diff --git a/buildlib/pyverbs_functions.cmake b/buildlib/pyverbs_functions.cmake
index 953cec2..0792410 100644
--- a/buildlib/pyverbs_functions.cmake
+++ b/buildlib/pyverbs_functions.cmake
@@ -1,35 +1,61 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB)
 # Copyright (c) 2018, Mellanox Technologies. All rights reserved.  See COPYING file
+# Copyright (c) 2020, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.  See COPYING file
+
+function(build_module_from_cfiles PY_MODULE MODULE_NAME ALL_CFILES LINKER_FLAGS)
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.so$" "" SONAME "${MODULE_NAME}${CMAKE_PYTHON_SO_SUFFIX}")
+  add_library(${SONAME} SHARED ${ALL_CFILES})
+  set_target_properties(${SONAME} PROPERTIES
+    COMPILE_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-unused-function -Wno-redundant-decls -Wno-shadow -Wno-cast-function-type -Wno-implicit-fallthrough -Wno-unknown-warning -Wno-unknown-warning-option -Wno-deprecated-declarations ${NO_VAR_TRACKING_FLAGS}"
+    LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${BUILD_PYTHON}/${PY_MODULE}"
+    PREFIX "")
+  target_link_libraries(${SONAME} LINK_PRIVATE ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} ibverbs rdmacm ${LINKER_FLAGS})
+  install(TARGETS ${SONAME}
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PYTHON_ARCH_LIB}/${PY_MODULE})
+endfunction()
 
 function(rdma_cython_module PY_MODULE LINKER_FLAGS)
-  foreach(PYX_FILE ${ARGN})
-    get_filename_component(FILENAME ${PYX_FILE} NAME_WE)
-    get_filename_component(DIR ${PYX_FILE} DIRECTORY)
-	if (DIR)
-		set(PYX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${DIR}/${FILENAME}.pyx")
-	else()
-	    set(PYX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${FILENAME}.pyx")
-	endif()
-    set(CFILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FILENAME}.c")
-    include_directories(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    add_custom_command(
-      OUTPUT "${CFILE}"
-      MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${PYX}"
-      COMMAND ${CYTHON_EXECUTABLE} "${PYX}" -o "${CFILE}"
-      "-I${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
-      COMMENT "Cythonizing ${PYX}"
+  set(ALL_CFILES "")
+  set(MODULE_NAME "")
+  foreach(SRC_FILE ${ARGN})
+    get_filename_component(FILENAME ${SRC_FILE} NAME_WE)
+    get_filename_component(DIR ${SRC_FILE} DIRECTORY)
+    get_filename_component(EXT ${SRC_FILE} EXT)
+    if (DIR)
+      set(SRC_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${DIR}")
+    else()
+      set(SRC_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+    endif()
+    if (${EXT} STREQUAL ".pyx")
+      # each .pyx file starts a new module, finish the previous module first
+      if (ALL_CFILES AND MODULE_NAME)
+        build_module_from_cfiles(${PY_MODULE} ${MODULE_NAME} "${ALL_CFILES}" "${LINKER_FLAGS}")
+      endif()
+      set(PYX "${SRC_PATH}/${FILENAME}.pyx")
+      set(CFILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FILENAME}.c")
+      include_directories(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+      add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT "${CFILE}"
+        MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${PYX}"
+        COMMAND ${CYTHON_EXECUTABLE} "${PYX}" -o "${CFILE}"
+        "-I${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
+        COMMENT "Cythonizing ${PYX}"
       )
-
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.so$" "" SONAME "${FILENAME}${CMAKE_PYTHON_SO_SUFFIX}")
-    add_library(${SONAME} SHARED ${CFILE})
-    set_target_properties(${SONAME} PROPERTIES
-      COMPILE_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-unused-function -Wno-redundant-decls -Wno-shadow -Wno-cast-function-type -Wno-implicit-fallthrough -Wno-unknown-warning -Wno-unknown-warning-option -Wno-deprecated-declarations ${NO_VAR_TRACKING_FLAGS}"
-      LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${BUILD_PYTHON}/${PY_MODULE}"
-      PREFIX "")
-    target_link_libraries(${SONAME} LINK_PRIVATE ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} ibverbs rdmacm ${LINKER_FLAGS})
-    install(TARGETS ${SONAME}
-      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PYTHON_ARCH_LIB}/${PY_MODULE})
+      set(MODULE_NAME ${FILENAME})
+      set(ALL_CFILES "${CFILE}")
+    elseif(${EXT} STREQUAL ".c")
+      # .c files belong to the same module as the most recent .pyx file,
+      # ignored if appearing before all .pyx files
+      set(CFILE "${SRC_PATH}/${FILENAME}.c")
+      set(ALL_CFILES "${ALL_CFILES};${CFILE}")
+    else()
+      continue()
+    endif()
   endforeach()
+  # finish the last module
+  if (ALL_CFILES AND MODULE_NAME)
+    build_module_from_cfiles(${PY_MODULE} ${MODULE_NAME} "${ALL_CFILES}" "${LINKER_FLAGS}")
+  endif()
 endfunction()
 
 function(rdma_python_module PY_MODULE)
diff --git a/pyverbs/CMakeLists.txt b/pyverbs/CMakeLists.txt
index 9542c4b..6fd7625 100644
--- a/pyverbs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pyverbs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB)
 # Copyright (c) 2019, Mellanox Technologies. All rights reserved. See COPYING file
+# Copyright (c) 2020, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. See COPYING file
+
+publish_internal_headers(""
+  dmabuf_alloc.h
+)
 
 rdma_cython_module(pyverbs ""
   addr.pyx
@@ -8,15 +13,17 @@ rdma_cython_module(pyverbs ""
   cmid.pyx
   cq.pyx
   device.pyx
+  dmabuf.pyx
+  dmabuf_alloc.c
   enums.pyx
   mem_alloc.pyx
   mr.pyx
   pd.pyx
   qp.pyx
+  srq.pyx
   wr.pyx
   xrcd.pyx
-  srq.pyx
-  )
+)
 
 rdma_python_module(pyverbs
   __init__.py
diff --git a/pyverbs/dmabuf.pxd b/pyverbs/dmabuf.pxd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a063acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyverbs/dmabuf.pxd
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB)
+# Copyright (c) 2020, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. See COPYING file
+
+#cython: language_level=3
+
+cdef class DmaBuf:
+    cdef int drm_fd
+    cdef int handle
+    cdef int fd
+    cdef unsigned long size
+    cdef unsigned long map_offset
+    cdef void *dmabuf
+    cdef object dmabuf_mrs
+    cdef add_ref(self, obj)
+    cpdef close(self)
diff --git a/pyverbs/dmabuf.pyx b/pyverbs/dmabuf.pyx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9406bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyverbs/dmabuf.pyx
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB)
+# Copyright (c) 2020, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. See COPYING file
+
+#cython: language_level=3
+
+import weakref
+
+from pyverbs.base cimport close_weakrefs
+from pyverbs.base import PyverbsRDMAErrno
+from pyverbs.mr cimport DmaBufMR
+
+cdef extern from "dmabuf_alloc.h":
+    cdef struct dmabuf:
+        pass
+    dmabuf *dmabuf_alloc(unsigned long size, int unit, int gtt)
+    void dmabuf_free(dmabuf *dmabuf)
+    int dmabuf_get_drm_fd(dmabuf *dmabuf)
+    int dmabuf_get_fd(dmabuf *dmabuf)
+    unsigned long dmabuf_get_offset(dmabuf *dmabuf)
+
+
+cdef class DmaBuf:
+    def __init__(self, size, unit=0, gtt=0):
+        """
+        Allocate DmaBuf object from a GPU device. This is done through the
+        DRI device interface. Usually this requires the effective user id
+        being a member of the 'render' group.
+        :param size: The size (in number of bytes) of the buffer.
+        :param unit: The unit number of the GPU to allocate the buffer from.
+        :param gtt: Allocate from GTT instead of VRAM.
+        :return: The newly created DmaBuf object on success.
+        """
+        self.dmabuf_mrs = weakref.WeakSet()
+        self.dmabuf = dmabuf_alloc(size, unit, gtt)
+        if self.dmabuf == NULL:
+            raise PyverbsRDMAErrno(f'Failed to allocate dmabuf of size {size} on unit {unit}')
+        self.drm_fd = dmabuf_get_drm_fd(<dmabuf *>self.dmabuf)
+        self.fd = dmabuf_get_fd(<dmabuf *>self.dmabuf)
+        self.map_offset = dmabuf_get_offset(<dmabuf *>self.dmabuf)
+
+    def __dealloc__(self):
+        self.close()
+
+    cpdef close(self):
+        if self.dmabuf == NULL:
+            return None
+        close_weakrefs([self.dmabuf_mrs])
+        dmabuf_free(<dmabuf *>self.dmabuf)
+        self.dmabuf = NULL
+
+    cdef add_ref(self, obj):
+        if isinstance(obj, DmaBufMR):
+            self.dmabuf_mrs.add(obj)
+
+    @property
+    def drm_fd(self):
+        return self.drm_fd
+
+    @property
+    def handle(self):
+        return self.handle
+
+    @property
+    def fd(self):
+        return self.fd
+
+    @property
+    def size(self):
+        return self.size
+
+    @property
+    def map_offset(self):
+        return self.map_offset
diff --git a/pyverbs/dmabuf_alloc.c b/pyverbs/dmabuf_alloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05eae75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyverbs/dmabuf_alloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,278 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. See COPYING file
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <drm/drm.h>
+#include <drm/i915_drm.h>
+#include <drm/amdgpu_drm.h>
+#include <drm/radeon_drm.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include "dmabuf_alloc.h"
+
+/*
+ * Abstraction of the buffer allocation mechanism using the DRM interface.
+ * The interface is accessed by ioctl() calls over the '/dev/dri/renderD*'
+ * device. Successful access usually requires the effective user id being
+ * in the 'render' group.
+ */
+
+struct drm {
+	int fd;
+	int (*alloc)(struct drm *drm, uint64_t size, uint32_t *handle, int gtt);
+	int (*mmap_offset)(struct drm *drm, uint32_t handle, uint64_t *offset);
+};
+
+static int i915_alloc(struct drm *drm, uint64_t size, uint32_t *handle, int gtt)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_gem_create gem_create = {};
+	int err;
+
+	gem_create.size = size;
+	err = ioctl(drm->fd, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_CREATE, &gem_create);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	*handle = gem_create.handle;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int amdgpu_alloc(struct drm *drm, size_t size, uint32_t *handle, int gtt)
+{
+	union drm_amdgpu_gem_create gem_create = {{}};
+	int err;
+
+	gem_create.in.bo_size = size;
+	if (gtt) {
+		gem_create.in.domains = AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT;
+		gem_create.in.domain_flags = AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_CPU_GTT_USWC;
+	} else {
+		gem_create.in.domains = AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM;
+		gem_create.in.domain_flags =
+			AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_CPU_ACCESS_REQUIRED;
+	}
+	err = ioctl(drm->fd, DRM_IOCTL_AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE, &gem_create);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	*handle = gem_create.out.handle;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int i915_mmap_offset(struct drm *drm, uint32_t handle, uint64_t *offset)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_gem_mmap_gtt gem_mmap = {};
+	int err;
+
+	gem_mmap.handle = handle;
+	err = ioctl(drm->fd, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_MMAP_GTT, &gem_mmap);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	*offset = gem_mmap.offset;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int amdgpu_mmap_offset(struct drm *drm, uint32_t handle,
+			      uint64_t *offset)
+{
+	union drm_amdgpu_gem_mmap gem_mmap = {{}};
+	int err;
+
+	gem_mmap.in.handle = handle;
+	err = ioctl(drm->fd, DRM_IOCTL_AMDGPU_GEM_MMAP, &gem_mmap);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	*offset = gem_mmap.out.addr_ptr;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct drm *drm_open(int unit)
+{
+	char path[32];
+	struct drm_version version = {};
+	char name[16] = {};
+	int err;
+	struct drm *drm;
+
+	drm = malloc(sizeof(*drm));
+	if (!drm)
+		return NULL;
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/dev/dri/renderD%d", unit + 128);
+
+	drm->fd = open(path, O_RDWR);
+	if (drm->fd < 0)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	version.name = name;
+	version.name_len = 16;
+	err = ioctl(drm->fd, DRM_IOCTL_VERSION, &version);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_close;
+
+	if (!strcmp(name, "amdgpu")) {
+		drm->alloc = amdgpu_alloc;
+		drm->mmap_offset = amdgpu_mmap_offset;
+	} else if (!strcmp(name, "i915")) {
+		drm->alloc = i915_alloc;
+		drm->mmap_offset = i915_mmap_offset;
+	} else {
+		errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out_close;
+	}
+	return drm;
+
+out_close:
+	close(drm->fd);
+
+out_free:
+	free(drm);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void drm_close(struct drm *drm)
+{
+	if (!drm || drm->fd < 0)
+		return;
+
+	close(drm->fd);
+	free(drm);
+}
+
+static void drm_free_buf(struct drm *drm, uint32_t handle)
+{
+	struct drm_gem_close close = {};
+
+	close.handle = handle;
+	ioctl(drm->fd, DRM_IOCTL_GEM_CLOSE, &close);
+}
+
+static int drm_alloc_buf(struct drm *drm, size_t size, uint32_t *handle,
+			 int *fd, int gtt)
+{
+	struct drm_prime_handle prime_handle = {};
+	int err;
+
+	if (!drm || drm->fd < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	err = drm->alloc(drm, size, handle, gtt);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	prime_handle.handle = *handle;
+	prime_handle.flags = O_RDWR;
+	err = ioctl(drm->fd, DRM_IOCTL_PRIME_HANDLE_TO_FD, &prime_handle);
+	if (err) {
+		drm_free_buf(drm, *handle);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	*fd = prime_handle.fd;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int drm_map_buf(struct drm *drm, uint32_t handle, uint64_t *offset)
+{
+	if (!drm || drm->fd < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return drm->mmap_offset(drm, handle, offset);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Abstraction of dmabuf object, allocated using the DRI abstraction defined
+ * above.
+ */
+
+struct dmabuf {
+	struct drm *drm;
+	int fd;
+	uint32_t handle;
+	uint64_t map_offset;
+};
+
+/*
+ * dmabuf_alloc - allocate a dmabuf from GPU
+ * @size - byte size of the buffer to allocate
+ * @unit - the GPU unit to use
+ * @gtt - if true, allocate from GTT instead of VRAM
+ */
+struct dmabuf *dmabuf_alloc(uint64_t size, int unit, int gtt)
+{
+	struct dmabuf *dmabuf;
+	int err;
+
+	dmabuf = malloc(sizeof(*dmabuf));
+	if (!dmabuf)
+		return NULL;
+
+	dmabuf->drm = drm_open(unit);
+	if (!dmabuf->drm)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	err = drm_alloc_buf(dmabuf->drm, size, &dmabuf->handle, &dmabuf->fd, gtt);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_close;
+
+	err = drm_map_buf(dmabuf->drm, dmabuf->handle, &dmabuf->map_offset);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_free_buf;
+
+	return dmabuf;
+
+out_free_buf:
+	drm_free_buf(dmabuf->drm, dmabuf->handle);
+
+out_close:
+	drm_close(dmabuf->drm);
+
+out_free:
+	free(dmabuf);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void dmabuf_free(struct dmabuf *dmabuf)
+{
+	if (!dmabuf)
+		return;
+
+	close(dmabuf->fd);
+	drm_free_buf(dmabuf->drm, dmabuf->handle);
+	drm_close(dmabuf->drm);
+	free(dmabuf);
+}
+
+int dmabuf_get_drm_fd(struct dmabuf *dmabuf)
+{
+	if (!dmabuf || !dmabuf->drm)
+		return -1;
+
+	return dmabuf->drm->fd;
+}
+
+int dmabuf_get_fd(struct dmabuf *dmabuf)
+{
+	if (!dmabuf)
+		return -1;
+
+	return dmabuf->fd;
+}
+
+uint64_t dmabuf_get_offset(struct dmabuf *dmabuf)
+{
+	if (!dmabuf)
+		return -1;
+
+	return dmabuf->map_offset;
+}
+
diff --git a/pyverbs/dmabuf_alloc.h b/pyverbs/dmabuf_alloc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1b03c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyverbs/dmabuf_alloc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB */
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. See COPYING file
+ */
+
+#ifndef _DMABUF_ALLOC_H_
+#define _DMABUF_ALLOC_H_
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+struct dmabuf;
+
+struct dmabuf *dmabuf_alloc(uint64_t size, int unit, int gtt);
+void dmabuf_free(struct dmabuf *dmabuf);
+int dmabuf_get_drm_fd(struct dmabuf *dmabuf);
+int dmabuf_get_fd(struct dmabuf *dmabuf);
+uint64_t dmabuf_get_offset(struct dmabuf *dmabuf);
+
+#endif /* _DMABUF_ALLOC_H_ */
diff --git a/pyverbs/libibverbs.pxd b/pyverbs/libibverbs.pxd
index 7c41c57..516ec98 100644
--- a/pyverbs/libibverbs.pxd
+++ b/pyverbs/libibverbs.pxd
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ cdef extern from 'infiniband/verbs.h':
     ibv_pd *ibv_alloc_pd(ibv_context *context)
     int ibv_dealloc_pd(ibv_pd *pd)
     ibv_mr *ibv_reg_mr(ibv_pd *pd, void *addr, size_t length, int access)
+    ibv_mr *ibv_reg_dmabuf_mr(ibv_pd *pd, uint64_t offset, size_t length,
+                              uint64_t iova, int fd, int access)
     int ibv_dereg_mr(ibv_mr *mr)
     int ibv_advise_mr(ibv_pd *pd, uint32_t advice, uint32_t flags,
                       ibv_sge *sg_list, uint32_t num_sge)
diff --git a/pyverbs/mr.pxd b/pyverbs/mr.pxd
index ebe8ada..d9a79ff 100644
--- a/pyverbs/mr.pxd
+++ b/pyverbs/mr.pxd
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB)
 # Copyright (c) 2019, Mellanox Technologies. All rights reserved. See COPYING file
+# Copyright (c) 2020, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. See COPYING file
 
 #cython: language_level=3
 
@@ -33,3 +34,8 @@ cdef class MW(PyverbsCM):
 
 cdef class DMMR(MR):
     cdef object dm
+
+cdef class DmaBufMR(MR):
+    cdef object dmabuf
+    cdef unsigned long offset
+    cdef object is_dmabuf_internal
diff --git a/pyverbs/mr.pyx b/pyverbs/mr.pyx
index 7011da1..151c47d 100644
--- a/pyverbs/mr.pyx
+++ b/pyverbs/mr.pyx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB)
 # Copyright (c) 2019, Mellanox Technologies. All rights reserved. See COPYING file
+# Copyright (c) 2020, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. See COPYING file
 
 import resource
 import logging
 
 from posix.mman cimport mmap, munmap, MAP_PRIVATE, PROT_READ, PROT_WRITE, \
-    MAP_ANONYMOUS, MAP_HUGETLB
+    MAP_ANONYMOUS, MAP_HUGETLB, MAP_SHARED
 from pyverbs.pyverbs_error import PyverbsError, PyverbsRDMAError, \
     PyverbsUserError
 from libc.stdint cimport uintptr_t, SIZE_MAX
@@ -14,9 +15,10 @@ from posix.stdlib cimport posix_memalign
 from libc.string cimport memcpy, memset
 cimport pyverbs.libibverbs_enums as e
 from pyverbs.device cimport DM
-from libc.stdlib cimport free
+from libc.stdlib cimport free, malloc
 from .cmid cimport CMID
 from .pd cimport PD
+from .dmabuf cimport DmaBuf
 
 cdef extern from 'sys/mman.h':
     cdef void* MAP_FAILED
@@ -348,6 +350,105 @@ cdef class DMMR(MR):
     cpdef read(self, length, offset):
         return self.dm.copy_from_dm(offset, length)
 
+cdef class DmaBufMR(MR):
+    def __init__(self, PD pd not None, length, access, DmaBuf dmabuf=None,
+                 offset=0, unit=0, gtt=0):
+        """
+        Initializes a DmaBufMR (DMA-BUF Memory Region) of the given length
+        and access flags using the given PD and DmaBuf objects.
+        :param pd: A PD object
+        :param length: Length in bytes
+        :param access: Access flags, see ibv_access_flags enum
+        :param dmabuf: A DmaBuf object. One will be allocated if absent
+        :param offset: Byte offset from the beginning of the dma-buf
+        :param unit: GPU unit for internal dmabuf allocation
+        :param gtt: If true allocate internal dmabuf from GTT instead of VRAM
+        :return: The newly created DMABUFMR
+        """
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger(self.__class__.__name__)
+        if dmabuf is None:
+            self.is_dmabuf_internal = True
+            dmabuf = DmaBuf(length + offset, unit, gtt)
+        self.mr = v.ibv_reg_dmabuf_mr(pd.pd, offset, length, offset, dmabuf.fd, access)
+        if self.mr == NULL:
+            raise PyverbsRDMAErrno(f'Failed to register a dma-buf MR. length: {length}, access flags: {access}')
+        super().__init__(pd, length, access)
+        self.pd = pd
+        self.dmabuf = dmabuf
+        self.offset = offset
+        pd.add_ref(self)
+        dmabuf.add_ref(self)
+        self.logger.debug(f'Registered dma-buf ibv_mr. Length: {length}, access flags {access}')
+
+    def __dealloc__(self):
+        self.close()
+
+    cpdef close(self):
+        """
+        Closes the underlying C object of the MR and frees the memory allocated.
+        :return: None
+        """
+        if self.mr != NULL:
+            self.logger.debug('Closing dma-buf MR')
+            rc = v.ibv_dereg_mr(self.mr)
+            if rc != 0:
+                raise PyverbsRDMAError('Failed to dereg dma-buf MR', rc)
+            self.pd = None
+            self.mr = NULL
+            # Set self.mr to NULL before closing dmabuf because this method is
+            # re-entered when close_weakrefs() is called inside dmabuf.close().
+            if self.is_dmabuf_internal:
+                self.dmabuf.close()
+            self.dmabuf = None
+
+    @property
+    def offset(self):
+        return self.offset
+
+    @property
+    def dmabuf(self):
+        return self.dmabuf
+
+    def write(self, data, length, offset=0):
+        """
+        Write user data to the dma-buf backing the MR
+        :param data: User data to write
+        :param length: Length of the data to write
+        :param offset: Writing offset
+        :return: None
+        """
+        if isinstance(data, str):
+            data = data.encode()
+        cdef int off = offset + self.offset
+        cdef void *buf = mmap(NULL, length + off, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                              MAP_SHARED, self.dmabuf.drm_fd,
+                              self.dmabuf.map_offset)
+        if buf == MAP_FAILED:
+            raise PyverbsError(f'Failed to map dma-buf of size {length}')
+        memcpy(<char*>(buf + off), <char *>data, length)
+        munmap(buf, length + off)
+
+    cpdef read(self, length, offset):
+        """
+        Reads data from the dma-buf backing the MR
+        :param length: Length of data to read
+        :param offset: Reading offset
+        :return: The data on the buffer in the requested offset
+        """
+        cdef int off = offset + self.offset
+        cdef void *buf = mmap(NULL, length + off, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                              MAP_SHARED, self.dmabuf.drm_fd,
+                              self.dmabuf.map_offset)
+        if buf == MAP_FAILED:
+            raise PyverbsError(f'Failed to map dma-buf of size {length}')
+        cdef char *data =<char*>malloc(length)
+        memset(data, 0, length)
+        memcpy(data, <char*>(buf + off), length)
+        munmap(buf, length + off)
+        res = data[:length]
+        free(data)
+        return res
+
 
 def mwtype2str(mw_type):
     mw_types = {1:'IBV_MW_TYPE_1', 2:'IBV_MW_TYPE_2'}
