diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c
index 94c498b8fdf6..bd3efc1d8509 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/bug.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/iommufd.h>
 #include <linux/iommufd.h>
+#include "../iommu-priv.h"
 
 #include "io_pagetable.h"
 #include "iommufd_private.h"
@@ -177,6 +178,78 @@ static int iommufd_destroy(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int iommufd_zero_fill_user(u64 ptr, int bytes)
+{
+	int index = 0;
+
+	for (; index < bytes; index++) {
+		if (put_user(0, (uint8_t __user *)u64_to_user_ptr(ptr + index)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int iommufd_get_hw_info(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
+{
+	struct iommu_hw_info *cmd = ucmd->cmd;
+	unsigned int length = 0, data_len;
+	struct iommufd_device *idev;
+	const struct iommu_ops *ops;
+	void *data = NULL;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	if (cmd->flags || cmd->__reserved || !cmd->data_len)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	idev = iommufd_get_device(ucmd, cmd->dev_id);
+	if (IS_ERR(idev))
+		return PTR_ERR(idev);
+
+	ops = dev_iommu_ops(idev->dev);
+	if (!ops->hw_info)
+		goto done;
+
+	/* driver has hw_info callback should have a unique hw_info_type */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ops->hw_info_type == IOMMU_HW_INFO_TYPE_NONE)) {
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("iommu driver set an invalid type\n");
+		rc = -ENODEV;
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	data = ops->hw_info(idev->dev, &data_len);
+	if (IS_ERR(data)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(data);
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	length = min(cmd->data_len, data_len);
+	if (copy_to_user(u64_to_user_ptr(cmd->data_ptr), data, length)) {
+		rc = -EFAULT;
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+done:
+	/*
+	 * Zero the trailing bytes if the user buffer is bigger than the
+	 * data size kernel actually has.
+	 */
+	if (length < cmd->data_len) {
+		rc = iommufd_zero_fill_user(cmd->data_ptr + length,
+					    cmd->data_len - length);
+		if (rc)
+			goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	cmd->data_len = length;
+	cmd->out_data_type = ops->hw_info_type;
+	rc = iommufd_ucmd_respond(ucmd, sizeof(*cmd));
+
+out_err:
+	kfree(data);
+	iommufd_put_object(&idev->obj);
+	return rc;
+}
+
 static int iommufd_fops_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct iommufd_ctx *ictx;
@@ -265,6 +338,7 @@ static int iommufd_option(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
 
 union ucmd_buffer {
 	struct iommu_destroy destroy;
+	struct iommu_hw_info info;
 	struct iommu_hwpt_alloc hwpt;
 	struct iommu_ioas_alloc alloc;
 	struct iommu_ioas_allow_iovas allow_iovas;
@@ -297,6 +371,8 @@ struct iommufd_ioctl_op {
 	}
 static const struct iommufd_ioctl_op iommufd_ioctl_ops[] = {
 	IOCTL_OP(IOMMU_DESTROY, iommufd_destroy, struct iommu_destroy, id),
+	IOCTL_OP(IOMMU_GET_HW_INFO, iommufd_get_hw_info, struct iommu_hw_info,
+		 __reserved),
 	IOCTL_OP(IOMMU_HWPT_ALLOC, iommufd_hwpt_alloc, struct iommu_hwpt_alloc,
 		 __reserved),
 	IOCTL_OP(IOMMU_IOAS_ALLOC, iommufd_ioas_alloc_ioctl,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h b/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h
index 1f616b0f8ae0..4295362e7b44 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum {
 	IOMMUFD_CMD_OPTION,
 	IOMMUFD_CMD_VFIO_IOAS,
 	IOMMUFD_CMD_HWPT_ALLOC,
+	IOMMUFD_CMD_GET_HW_INFO,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -378,4 +379,39 @@ struct iommu_hwpt_alloc {
 enum iommu_hw_info_type {
 	IOMMU_HW_INFO_TYPE_NONE,
 };
+
+/**
+ * struct iommu_hw_info - ioctl(IOMMU_GET_HW_INFO)
+ * @size: sizeof(struct iommu_hw_info)
+ * @flags: Must be 0
+ * @dev_id: The device bound to the iommufd
+ * @data_len: Input the length of the user buffer in bytes. Output the length
+ *            of data filled in the user buffer.
+ * @data_ptr: Pointer to the user buffer
+ * @out_data_type: Output the iommu hardware info type as defined in the enum
+ *                 iommu_hw_info_type.
+ * @__reserved: Must be 0
+ *
+ * Query the hardware information from an iommu behind a given device that has
+ * been bound to iommufd. @data_len is the size of the buffer, which captures an
+ * iommu type specific input data and a filled output data. Trailing bytes will
+ * be zeroed if the user buffer is larger than the data kernel has.
+ *
+ * The type specific data would be used to sync capabilities between the virtual
+ * IOMMU and the hardware IOMMU, e.g. a nested translation setup needs to check
+ * the hardware information, so the guest stage-1 page table will be compatible.
+ *
+ * The @out_data_type will be filled if the ioctl succeeds. It would be used to
+ * decode the data filled in the buffer pointed by @data_ptr.
+ */
+struct iommu_hw_info {
+	__u32 size;
+	__u32 flags;
+	__u32 dev_id;
+	__u32 data_len;
+	__aligned_u64 data_ptr;
+	__u32 out_data_type;
+	__u32 __reserved;
+};
+#define IOMMU_GET_HW_INFO _IO(IOMMUFD_TYPE, IOMMUFD_CMD_GET_HW_INFO)
 #endif
