diff --git a/tools/include/xen-sys/Linux/privcmd.h b/tools/include/xen-sys/Linux/privcmd.h
index e4e666a..c80eb5e 100644
--- a/tools/include/xen-sys/Linux/privcmd.h
+++ b/tools/include/xen-sys/Linux/privcmd.h
@@ -75,6 +75,17 @@ typedef struct privcmd_mmapbatch_v2 {
 	int __user *err;  /* array of error codes */
 } privcmd_mmapbatch_v2_t;
 
+typedef struct privcmd_dm_op_buf {
+	void __user *uptr;
+	size_t size;
+} privcmd_dm_op_buf_t;
+
+typedef struct privcmd_dm_op {
+	domid_t dom;
+	__u16 num;
+	const privcmd_dm_op_buf_t __user *ubufs;
+} privcmd_dm_op_t;
+
 /*
  * @cmd: IOCTL_PRIVCMD_HYPERCALL
  * @arg: &privcmd_hypercall_t
@@ -88,5 +99,7 @@ typedef struct privcmd_mmapbatch_v2 {
 	_IOC(_IOC_NONE, 'P', 3, sizeof(privcmd_mmapbatch_t))
 #define IOCTL_PRIVCMD_MMAPBATCH_V2				\
 	_IOC(_IOC_NONE, 'P', 4, sizeof(privcmd_mmapbatch_v2_t))
+#define IOCTL_PRIVCMD_DM_OP					\
+	_IOC(_IOC_NONE, 'P', 5, sizeof(privcmd_dm_op_t))
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_PUBLIC_PRIVCMD_H__ */
diff --git a/tools/libs/devicemodel/Makefile b/tools/libs/devicemodel/Makefile
index b87bf84..1803942 100644
--- a/tools/libs/devicemodel/Makefile
+++ b/tools/libs/devicemodel/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CFLAGS   += $(CFLAGS_libxentoollog)
 CFLAGS   += $(CFLAGS_libxencall)
 
 SRCS-y                 += core.c
-SRCS-$(CONFIG_Linux)   += compat.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_Linux)   += linux.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_FreeBSD) += compat.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_SunOS)   += compat.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_NetBSD)  += compat.c
diff --git a/tools/libs/devicemodel/linux.c b/tools/libs/devicemodel/linux.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7511ee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/libs/devicemodel/linux.c
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Citrix Systems Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ * version 2.1 of the License.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <xen/xen.h>
+#include <xen/sys/privcmd.h>
+
+#include "private.h"
+
+int osdep_xendevicemodel_open(xendevicemodel_handle *dmod)
+{
+    int fd = open("/dev/xen/privcmd", O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
+    privcmd_dm_op_t uop;
+    int rc;
+
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        /*
+         * If the 'new' privcmd interface doesn't exist then don't treat
+         * this as an error, but an old privcmd clearly won't implement
+         * IOCTL_PRIVCMD_DM_OP so don't bother trying to open it.
+         */
+        if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENXIO || errno == ENODEV)
+            goto out;
+
+        PERROR("Could not obtain handle on privileged command interface");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Check to see if IOCTL_PRIVCMD_DM_OP is implemented as we want to
+     * use that in preference to libxencall.
+     */
+    uop.dom = DOMID_INVALID;
+    uop.num = 0;
+    uop.ubufs = NULL;
+
+    rc = ioctl(fd, IOCTL_PRIVCMD_DM_OP, &uop);
+    if (rc < 0) {
+        close(fd);
+        fd = -1;
+    }
+
+out:
+    dmod->fd = fd;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int osdep_xendevicemodel_close(xendevicemodel_handle *dmod)
+{
+    if (dmod->fd < 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    return close(dmod->fd);
+}
+
+int osdep_xendevicemodel_op(xendevicemodel_handle *dmod,
+                            domid_t domid, unsigned int nr_bufs,
+                            struct xendevicemodel_buf bufs[])
+{
+    privcmd_dm_op_buf_t *ubufs;
+    privcmd_dm_op_t uop;
+    unsigned int i;
+    int rc;
+
+    if (dmod->fd < 0)
+        return xendevicemodel_xcall(dmod, domid, nr_bufs, bufs);
+
+    ubufs = calloc(nr_bufs, sizeof (*ubufs));
+    if (!ubufs)
+        return -1;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nr_bufs; i++) {
+        ubufs[i].uptr = bufs[i].ptr;
+        ubufs[i].size = bufs[i].size;
+    }
+
+    uop.dom = domid;
+    uop.num = nr_bufs;
+    uop.ubufs = ubufs;
+
+    rc = ioctl(dmod->fd, IOCTL_PRIVCMD_DM_OP, &uop);
+
+    free(ubufs);
+
+    if (rc < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Local variables:
+ * mode: C
+ * c-file-style: "BSD"
+ * c-basic-offset: 4
+ * tab-width: 4
+ * indent-tabs-mode: nil
+ * End:
+ */
diff --git a/tools/libs/devicemodel/private.h b/tools/libs/devicemodel/private.h
index 7c7acf2..5ce3b45 100644
--- a/tools/libs/devicemodel/private.h
+++ b/tools/libs/devicemodel/private.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ struct xendevicemodel_handle {
     xentoollog_logger *logger, *logger_tofree;
     unsigned int flags;
     xencall_handle *xcall;
+    int fd;
 };
 
 struct xendevicemodel_buf {
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ int osdep_xendevicemodel_op(xendevicemodel_handle *dmod,
                             domid_t domid, unsigned int nr_bufs,
                             struct xendevicemodel_buf bufs[]);
 
+#define PERROR(_f...) \
+    xtl_log(dmod->logger, XTL_ERROR, errno, "xendevicemodel", _f)
+
 #endif
 
 /*
