diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
index 4f7b23faebb98..c7d7afa17a3dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ Code  Seq#    Include File                                           Comments
 'F'   DD     video/sstfb.h                                           conflict!
 'G'   00-3F  drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grulib.h                           conflict!
 'G'   00-0F  xen/gntalloc.h, xen/gntdev.h                            conflict!
+'G'   00-0F  linux/gunyah.h                                          conflict!
 'H'   00-7F  linux/hiddev.h                                          conflict!
 'H'   00-0F  linux/hidraw.h                                          conflict!
 'H'   01     linux/mei.h                                             conflict!
diff --git a/drivers/virt/gunyah/Makefile b/drivers/virt/gunyah/Makefile
index 241bab357b86c..e47e25895299c 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/gunyah/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/virt/gunyah/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-gunyah-y += rsc_mgr.o rsc_mgr_rpc.o
+gunyah-y += rsc_mgr.o rsc_mgr_rpc.o vm_mgr.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GUNYAH) += gunyah.o
diff --git a/drivers/virt/gunyah/rsc_mgr.c b/drivers/virt/gunyah/rsc_mgr.c
index 04c8e131d259f..a0faf126ee56e 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/gunyah/rsc_mgr.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/gunyah/rsc_mgr.c
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/gunyah_rsc_mgr.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 
 #include "rsc_mgr.h"
+#include "vm_mgr.h"
 
 #define RM_RPC_API_VERSION_MASK		GENMASK(3, 0)
 #define RM_RPC_HEADER_WORDS_MASK	GENMASK(7, 4)
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ struct gh_rm_connection {
  * @cache: cache for allocating Tx messages
  * @send_lock: synchronization to allow only one request to be sent at a time
  * @nh: notifier chain for clients interested in RM notification messages
+ * @miscdev: /dev/gunyah
  */
 struct gh_rm {
 	struct device *dev;
@@ -146,6 +149,8 @@ struct gh_rm {
 	struct kmem_cache *cache;
 	struct mutex send_lock;
 	struct blocking_notifier_head nh;
+
+	struct miscdevice miscdev;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -580,6 +585,33 @@ int gh_rm_notifier_unregister(struct gh_rm *rm, struct notifier_block *nb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gh_rm_notifier_unregister);
 
+struct device *gh_rm_get(struct gh_rm *rm)
+{
+	return get_device(rm->miscdev.this_device);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gh_rm_get);
+
+void gh_rm_put(struct gh_rm *rm)
+{
+	put_device(rm->miscdev.this_device);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gh_rm_put);
+
+static long gh_dev_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct miscdevice *miscdev = filp->private_data;
+	struct gh_rm *rm = container_of(miscdev, struct gh_rm, miscdev);
+
+	return gh_dev_vm_mgr_ioctl(rm, cmd, arg);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations gh_dev_fops = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= gh_dev_ioctl,
+	.compat_ioctl	= compat_ptr_ioctl,
+	.llseek		= noop_llseek,
+};
+
 static int gh_msgq_platform_probe_direction(struct platform_device *pdev, bool tx,
 					    struct gh_resource *ghrsc)
 {
@@ -664,7 +696,21 @@ static int gh_rm_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	rm->msgq_client.rx_callback = gh_rm_msgq_rx_data;
 	rm->msgq_client.tx_done = gh_rm_msgq_tx_done;
 
-	return gh_msgq_init(&pdev->dev, &rm->msgq, &rm->msgq_client, &rm->tx_ghrsc, &rm->rx_ghrsc);
+	ret = gh_msgq_init(&pdev->dev, &rm->msgq, &rm->msgq_client, &rm->tx_ghrsc, &rm->rx_ghrsc);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_cache;
+
+	rm->miscdev.name = "gunyah";
+	rm->miscdev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
+	rm->miscdev.fops = &gh_dev_fops;
+
+	ret = misc_register(&rm->miscdev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_msgq;
+
+	return 0;
+err_msgq:
+	gh_msgq_remove(&rm->msgq);
 err_cache:
 	kmem_cache_destroy(rm->cache);
 	return ret;
@@ -674,6 +720,7 @@ static int gh_rm_drv_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct gh_rm *rm = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
+	misc_deregister(&rm->miscdev);
 	gh_msgq_remove(&rm->msgq);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(rm->cache);
 
diff --git a/drivers/virt/gunyah/vm_mgr.c b/drivers/virt/gunyah/vm_mgr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a43401cb34f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/virt/gunyah/vm_mgr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "gh_vm_mgr: " fmt
+
+#include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/gunyah_rsc_mgr.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+#include <uapi/linux/gunyah.h>
+
+#include "vm_mgr.h"
+
+static __must_check struct gh_vm *gh_vm_alloc(struct gh_rm *rm)
+{
+	struct gh_vm *ghvm;
+
+	ghvm = kzalloc(sizeof(*ghvm), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ghvm)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	ghvm->parent = gh_rm_get(rm);
+	ghvm->rm = rm;
+
+	return ghvm;
+}
+
+static int gh_vm_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct gh_vm *ghvm = filp->private_data;
+
+	gh_rm_put(ghvm->rm);
+	kfree(ghvm);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations gh_vm_fops = {
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.release = gh_vm_release,
+	.llseek = noop_llseek,
+};
+
+static long gh_dev_ioctl_create_vm(struct gh_rm *rm, unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct gh_vm *ghvm;
+	struct file *file;
+	int fd, err;
+
+	/* arg reserved for future use. */
+	if (arg)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ghvm = gh_vm_alloc(rm);
+	if (IS_ERR(ghvm))
+		return PTR_ERR(ghvm);
+
+	fd = get_unused_fd_flags(O_CLOEXEC);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		err = fd;
+		goto err_destroy_vm;
+	}
+
+	file = anon_inode_getfile("gunyah-vm", &gh_vm_fops, ghvm, O_RDWR);
+	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(file);
+		goto err_put_fd;
+	}
+
+	fd_install(fd, file);
+
+	return fd;
+
+err_put_fd:
+	put_unused_fd(fd);
+err_destroy_vm:
+	gh_rm_put(ghvm->rm);
+	kfree(ghvm);
+	return err;
+}
+
+long gh_dev_vm_mgr_ioctl(struct gh_rm *rm, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+{
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case GH_CREATE_VM:
+		return gh_dev_ioctl_create_vm(rm, arg);
+	default:
+		return -ENOTTY;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/drivers/virt/gunyah/vm_mgr.h b/drivers/virt/gunyah/vm_mgr.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1e94b58d7d34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/virt/gunyah/vm_mgr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _GH_VM_MGR_H
+#define _GH_VM_MGR_H
+
+#include <linux/gunyah_rsc_mgr.h>
+
+#include <uapi/linux/gunyah.h>
+
+long gh_dev_vm_mgr_ioctl(struct gh_rm *rm, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
+
+struct gh_vm {
+	struct gh_rm *rm;
+	struct device *parent;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/gunyah.h b/include/uapi/linux/gunyah.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..86b9cb60118dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/gunyah.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_GUNYAH_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_GUNYAH_H
+
+/*
+ * Userspace interface for /dev/gunyah - gunyah based virtual machine
+ */
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+
+#define GH_IOCTL_TYPE			'G'
+
+/*
+ * ioctls for /dev/gunyah fds:
+ */
+#define GH_CREATE_VM			_IO(GH_IOCTL_TYPE, 0x0) /* Returns a Gunyah VM fd */
+
+#endif
