diff --git a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c
index 8b39be5..c426d41 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/net.h>
+#include <linux/socket.h>
+
+#include <net/sock.h>
 
 #include <xen/events.h>
 #include <xen/grant_table.h>
@@ -55,6 +59,18 @@ struct sock_mapping {
 	bool active_socket;
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct socket *sock;
+	union {
+		struct {
+			int irq;
+			grant_ref_t ref;
+			struct pvcalls_data_intf *ring;
+			struct pvcalls_data data;
+			struct mutex in_mutex;
+			struct mutex out_mutex;
+
+			wait_queue_head_t inflight_conn_req;
+		} active;
+	};
 };
 
 static inline int get_request(struct pvcalls_bedata *bedata, int *req_id)
@@ -117,6 +133,18 @@ static void pvcalls_front_free_map(struct pvcalls_bedata *bedata,
 {
 }
 
+static irqreturn_t pvcalls_front_conn_handler(int irq, void *sock_map)
+{
+	struct sock_mapping *map = sock_map;
+
+	if (map == NULL)
+		return IRQ_HANDLED;
+
+	wake_up_interruptible(&map->active.inflight_conn_req);
+
+	return IRQ_HANDLED;
+}
+
 int pvcalls_front_socket(struct socket *sock)
 {
 	struct pvcalls_bedata *bedata;
@@ -192,6 +220,132 @@ int pvcalls_front_socket(struct socket *sock)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int create_active(struct sock_mapping *map, int *evtchn)
+{
+	void *bytes;
+	int ret = -ENOMEM, irq = -1, i;
+
+	*evtchn = -1;
+	init_waitqueue_head(&map->active.inflight_conn_req);
+
+	map->active.ring = (struct pvcalls_data_intf *)
+		__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+	if (map->active.ring == NULL)
+		goto out_error;
+	map->active.ring->ring_order = PVCALLS_RING_ORDER;
+	bytes = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
+					PVCALLS_RING_ORDER);
+	if (bytes == NULL)
+		goto out_error;
+	for (i = 0; i < (1 << PVCALLS_RING_ORDER); i++)
+		map->active.ring->ref[i] = gnttab_grant_foreign_access(
+			pvcalls_front_dev->otherend_id,
+			pfn_to_gfn(virt_to_pfn(bytes) + i), 0);
+
+	map->active.ref = gnttab_grant_foreign_access(
+		pvcalls_front_dev->otherend_id,
+		pfn_to_gfn(virt_to_pfn((void *)map->active.ring)), 0);
+
+	map->active.data.in = bytes;
+	map->active.data.out = bytes +
+		XEN_FLEX_RING_SIZE(PVCALLS_RING_ORDER);
+
+	ret = xenbus_alloc_evtchn(pvcalls_front_dev, evtchn);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_error;
+	irq = bind_evtchn_to_irqhandler(*evtchn, pvcalls_front_conn_handler,
+					0, "pvcalls-frontend", map);
+	if (irq < 0) {
+		ret = irq;
+		goto out_error;
+	}
+
+	map->active.irq = irq;
+	map->active_socket = true;
+	mutex_init(&map->active.in_mutex);
+	mutex_init(&map->active.out_mutex);
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_error:
+	if (irq >= 0)
+		unbind_from_irqhandler(irq, map);
+	else if (*evtchn >= 0)
+		xenbus_free_evtchn(pvcalls_front_dev, *evtchn);
+	kfree(map->active.data.in);
+	kfree(map->active.ring);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int pvcalls_front_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
+				int addr_len, int flags)
+{
+	struct pvcalls_bedata *bedata;
+	struct sock_mapping *map = NULL;
+	struct xen_pvcalls_request *req;
+	int notify, req_id, ret, evtchn;
+
+	if (addr->sa_family != AF_INET || sock->type != SOCK_STREAM)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	pvcalls_enter();
+	if (!pvcalls_front_dev) {
+		pvcalls_exit();
+		return -ENOTCONN;
+	}
+
+	bedata = dev_get_drvdata(&pvcalls_front_dev->dev);
+
+	map = (struct sock_mapping *)sock->sk->sk_send_head;
+	if (!map) {
+		pvcalls_exit();
+		return -ENOTSOCK;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&bedata->socket_lock);
+	ret = get_request(bedata, &req_id);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		spin_unlock(&bedata->socket_lock);
+		pvcalls_exit();
+		return ret;
+	}
+	ret = create_active(map, &evtchn);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		spin_unlock(&bedata->socket_lock);
+		pvcalls_exit();
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	req = RING_GET_REQUEST(&bedata->ring, req_id);
+	req->req_id = req_id;
+	req->cmd = PVCALLS_CONNECT;
+	req->u.connect.id = (uint64_t)map;
+	req->u.connect.len = addr_len;
+	req->u.connect.flags = flags;
+	req->u.connect.ref = map->active.ref;
+	req->u.connect.evtchn = evtchn;
+	memcpy(req->u.connect.addr, addr, sizeof(*addr));
+
+	map->sock = sock;
+
+	bedata->ring.req_prod_pvt++;
+	RING_PUSH_REQUESTS_AND_CHECK_NOTIFY(&bedata->ring, notify);
+	spin_unlock(&bedata->socket_lock);
+
+	if (notify)
+		notify_remote_via_irq(bedata->irq);
+
+	wait_event(bedata->inflight_req,
+		   READ_ONCE(bedata->rsp[req_id].req_id) == req_id);
+
+	/* read req_id, then the content */
+	smp_rmb();
+	ret = bedata->rsp[req_id].ret;
+	bedata->rsp[req_id].req_id = PVCALLS_INVALID_ID;
+	pvcalls_exit();
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static const struct xenbus_device_id pvcalls_front_ids[] = {
 	{ "pvcalls" },
 	{ "" }
@@ -208,6 +362,14 @@ static int pvcalls_front_remove(struct xenbus_device *dev)
 	if (bedata->irq >= 0)
 		unbind_from_irqhandler(bedata->irq, dev);
 
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(map, n, &bedata->socket_mappings, list) {
+		map->sock->sk->sk_send_head = NULL;
+		if (map->active_socket) {
+			map->active.ring->in_error = -EBADF;
+			wake_up_interruptible(&map->active.inflight_conn_req);
+		}
+	}
+
 	smp_mb();
 	while (atomic_read(&pvcalls_refcount) > 0)
 		cpu_relax();
diff --git a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.h b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.h
index b7dabed..63b0417 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.h
+++ b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.h
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/net.h>
 
 int pvcalls_front_socket(struct socket *sock);
+int pvcalls_front_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
+			  int addr_len, int flags);
 
 #endif
