: TRUE on success, FALSE on failure.
+ */
+bool vu_add_shared_object(VuDev *dev, unsigned char uuid[UUID_LEN],
+                          int dmabuf_fd);
+
+/**
+ * vu_rm_shared_object:
+ * @dev: a VuDev context
+ * @uuid: UUID of the shared object
+ *
+ * Removes a shared object (i.e., dma-buf fd) associated with the
+ * received UUID from the hash table.
+ *
+ * Returns: TRUE on success, FALSE on failure.
+ */
+bool vu_rm_shared_object(VuDev *dev, unsigned char uuid[UUID_LEN]);
+
 /**
  * vu_queue_set_notification:
  * @dev: a VuDev context
