diff --git a/hw/virtio/Kconfig b/hw/virtio/Kconfig
index 83122424fa..0eda25c4e1 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/Kconfig
+++ b/hw/virtio/Kconfig
@@ -47,3 +47,14 @@ config VIRTIO_PMEM
     depends on VIRTIO
     depends on VIRTIO_PMEM_SUPPORTED
     select MEM_DEVICE
+
+config VIRTIO_MEM_SUPPORTED
+    bool
+
+config VIRTIO_MEM
+    bool
+    default y
+    depends on VIRTIO
+    depends on LINUX
+    depends on VIRTIO_MEM_SUPPORTED
+    select MEM_DEVICE
diff --git a/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs b/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs
index 4e4d39a0a4..7df70e977e 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ common-obj-$(call land,$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_PMEM),$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI)) += virtio-pme
 obj-$(call land,$(CONFIG_VHOST_USER_FS),$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI)) += vhost-user-fs-pci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_IOMMU) += virtio-iommu.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK) += vhost-vsock.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_MEM) += virtio-mem.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI),y)
 obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK) += vhost-vsock-pci.o
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8a0c974d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,724 @@
+/*
+ * Virtio MEM device
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/iov.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qemu/units.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/reset.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio-access.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio-mem.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/visitor.h"
+#include "exec/ram_addr.h"
+#include "migration/misc.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
+#include "config-devices.h"
+
+/*
+ * Use QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN, so no THP will have to be split when unplugging
+ * memory (e.g., 2MB on x86_64).
+ */
+#define VIRTIO_MEM_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN
+/*
+ * Size the usable region bigger than the requested size if possible. Esp.
+ * Linux guests will only add (aligned) memory blocks in case they fully
+ * fit into the usable region, but plug+online only a subset of the pages.
+ * The memory block size corresponds mostly to the section size.
+ *
+ * This allows e.g., to add 20MB with a section size of 128MB on x86_64, and
+ * a section size of 1GB on arm64 (as long as the start address is properly
+ * aligned, similar to ordinary DIMMs).
+ *
+ * We can change this at any time and maybe even make it configurable if
+ * necessary (as the section size can change). But it's more likely that the
+ * section size will rather get smaller and not bigger over time.
+ */
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+#define VIRTIO_MEM_USABLE_EXTENT (2 * (128 * MiB))
+#else
+#error VIRTIO_MEM_USABLE_EXTENT not defined
+#endif
+
+static bool virtio_mem_is_busy(void)
+{
+    /*
+     * Postcopy cannot handle concurrent discards and we don't want to migrate
+     * pages on-demand with stale content when plugging new blocks.
+     */
+    return migration_in_incoming_postcopy();
+}
+
+static bool virtio_mem_test_bitmap(VirtIOMEM *vmem, uint64_t start_gpa,
+                                   uint64_t size, bool plugged)
+{
+    const unsigned long first_bit = (start_gpa - vmem->addr) / vmem->block_size;
+    const unsigned long last_bit = first_bit + (size / vmem->block_size) - 1;
+    unsigned long found_bit;
+
+    /* We fake a shorter bitmap to avoid searching too far. */
+    if (plugged) {
+        found_bit = find_next_zero_bit(vmem->bitmap, last_bit + 1, first_bit);
+    } else {
+        found_bit = find_next_bit(vmem->bitmap, last_bit + 1, first_bit);
+    }
+    return found_bit > last_bit;
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_set_bitmap(VirtIOMEM *vmem, uint64_t start_gpa,
+                                  uint64_t size, bool plugged)
+{
+    const unsigned long bit = (start_gpa - vmem->addr) / vmem->block_size;
+    const unsigned long nbits = size / vmem->block_size;
+
+    if (plugged) {
+        bitmap_set(vmem->bitmap, bit, nbits);
+    } else {
+        bitmap_clear(vmem->bitmap, bit, nbits);
+    }
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_send_response(VirtIOMEM *vmem, VirtQueueElement *elem,
+                                     struct virtio_mem_resp *resp)
+{
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(vmem);
+    VirtQueue *vq = vmem->vq;
+
+    iov_from_buf(elem->in_sg, elem->in_num, 0, resp, sizeof(*resp));
+
+    virtqueue_push(vq, elem, sizeof(*resp));
+    virtio_notify(vdev, vq);
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_send_response_simple(VirtIOMEM *vmem,
+                                            VirtQueueElement *elem,
+                                            uint16_t type)
+{
+    struct virtio_mem_resp resp = {
+        .type = cpu_to_le16(type),
+    };
+
+    virtio_mem_send_response(vmem, elem, &resp);
+}
+
+static bool virtio_mem_valid_range(VirtIOMEM *vmem, uint64_t gpa, uint64_t size)
+{
+    if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(gpa, vmem->block_size)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (gpa + size < gpa || !size) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (gpa < vmem->addr || gpa >= vmem->addr + vmem->usable_region_size) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (gpa + size > vmem->addr + vmem->usable_region_size) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+static int virtio_mem_set_block_state(VirtIOMEM *vmem, uint64_t start_gpa,
+                                      uint64_t size, bool plug)
+{
+    const uint64_t offset = start_gpa - vmem->addr;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (virtio_mem_is_busy()) {
+        return -EBUSY;
+    }
+
+    if (!plug) {
+        ret = ram_block_discard_range(vmem->memdev->mr.ram_block, offset, size);
+        if (ret) {
+            error_report("Unexpected error discarding RAM: %s",
+                         strerror(-ret));
+            return -EBUSY;
+        }
+    }
+    virtio_mem_set_bitmap(vmem, start_gpa, size, plug);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int virtio_mem_state_change_request(VirtIOMEM *vmem, uint64_t gpa,
+                                           uint16_t nb_blocks, bool plug)
+{
+    const uint64_t size = nb_blocks * vmem->block_size;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (!virtio_mem_valid_range(vmem, gpa, size)) {
+        return VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (plug && (vmem->size + size > vmem->requested_size)) {
+        return VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_NACK;
+    }
+
+    /* test if really all blocks are in the opposite state */
+    if (!virtio_mem_test_bitmap(vmem, gpa, size, !plug)) {
+        return VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    ret = virtio_mem_set_block_state(vmem, gpa, size, plug);
+    if (ret) {
+        return VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_BUSY;
+    }
+    if (plug) {
+        vmem->size += size;
+    } else {
+        vmem->size -= size;
+    }
+    return VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_ACK;
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_plug_request(VirtIOMEM *vmem, VirtQueueElement *elem,
+                                    struct virtio_mem_req *req)
+{
+    const uint64_t gpa = le64_to_cpu(req->u.plug.addr);
+    const uint16_t nb_blocks = le16_to_cpu(req->u.plug.nb_blocks);
+    uint16_t type;
+
+    type = virtio_mem_state_change_request(vmem, gpa, nb_blocks, true);
+    virtio_mem_send_response_simple(vmem, elem, type);
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_unplug_request(VirtIOMEM *vmem, VirtQueueElement *elem,
+                                      struct virtio_mem_req *req)
+{
+    const uint64_t gpa = le64_to_cpu(req->u.unplug.addr);
+    const uint16_t nb_blocks = le16_to_cpu(req->u.unplug.nb_blocks);
+    uint16_t type;
+
+    type = virtio_mem_state_change_request(vmem, gpa, nb_blocks, false);
+    virtio_mem_send_response_simple(vmem, elem, type);
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_resize_usable_region(VirtIOMEM *vmem,
+                                            uint64_t requested_size,
+                                            bool can_shrink)
+{
+    uint64_t newsize = MIN(memory_region_size(&vmem->memdev->mr),
+                           requested_size + VIRTIO_MEM_USABLE_EXTENT);
+
+    if (!requested_size) {
+        newsize = 0;
+    }
+
+    if (newsize < vmem->usable_region_size && !can_shrink) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    vmem->usable_region_size = newsize;
+}
+
+static int virtio_mem_unplug_all(VirtIOMEM *vmem)
+{
+    RAMBlock *rb = vmem->memdev->mr.ram_block;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (virtio_mem_is_busy()) {
+        return -EBUSY;
+    }
+
+    ret = ram_block_discard_range(rb, 0, qemu_ram_get_used_length(rb));
+    if (ret) {
+        error_report("Unexpected error discarding RAM: %s", strerror(-ret));
+        return -EBUSY;
+    }
+    bitmap_clear(vmem->bitmap, 0, vmem->bitmap_size);
+    vmem->size = 0;
+
+    virtio_mem_resize_usable_region(vmem, vmem->requested_size, true);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_unplug_all_request(VirtIOMEM *vmem,
+                                          VirtQueueElement *elem)
+{
+    if (virtio_mem_unplug_all(vmem)) {
+        virtio_mem_send_response_simple(vmem, elem, VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_BUSY);
+    } else {
+        virtio_mem_send_response_simple(vmem, elem, VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_ACK);
+    }
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_state_request(VirtIOMEM *vmem, VirtQueueElement *elem,
+                                     struct virtio_mem_req *req)
+{
+    const uint16_t nb_blocks = le16_to_cpu(req->u.state.nb_blocks);
+    const uint64_t gpa = le64_to_cpu(req->u.state.addr);
+    const uint64_t size = nb_blocks * vmem->block_size;
+    struct virtio_mem_resp resp = {
+        .type = cpu_to_le16(VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_ACK),
+    };
+
+    if (!virtio_mem_valid_range(vmem, gpa, size)) {
+        virtio_mem_send_response_simple(vmem, elem, VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_ERROR);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (virtio_mem_test_bitmap(vmem, gpa, size, true)) {
+        resp.u.state.state = cpu_to_le16(VIRTIO_MEM_STATE_PLUGGED);
+    } else if (virtio_mem_test_bitmap(vmem, gpa, size, false)) {
+        resp.u.state.state = cpu_to_le16(VIRTIO_MEM_STATE_UNPLUGGED);
+    } else {
+        resp.u.state.state = cpu_to_le16(VIRTIO_MEM_STATE_MIXED);
+    }
+    virtio_mem_send_response(vmem, elem, &resp);
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_handle_request(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
+{
+    const int len = sizeof(struct virtio_mem_req);
+    VirtIOMEM *vmem = VIRTIO_MEM(vdev);
+    VirtQueueElement *elem;
+    struct virtio_mem_req req;
+    uint16_t type;
+
+    while (true) {
+        elem = virtqueue_pop(vq, sizeof(VirtQueueElement));
+        if (!elem) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (iov_to_buf(elem->out_sg, elem->out_num, 0, &req, len) < len) {
+            virtio_error(vdev, "virtio-mem protocol violation: invalid request"
+                         " size: %d", len);
+            g_free(elem);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (iov_size(elem->in_sg, elem->in_num) <
+            sizeof(struct virtio_mem_resp)) {
+            virtio_error(vdev, "virtio-mem protocol violation: not enough space"
+                         " for response: %zu",
+                         iov_size(elem->in_sg, elem->in_num));
+            g_free(elem);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        type = le16_to_cpu(req.type);
+        switch (type) {
+        case VIRTIO_MEM_REQ_PLUG:
+            virtio_mem_plug_request(vmem, elem, &req);
+            break;
+        case VIRTIO_MEM_REQ_UNPLUG:
+            virtio_mem_unplug_request(vmem, elem, &req);
+            break;
+        case VIRTIO_MEM_REQ_UNPLUG_ALL:
+            virtio_mem_unplug_all_request(vmem, elem);
+            break;
+        case VIRTIO_MEM_REQ_STATE:
+            virtio_mem_state_request(vmem, elem, &req);
+            break;
+        default:
+            virtio_error(vdev, "virtio-mem protocol violation: unknown request"
+                         " type: %d", type);
+            g_free(elem);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        g_free(elem);
+    }
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_get_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config_data)
+{
+    VirtIOMEM *vmem = VIRTIO_MEM(vdev);
+    struct virtio_mem_config *config = (void *) config_data;
+
+    config->block_size = cpu_to_le64(vmem->block_size);
+    config->node_id = cpu_to_le16(vmem->node);
+    config->requested_size = cpu_to_le64(vmem->requested_size);
+    config->plugged_size = cpu_to_le64(vmem->size);
+    config->addr = cpu_to_le64(vmem->addr);
+    config->region_size = cpu_to_le64(memory_region_size(&vmem->memdev->mr));
+    config->usable_region_size = cpu_to_le64(vmem->usable_region_size);
+}
+
+static uint64_t virtio_mem_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t features,
+                                        Error **errp)
+{
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+
+    if (ms->numa_state) {
+#if defined(CONFIG_ACPI)
+        virtio_add_feature(&features, VIRTIO_MEM_F_ACPI_PXM);
+#endif
+    }
+    return features;
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_system_reset(void *opaque)
+{
+    VirtIOMEM *vmem = VIRTIO_MEM(opaque);
+
+    /*
+     * During usual resets, we will unplug all memory and shrink the usable
+     * region size. This is, however, not possible in all scenarios. Then,
+     * the guest has to deal with this manually (VIRTIO_MEM_REQ_UNPLUG_ALL).
+     */
+    virtio_mem_unplug_all(vmem);
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+{
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+    int nb_numa_nodes = ms->numa_state ? ms->numa_state->num_nodes : 0;
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(dev);
+    VirtIOMEM *vmem = VIRTIO_MEM(dev);
+    uint64_t page_size;
+    RAMBlock *rb;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (!vmem->memdev) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'%s' property is not set", VIRTIO_MEM_MEMDEV_PROP);
+        return;
+    } else if (host_memory_backend_is_mapped(vmem->memdev)) {
+        char *path = object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(vmem->memdev));
+
+        error_setg(errp, "'%s' property specifies a busy memdev: %s",
+                   VIRTIO_MEM_MEMDEV_PROP, path);
+        g_free(path);
+        return;
+    } else if (!memory_region_is_ram(&vmem->memdev->mr) ||
+        memory_region_is_rom(&vmem->memdev->mr) ||
+        !vmem->memdev->mr.ram_block) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'%s' property specifies an unsupported memdev",
+                   VIRTIO_MEM_MEMDEV_PROP);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if ((nb_numa_nodes && vmem->node >= nb_numa_nodes) ||
+        (!nb_numa_nodes && vmem->node)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'%s' property has value '%" PRIu32 "', which exceeds"
+                   "the number of numa nodes: %d", VIRTIO_MEM_NODE_PROP,
+                   vmem->node, nb_numa_nodes ? nb_numa_nodes : 1);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (enable_mlock) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Incompatible with mlock");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    rb = vmem->memdev->mr.ram_block;
+    page_size = qemu_ram_pagesize(rb);
+
+    if (vmem->block_size < page_size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'%s' property has to be at least the page size (0x%"
+                   PRIx64 ")", VIRTIO_MEM_BLOCK_SIZE_PROP, page_size);
+        return;
+    } else if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(vmem->requested_size, vmem->block_size)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'%s' property has to be multiples of '%s' (0x%" PRIx64
+                   ")", VIRTIO_MEM_REQUESTED_SIZE_PROP,
+                   VIRTIO_MEM_BLOCK_SIZE_PROP, vmem->block_size);
+        return;
+    } else if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(memory_region_size(&vmem->memdev->mr),
+                                vmem->block_size)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'%s' property memdev size has to be multiples of"
+                   "'%s' (0x%" PRIx64 ")", VIRTIO_MEM_MEMDEV_PROP,
+                   VIRTIO_MEM_BLOCK_SIZE_PROP, vmem->block_size);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (ram_block_discard_require(true)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Discarding RAM is disabled");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ret = ram_block_discard_range(rb, 0, qemu_ram_get_used_length(rb));
+    if (ret) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Unexpected error discarding RAM");
+        ram_block_discard_require(false);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    virtio_mem_resize_usable_region(vmem, vmem->requested_size, true);
+
+    vmem->bitmap_size = memory_region_size(&vmem->memdev->mr) /
+                        vmem->block_size;
+    vmem->bitmap = bitmap_new(vmem->bitmap_size);
+
+    virtio_init(vdev, TYPE_VIRTIO_MEM, VIRTIO_ID_MEM,
+                sizeof(struct virtio_mem_config));
+    vmem->vq = virtio_add_queue(vdev, 128, virtio_mem_handle_request);
+
+    host_memory_backend_set_mapped(vmem->memdev, true);
+    vmstate_register_ram(&vmem->memdev->mr, DEVICE(vmem));
+    qemu_register_reset(virtio_mem_system_reset, vmem);
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_device_unrealize(DeviceState *dev)
+{
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(dev);
+    VirtIOMEM *vmem = VIRTIO_MEM(dev);
+
+    qemu_unregister_reset(virtio_mem_system_reset, vmem);
+    vmstate_unregister_ram(&vmem->memdev->mr, DEVICE(vmem));
+    host_memory_backend_set_mapped(vmem->memdev, false);
+    virtio_del_queue(vdev, 0);
+    virtio_cleanup(vdev);
+    g_free(vmem->bitmap);
+    ram_block_discard_require(false);
+}
+
+static int virtio_mem_restore_unplugged(VirtIOMEM *vmem)
+{
+    RAMBlock *rb = vmem->memdev->mr.ram_block;
+    unsigned long first_zero_bit, last_zero_bit;
+    uint64_t offset, length;
+    int ret;
+
+    /* Find consecutive unplugged blocks and discard the consecutive range. */
+    first_zero_bit = find_first_zero_bit(vmem->bitmap, vmem->bitmap_size);
+    while (first_zero_bit < vmem->bitmap_size) {
+        offset = first_zero_bit * vmem->block_size;
+        last_zero_bit = find_next_bit(vmem->bitmap, vmem->bitmap_size,
+                                      first_zero_bit + 1) - 1;
+        length = (last_zero_bit - first_zero_bit + 1) * vmem->block_size;
+
+        ret = ram_block_discard_range(rb, offset, length);
+        if (ret) {
+            error_report("Unexpected error discarding RAM: %s",
+                         strerror(-ret));
+            return -EINVAL;
+        }
+        first_zero_bit = find_next_zero_bit(vmem->bitmap, vmem->bitmap_size,
+                                            last_zero_bit + 2);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int virtio_mem_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
+{
+    if (migration_in_incoming_postcopy()) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return virtio_mem_restore_unplugged(VIRTIO_MEM(opaque));
+}
+
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_mem_device = {
+    .name = "virtio-mem-device",
+    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .post_load = virtio_mem_post_load,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_UINT64(usable_region_size, VirtIOMEM),
+        VMSTATE_UINT64(size, VirtIOMEM),
+        VMSTATE_UINT64(requested_size, VirtIOMEM),
+        VMSTATE_BITMAP(bitmap, VirtIOMEM, 0, bitmap_size),
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    },
+};
+
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_mem = {
+    .name = "virtio-mem",
+    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    },
+};
+
+static void virtio_mem_fill_device_info(const VirtIOMEM *vmem,
+                                        VirtioMEMDeviceInfo *vi)
+{
+    vi->memaddr = vmem->addr;
+    vi->node = vmem->node;
+    vi->requested_size = vmem->requested_size;
+    vi->size = vmem->size;
+    vi->max_size = memory_region_size(&vmem->memdev->mr);
+    vi->block_size = vmem->block_size;
+    vi->memdev = object_get_canonical_path(OBJECT(vmem->memdev));
+}
+
+static MemoryRegion *virtio_mem_get_memory_region(VirtIOMEM *vmem, Error **errp)
+{
+    if (!vmem->memdev) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'%s' property must be set", VIRTIO_MEM_MEMDEV_PROP);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return &vmem->memdev->mr;
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_get_size(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                                void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    const VirtIOMEM *vmem = VIRTIO_MEM(obj);
+    uint64_t value = vmem->size;
+
+    visit_type_size(v, name, &value, errp);
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_get_requested_size(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+                                          const char *name, void *opaque,
+                                          Error **errp)
+{
+    const VirtIOMEM *vmem = VIRTIO_MEM(obj);
+    uint64_t value = vmem->requested_size;
+
+    visit_type_size(v, name, &value, errp);
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_set_requested_size(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+                                          const char *name, void *opaque,
+                                          Error **errp)
+{
+    VirtIOMEM *vmem = VIRTIO_MEM(obj);
+    Error *err = NULL;
+    uint64_t value;
+
+    visit_type_size(v, name, &value, &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * The block size and memory backend are not fixed until the device was
+     * realized. realize() will verify these properties then.
+     */
+    if (DEVICE(obj)->realized) {
+        if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(value, vmem->block_size)) {
+            error_setg(errp, "'%s' has to be multiples of '%s' (0x%" PRIx64
+                       ")", name, VIRTIO_MEM_BLOCK_SIZE_PROP,
+                       vmem->block_size);
+            return;
+        } else if (value > memory_region_size(&vmem->memdev->mr)) {
+            error_setg(errp, "'%s' cannot exceed the memory backend size"
+                       "(0x%" PRIx64 ")", name,
+                       memory_region_size(&vmem->memdev->mr));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (value != vmem->requested_size) {
+            virtio_mem_resize_usable_region(vmem, value, false);
+            vmem->requested_size = value;
+        }
+        /*
+         * Trigger a config update so the guest gets notified. We trigger
+         * even if the size didn't change (especially helpful for debugging).
+         */
+        virtio_notify_config(VIRTIO_DEVICE(vmem));
+    } else {
+        vmem->requested_size = value;
+    }
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_get_block_size(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                                      void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    const VirtIOMEM *vmem = VIRTIO_MEM(obj);
+    uint64_t value = vmem->block_size;
+
+    visit_type_size(v, name, &value, errp);
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_set_block_size(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                                      void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    VirtIOMEM *vmem = VIRTIO_MEM(obj);
+    Error *err = NULL;
+    uint64_t value;
+
+    if (DEVICE(obj)->realized) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'%s' cannot be changed", name);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    visit_type_size(v, name, &value, &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (value < VIRTIO_MEM_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'%s' property has to be at least 0x%" PRIx32, name,
+                   VIRTIO_MEM_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE);
+        return;
+    } else if (!is_power_of_2(value)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'%s' property has to be a power of two", name);
+        return;
+    }
+    vmem->block_size = value;
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_instance_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    VirtIOMEM *vmem = VIRTIO_MEM(obj);
+
+    vmem->block_size = VIRTIO_MEM_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE;
+
+    object_property_add(obj, VIRTIO_MEM_SIZE_PROP, "size", virtio_mem_get_size,
+                        NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    object_property_add(obj, VIRTIO_MEM_REQUESTED_SIZE_PROP, "size",
+                        virtio_mem_get_requested_size,
+                        virtio_mem_set_requested_size, NULL, NULL);
+    object_property_add(obj, VIRTIO_MEM_BLOCK_SIZE_PROP, "size",
+                        virtio_mem_get_block_size, virtio_mem_set_block_size,
+                        NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+static Property virtio_mem_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT64(VIRTIO_MEM_ADDR_PROP, VirtIOMEM, addr, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32(VIRTIO_MEM_NODE_PROP, VirtIOMEM, node, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_LINK(VIRTIO_MEM_MEMDEV_PROP, VirtIOMEM, memdev,
+                     TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND, HostMemoryBackend *),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
+
+static void virtio_mem_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    VirtioDeviceClass *vdc = VIRTIO_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    VirtIOMEMClass *vmc = VIRTIO_MEM_CLASS(klass);
+
+    device_class_set_props(dc, virtio_mem_properties);
+    dc->vmsd = &vmstate_virtio_mem;
+
+    set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_MISC, dc->categories);
+    vdc->realize = virtio_mem_device_realize;
+    vdc->unrealize = virtio_mem_device_unrealize;
+    vdc->get_config = virtio_mem_get_config;
+    vdc->get_features = virtio_mem_get_features;
+    vdc->vmsd = &vmstate_virtio_mem_device;
+
+    vmc->fill_device_info = virtio_mem_fill_device_info;
+    vmc->get_memory_region = virtio_mem_get_memory_region;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo virtio_mem_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_VIRTIO_MEM,
+    .parent = TYPE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(VirtIOMEM),
+    .instance_init = virtio_mem_instance_init,
+    .class_init = virtio_mem_class_init,
+    .class_size = sizeof(VirtIOMEMClass),
+};
+
+static void virtio_register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&virtio_mem_info);
+}
+
+type_init(virtio_register_types)
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6981096f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.h
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Virtio MEM device
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef HW_VIRTIO_MEM_H
+#define HW_VIRTIO_MEM_H
+
+#include "standard-headers/linux/virtio_mem.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-misc.h"
+#include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
+
+#define TYPE_VIRTIO_MEM "virtio-mem"
+
+#define VIRTIO_MEM(obj) \
+        OBJECT_CHECK(VirtIOMEM, (obj), TYPE_VIRTIO_MEM)
+#define VIRTIO_MEM_CLASS(oc) \
+        OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(VirtIOMEMClass, (oc), TYPE_VIRTIO_MEM)
+#define VIRTIO_MEM_GET_CLASS(obj) \
+        OBJECT_GET_CLASS(VirtIOMEMClass, (obj), TYPE_VIRTIO_MEM)
+
+#define VIRTIO_MEM_MEMDEV_PROP "memdev"
+#define VIRTIO_MEM_NODE_PROP "node"
+#define VIRTIO_MEM_SIZE_PROP "size"
+#define VIRTIO_MEM_REQUESTED_SIZE_PROP "requested-size"
+#define VIRTIO_MEM_BLOCK_SIZE_PROP "block-size"
+#define VIRTIO_MEM_ADDR_PROP "memaddr"
+
+typedef struct VirtIOMEM {
+    VirtIODevice parent_obj;
+
+    /* guest -> host request queue */
+    VirtQueue *vq;
+
+    /* bitmap used to track unplugged memory */
+    int32_t bitmap_size;
+    unsigned long *bitmap;
+
+    /* assigned memory backend and memory region */
+    HostMemoryBackend *memdev;
+
+    /* NUMA node */
+    uint32_t node;
+
+    /* assigned address of the region in guest physical memory */
+    uint64_t addr;
+
+    /* usable region size (<= region_size) */
+    uint64_t usable_region_size;
+
+    /* actual size (how much the guest plugged) */
+    uint64_t size;
+
+    /* requested size */
+    uint64_t requested_size;
+
+    /* block size and alignment */
+    uint64_t block_size;
+} VirtIOMEM;
+
+typedef struct VirtIOMEMClass {
+    /* private */
+    VirtIODevice parent;
+
+    /* public */
+    void (*fill_device_info)(const VirtIOMEM *vmen, VirtioMEMDeviceInfo *vi);
+    MemoryRegion *(*get_memory_region)(VirtIOMEM *vmem, Error **errp);
+} VirtIOMEMClass;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/qapi/misc.json b/qapi/misc.json
index 99b90ac80b..e1c5547b65 100644
--- a/qapi/misc.json
+++ b/qapi/misc.json
@@ -1354,19 +1354,56 @@
           }
 }
 
+##
+# @VirtioMEMDeviceInfo:
+#
+# VirtioMEMDevice state information
+#
+# @id: device's ID
+#
+# @memaddr: physical address in memory, where device is mapped
+#
+# @requested-size: the user requested size of the device
+#
+# @size: the (current) size of memory that the device provides
+#
+# @max-size: the maximum size of memory that the device can provide
+#
+# @block-size: the block size of memory that the device provides
+#
+# @node: NUMA node number where device is assigned to
+#
+# @memdev: memory backend linked with the region
+#
+# Since: 5.1
+##
+{ 'struct': 'VirtioMEMDeviceInfo',
+  'data': { '*id': 'str',
+            'memaddr': 'size',
+            'requested-size': 'size',
+            'size': 'size',
+            'max-size': 'size',
+            'block-size': 'size',
+            'node': 'int',
+            'memdev': 'str'
+          }
+}
+
 ##
 # @MemoryDeviceInfo:
 #
 # Union containing information about a memory device
 #
 # nvdimm is included since 2.12. virtio-pmem is included since 4.1.
+# virtio-mem is included since 5.1.
 #
 # Since: 2.1
 ##
 { 'union': 'MemoryDeviceInfo',
   'data': { 'dimm': 'PCDIMMDeviceInfo',
             'nvdimm': 'PCDIMMDeviceInfo',
-            'virtio-pmem': 'VirtioPMEMDeviceInfo'
+            'virtio-pmem': 'VirtioPMEMDeviceInfo',
+            'virtio-mem': 'VirtioMEMDeviceInfo'
           }
 }
 
