diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-base.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-base.c
index ca1fb7b16f..ccc7cc80ce 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-base.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-base.c
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ virtio_gpu_base_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t features,
     if (virtio_gpu_blob_enabled(g->conf)) {
         features |= (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_F_RESOURCE_BLOB);
     }
+    if (virtio_gpu_freeze_S3_enabled(g->conf)) {
+        features |= (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_F_FREEZE_S3);
+    }
 
     return features;
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c
index e06be60dfb..cb418dae9a 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c
@@ -100,7 +100,15 @@ static void virtio_gpu_gl_reset(VirtIODevice *vdev)
      */
     if (gl->renderer_inited && !gl->renderer_reset) {
         virtio_gpu_virgl_reset_scanout(g);
-        gl->renderer_reset = true;
+        /*
+         * If guest is suspending, we shouldn't reset renderer,
+         * otherwise, the display can't come back to the time when
+         * it was suspended after guest was resumed.
+         */
+        if (!virtio_gpu_freeze_S3_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf) ||
+            g->freeze_mode == VIRTIO_GPU_FREEZE_MODE_UNFREEZE) {
+            gl->renderer_reset = true;
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c
index 8bb7a2c21f..ba4258487e 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c
@@ -483,6 +483,13 @@ void virtio_gpu_virgl_process_cmd(VirtIOGPU *g,
     case VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_EDID:
         virtio_gpu_get_edid(g, cmd);
         break;
+    case VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_FREEZE_MODE:
+        if (virtio_gpu_freeze_S3_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf)) {
+            virtio_gpu_cmd_set_freeze_mode(g, cmd);
+        } else {
+            cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+        }
+        break;
     default:
         cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_UNSPEC;
         break;
diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
index bbd5c6561a..0cfccde834 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
@@ -383,6 +383,16 @@ static void virtio_gpu_resource_create_blob(VirtIOGPU *g,
     QTAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&g->reslist, res, next);
 }
 
+void virtio_gpu_cmd_set_freeze_mode(VirtIOGPU *g,
+                         struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command *cmd)
+{
+    struct virtio_gpu_set_freeze_mode sf;
+
+    VIRTIO_GPU_FILL_CMD(sf);
+    virtio_gpu_bswap_32(&sf, sizeof(sf));
+    g->freeze_mode = sf.freeze_mode;
+}
+
 static void virtio_gpu_disable_scanout(VirtIOGPU *g, int scanout_id)
 {
     struct virtio_gpu_scanout *scanout = &g->parent_obj.scanout[scanout_id];
@@ -1018,6 +1028,13 @@ void virtio_gpu_simple_process_cmd(VirtIOGPU *g,
     case VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_DETACH_BACKING:
         virtio_gpu_resource_detach_backing(g, cmd);
         break;
+    case VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_FREEZE_MODE:
+        if (virtio_gpu_freeze_S3_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf)) {
+            virtio_gpu_cmd_set_freeze_mode(g, cmd);
+        } else {
+            cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+        }
+        break;
     default:
         cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_UNSPEC;
         break;
@@ -1394,11 +1411,28 @@ void virtio_gpu_device_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp)
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->reslist);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->cmdq);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->fenceq);
+
+    g->freeze_mode = VIRTIO_GPU_FREEZE_MODE_UNFREEZE;
 }
 
 static void virtio_gpu_device_unrealize(DeviceState *qdev)
 {
     VirtIOGPU *g = VIRTIO_GPU(qdev);
+    struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res, *tmp;
+
+    /*
+     * This is to prevent memory leak in the situation that qemu is
+     * destroyed when guest is suspended. This also need hot-plug
+     * support.
+     */
+    if (virtio_gpu_freeze_S3_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf) &&
+        g->freeze_mode == VIRTIO_GPU_FREEZE_MODE_FREEZE_S3) {
+        QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(res, &g->reslist, next, tmp) {
+            virtio_gpu_resource_destroy(g, res);
+        }
+        virtio_gpu_virgl_reset(g);
+        g->freeze_mode = VIRTIO_GPU_FREEZE_MODE_UNFREEZE;
+    }
 
     g_clear_pointer(&g->ctrl_bh, qemu_bh_delete);
     g_clear_pointer(&g->cursor_bh, qemu_bh_delete);
@@ -1413,8 +1447,16 @@ static void virtio_gpu_reset_bh(void *opaque)
     struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res, *tmp;
     int i = 0;
 
-    QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(res, &g->reslist, next, tmp) {
-        virtio_gpu_resource_destroy(g, res);
+    /*
+     * If guest is suspending, we shouldn't destroy resources,
+     * otherwise, the display can't come back to the time when
+     * it was suspended after guest was resumed.
+     */
+    if (!virtio_gpu_freeze_S3_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf) ||
+        g->freeze_mode == VIRTIO_GPU_FREEZE_MODE_UNFREEZE) {
+        QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(res, &g->reslist, next, tmp) {
+            virtio_gpu_resource_destroy(g, res);
+        }
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < g->parent_obj.conf.max_outputs; i++) {
@@ -1509,6 +1551,8 @@ static Property virtio_gpu_properties[] = {
                      256 * MiB),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("blob", VirtIOGPU, parent_obj.conf.flags,
                     VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_BLOB_ENABLED, false),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BIT("freeze_S3", VirtIOGPU, parent_obj.conf.flags,
+                    VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_FREEZE_S3_ENABLED, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-qmp.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-qmp.c
index 7515b0947b..a5a6ccc515 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-qmp.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-qmp.c
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ static const qmp_virtio_feature_map_t virtio_gpu_feature_map[] = {
     FEATURE_ENTRY(VIRTIO_GPU_F_CONTEXT_INIT, \
             "VIRTIO_GPU_F_CONTEXT_INIT: Context types and synchronization "
             "timelines supported"),
+    FEATURE_ENTRY(VIRTIO_GPU_F_FREEZE_S3, \
+            "VIRTIO_GPU_F_FREEZE_S3: Freezing virtio-gpu and keeping resources"
+            "alive is supported."),
     FEATURE_ENTRY(VHOST_F_LOG_ALL, \
             "VHOST_F_LOG_ALL: Logging write descriptors supported"),
     FEATURE_ENTRY(VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES, \
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
index 390c4642b8..1ea87227ff 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ enum virtio_gpu_base_conf_flags {
     VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_EDID_ENABLED,
     VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_DMABUF_ENABLED,
     VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_BLOB_ENABLED,
+    VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_FREEZE_S3_ENABLED,
 };
 
 #define virtio_gpu_virgl_enabled(_cfg) \
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ enum virtio_gpu_base_conf_flags {
     (_cfg.flags & (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_DMABUF_ENABLED))
 #define virtio_gpu_blob_enabled(_cfg) \
     (_cfg.flags & (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_BLOB_ENABLED))
+#define virtio_gpu_freeze_S3_enabled(_cfg) \
+    (_cfg.flags & (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_FREEZE_S3_ENABLED))
 
 struct virtio_gpu_base_conf {
     uint32_t max_outputs;
@@ -179,6 +182,7 @@ struct VirtIOGPU {
 
     uint64_t hostmem;
 
+    virtio_gpu_freeze_mode_t freeze_mode;
     bool processing_cmdq;
     QEMUTimer *fence_poll;
     QEMUTimer *print_stats;
@@ -293,5 +297,7 @@ void virtio_gpu_virgl_reset_scanout(VirtIOGPU *g);
 void virtio_gpu_virgl_reset(VirtIOGPU *g);
 int virtio_gpu_virgl_init(VirtIOGPU *g);
 int virtio_gpu_virgl_get_num_capsets(VirtIOGPU *g);
+void virtio_gpu_cmd_set_freeze_mode(VirtIOGPU *g,
+                         struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command *cmd);
 
 #endif
