diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/Makefile
index dad298127226..5e980dd90e41 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ttm-y := ttm_tt.o ttm_bo.o ttm_bo_util.o ttm_bo_vm.o ttm_module.o \
 	ttm_execbuf_util.o ttm_range_manager.o ttm_resource.o ttm_pool.o \
-	ttm_device.o ttm_sys_manager.o
+	ttm_device.o ttm_sys_manager.o ttm_backup_shmem.o
 ttm-$(CONFIG_AGP) += ttm_agp_backend.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_TTM) += ttm.o
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_backup_shmem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_backup_shmem.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79c2f552863a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_backup_shmem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2024 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <drm/ttm/ttm_backup.h>
+#include <linux/page-flags.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct ttm_backup_shmem - A shmem based ttm_backup subclass.
+ * @backup: The base struct ttm_backup
+ * @filp: The associated shmem object
+ */
+struct ttm_backup_shmem {
+	struct ttm_backup backup;
+	struct file *filp;
+};
+
+static struct ttm_backup_shmem *to_backup_shmem(struct ttm_backup *backup)
+{
+	return container_of(backup, struct ttm_backup_shmem, backup);
+}
+
+static void ttm_backup_shmem_drop(struct ttm_backup *backup, unsigned long handle)
+{
+	handle -= 1;
+	shmem_truncate_range(file_inode(to_backup_shmem(backup)->filp), handle,
+			     handle + 1);
+}
+
+static int ttm_backup_shmem_copy_page(struct ttm_backup *backup, struct page *dst,
+				      unsigned long handle, bool killable)
+{
+	struct file *filp = to_backup_shmem(backup)->filp;
+	struct address_space *mapping = filp->f_mapping;
+	struct folio *from_folio;
+
+	handle -= 1;
+	from_folio = shmem_read_folio(mapping, handle);
+	if (IS_ERR(from_folio))
+		return PTR_ERR(from_folio);
+
+	/* Note: Use drm_memcpy_from_wc? */
+	copy_highpage(dst, folio_file_page(from_folio, handle));
+	folio_put(from_folio);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned long
+ttm_backup_shmem_backup_page(struct ttm_backup *backup, struct page *page,
+			     bool writeback, pgoff_t i, gfp_t page_gfp,
+			     gfp_t alloc_gfp)
+{
+	struct file *filp = to_backup_shmem(backup)->filp;
+	struct address_space *mapping = filp->f_mapping;
+	unsigned long handle = 0;
+	struct folio *to_folio;
+	int ret;
+
+	to_folio = shmem_read_folio_gfp(mapping, i, alloc_gfp);
+	if (IS_ERR(to_folio))
+		return handle;
+
+	folio_mark_accessed(to_folio);
+	folio_lock(to_folio);
+	folio_mark_dirty(to_folio);
+	copy_highpage(folio_file_page(to_folio, i), page);
+	handle = i + 1;
+
+	if (writeback && !folio_mapped(to_folio) && folio_clear_dirty_for_io(to_folio)) {
+		struct writeback_control wbc = {
+			.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
+			.nr_to_write = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
+			.range_start = 0,
+			.range_end = LLONG_MAX,
+			.for_reclaim = 1,
+		};
+		folio_set_reclaim(to_folio);
+		ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(folio_page(to_folio, 0), &wbc);
+		if (!folio_test_writeback(to_folio))
+			folio_clear_reclaim(to_folio);
+		/* If writepage succeeds, it unlocks the folio */
+		if (ret)
+			folio_unlock(to_folio);
+	} else {
+		folio_unlock(to_folio);
+	}
+
+	folio_put(to_folio);
+
+	return handle;
+}
+
+static void ttm_backup_shmem_fini(struct ttm_backup *backup)
+{
+	struct ttm_backup_shmem *sbackup = to_backup_shmem(backup);
+
+	fput(sbackup->filp);
+	kfree(sbackup);
+}
+
+static const struct ttm_backup_ops ttm_backup_shmem_ops = {
+	.drop = ttm_backup_shmem_drop,
+	.copy_backed_up_page = ttm_backup_shmem_copy_page,
+	.backup_page = ttm_backup_shmem_backup_page,
+	.fini = ttm_backup_shmem_fini,
+};
+
+/**
+ * ttm_backup_shmem_create() - Create a shmem-based struct backup.
+ * @size: The maximum size (in bytes) to back up.
+ *
+ * Create a backup utilizing shmem objects.
+ *
+ * Return: A pointer to a struct ttm_backup on success,
+ * an error pointer on error.
+ */
+struct ttm_backup *ttm_backup_shmem_create(loff_t size)
+{
+	struct ttm_backup_shmem *sbackup =
+		kzalloc(sizeof(*sbackup), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ACCOUNT);
+
+	if (!sbackup)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sbackup->filp = shmem_file_setup("ttm shmem backup", size, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(sbackup->filp)) {
+		kfree(sbackup);
+		return ERR_CAST(sbackup->filp);
+	}
+
+	sbackup->backup.ops = &ttm_backup_shmem_ops;
+
+	return &sbackup->backup;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ttm_backup_shmem_create);
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_backup.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_backup.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..88e8b97a6fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_backup.h
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2024 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef _TTM_BACKUP_H_
+#define _TTM_BACKUP_H_
+
+#include <linux/mm_types.h>
+#include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
+
+struct ttm_backup;
+
+/**
+ * ttm_backup_handle_to_page_ptr() - Convert handle to struct page pointer
+ * @handle: The handle to convert.
+ *
+ * Converts an opaque handle received from the
+ * struct ttm_backoup_ops::backup_page() function to an (invalid)
+ * struct page pointer suitable for a struct page array.
+ *
+ * Return: An (invalid) struct page pointer.
+ */
+static inline struct page *
+ttm_backup_handle_to_page_ptr(unsigned long handle)
+{
+	return (struct page *)(handle << 1 | 1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ttm_backup_page_ptr_is_handle() - Whether a struct page pointer is a handle
+ * @page: The struct page pointer to check.
+ *
+ * Return: true if the struct page pointer is a handld returned from
+ * ttm_backup_handle_to_page_ptr(). False otherwise.
+ */
+static inline bool ttm_backup_page_ptr_is_handle(const struct page *page)
+{
+	return (unsigned long)page & 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ttm_backup_page_ptr_to_handle() - Convert a struct page pointer to a handle
+ * @page: The struct page pointer to convert
+ *
+ * Return: The handle that was previously used in
+ * ttm_backup_handle_to_page_ptr() to obtain a struct page pointer, suitable
+ * for use as argument in the struct ttm_backup_ops drop() or
+ * copy_backed_up_page() functions.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long
+ttm_backup_page_ptr_to_handle(const struct page *page)
+{
+	WARN_ON(!ttm_backup_page_ptr_is_handle(page));
+	return (unsigned long)page >> 1;
+}
+
+/** struct ttm_backup_ops - A struct ttm_backup backend operations */
+struct ttm_backup_ops {
+	/**
+	 * drop - release memory associated with a handle
+	 * @backup: The struct backup pointer used to obtain the handle
+	 * @handle: The handle obtained from the @backup_page function.
+	 */
+	void (*drop)(struct ttm_backup *backup, unsigned long handle);
+
+	/**
+	 * copy_backed_up_page - Copy the contents of a previously backed
+	 * up page
+	 * @backup: The struct backup pointer used to back up the page.
+	 * @dst: The struct page to copy into.
+	 * @handle: The handle returned when the page was backed up.
+	 * @intr: Try to perform waits interruptable or at least killable.
+	 *
+	 * Return: 0 on success, Negative error code on failure, notably
+	 * -EINTR if @intr was set to true and a signal is pending.
+	 */
+	int (*copy_backed_up_page)(struct ttm_backup *backup, struct page *dst,
+				   unsigned long handle, bool intr);
+
+	/**
+	 * backup_page - Backup a page
+	 * @backup: The struct backup pointer to use.
+	 * @page: The page to back up.
+	 * @writeback: Whether to perform immediate writeback of the page.
+	 * This may have performance implications.
+	 * @i: A unique integer for each page and each struct backup.
+	 * This is a hint allowing the backup backend to avoid managing
+	 * its address space separately.
+	 * @page_gfp: The gfp value used when the page was allocated.
+	 * This is used for accounting purposes.
+	 * @alloc_gfp: The gpf to be used when the backend needs to allocaete
+	 * memory.
+	 *
+	 * Return: A handle on success. 0 on failure.
+	 * (This is following the swp_entry_t convention).
+	 *
+	 * Note: This function could be extended to back up a folio and
+	 * backends would then split the folio internally if needed.
+	 * Drawback is that the caller would then have to keep track of
+	 */
+	unsigned long (*backup_page)(struct ttm_backup *backup, struct page *page,
+				     bool writeback, pgoff_t i, gfp_t page_gfp,
+				     gfp_t alloc_gfp);
+	/**
+	 * fini - Free the struct backup resources after last use.
+	 * @backup: Pointer to the struct backup whose resources to free.
+	 *
+	 * After a call to @fini, it's illegal to use the @backup pointer.
+	 */
+	void (*fini)(struct ttm_backup *backup);
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct ttm_backup - Abstract a backup backend.
+ * @ops: The operations as described above.
+ *
+ * The struct ttm_backup is intended to be subclassed by the
+ * backend implementation.
+ */
+struct ttm_backup {
+	const struct ttm_backup_ops *ops;
+};
+
+/**
+ * ttm_backup_shmem_create() - Create a shmem-based struct backup.
+ * @size: The maximum size (in bytes) to back up.
+ *
+ * Create a backup utilizing shmem objects.
+ *
+ * Return: A pointer to a struct ttm_backup on success,
+ * an error pointer on error.
+ */
+struct ttm_backup *ttm_backup_shmem_create(loff_t size);
+
+#endif
