diff --git a/man/man8/vdpa-dev.8 b/man/man8/vdpa-dev.8
index 9faf3838..43e5bf48 100644
--- a/man/man8/vdpa-dev.8
+++ b/man/man8/vdpa-dev.8
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ vdpa-dev \- vdpa device configuration
 .I NAME
 .B mgmtdev
 .I MGMTDEV
+.RI "[ device_features " DEVICE_FEATURES " ]"
 .RI "[ mac " MACADDR " ]"
 .RI "[ mtu " MTU " ]"
 .RI "[ max_vqp " MAX_VQ_PAIRS " ]"
@@ -74,6 +75,15 @@ Name of the new vdpa device to add.
 Name of the management device to use for device addition.
 
 .PP
+.BI device_features " DEVICE_FEATURES"
+Specifies the virtio device features bit-mask that is provisioned for the new vdpa device.
+
+The bits can be found under include/uapi/linux/virtio*h.
+
+see macros such as VIRTIO_F_ and VIRTIO_XXX(e.g NET)_F_ for specific bit values.
+
+This is optional.
+
 .BI mac " MACADDR"
 - specifies the mac address for the new vdpa device.
 This is applicable only for the network type of vdpa device. This is optional.
@@ -127,6 +137,11 @@ vdpa dev add name foo mgmtdev vdpa_sim_net
 Add the vdpa device named foo on the management device vdpa_sim_net.
 .RE
 .PP
+vdpa dev add name foo mgmtdev vdpa_sim_net device_features 0x300020000
+.RS 4
+Add the vdpa device named foo on the management device vdpa_sim_net with device_features of 0x300020000
+.RE
+.PP
 vdpa dev add name foo mgmtdev vdpa_sim_net mac 00:11:22:33:44:55
 .RS 4
 Add the vdpa device named foo on the management device vdpa_sim_net with mac address of 00:11:22:33:44:55.
diff --git a/vdpa/include/uapi/linux/vdpa.h b/vdpa/include/uapi/linux/vdpa.h
index 94e4dad1..7c961991 100644
--- a/vdpa/include/uapi/linux/vdpa.h
+++ b/vdpa/include/uapi/linux/vdpa.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ enum vdpa_attr {
 	VDPA_ATTR_DEV_QUEUE_INDEX,              /* u32 */
 	VDPA_ATTR_DEV_VENDOR_ATTR_NAME,		/* string */
 	VDPA_ATTR_DEV_VENDOR_ATTR_VALUE,        /* u64 */
+	VDPA_ATTR_DEV_FEATURES,                 /* u64 */
 
 	/* new attributes must be added above here */
 	VDPA_ATTR_MAX,
diff --git a/vdpa/vdpa.c b/vdpa/vdpa.c
index b73e40b4..d0ce5e22 100644
--- a/vdpa/vdpa.c
+++ b/vdpa/vdpa.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #define VDPA_OPT_VDEV_MTU		BIT(5)
 #define VDPA_OPT_MAX_VQP		BIT(6)
 #define VDPA_OPT_QUEUE_INDEX		BIT(7)
+#define VDPA_OPT_VDEV_FEATURES		BIT(8)
 
 struct vdpa_opts {
 	uint64_t present; /* flags of present items */
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ struct vdpa_opts {
 	uint16_t mtu;
 	uint16_t max_vqp;
 	uint32_t queue_idx;
+	uint64_t device_features;
 };
 
 struct vdpa {
@@ -187,6 +189,17 @@ static int vdpa_argv_u32(struct vdpa *vdpa, int argc, char **argv,
 	return get_u32(result, *argv, 10);
 }
 
+static int vdpa_argv_u64_hex(struct vdpa *vdpa, int argc, char **argv,
+			     uint64_t *result)
+{
+	if (argc <= 0 || !*argv) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "number expected\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return get_u64(result, *argv, 16);
+}
+
 struct vdpa_args_metadata {
 	uint64_t o_flag;
 	const char *err_msg;
@@ -244,6 +257,10 @@ static void vdpa_opts_put(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct vdpa *vdpa)
 		mnl_attr_put_u16(nlh, VDPA_ATTR_DEV_NET_CFG_MAX_VQP, opts->max_vqp);
 	if (opts->present & VDPA_OPT_QUEUE_INDEX)
 		mnl_attr_put_u32(nlh, VDPA_ATTR_DEV_QUEUE_INDEX, opts->queue_idx);
+	if (opts->present & VDPA_OPT_VDEV_FEATURES) {
+		mnl_attr_put_u64(nlh, VDPA_ATTR_DEV_FEATURES,
+				opts->device_features);
+	}
 }
 
 static int vdpa_argv_parse(struct vdpa *vdpa, int argc, char **argv,
@@ -329,6 +346,14 @@ static int vdpa_argv_parse(struct vdpa *vdpa, int argc, char **argv,
 
 			NEXT_ARG_FWD();
 			o_found |= VDPA_OPT_QUEUE_INDEX;
+		} else if (!strcmp(*argv, "device_features") &&
+			   (o_optional & VDPA_OPT_VDEV_FEATURES)) {
+			NEXT_ARG_FWD();
+			err = vdpa_argv_u64_hex(vdpa, argc, argv,
+						&opts->device_features);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+			o_found |= VDPA_OPT_VDEV_FEATURES;
 		} else {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option \"%s\"\n", *argv);
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -615,8 +640,9 @@ static int cmd_mgmtdev(struct vdpa *vdpa, int argc, char **argv)
 static void cmd_dev_help(void)
 {
 	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: vdpa dev show [ DEV ]\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "       vdpa dev add name NAME mgmtdev MANAGEMENTDEV [ mac MACADDR ] [ mtu MTU ]\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "                                                    [ max_vqp MAX_VQ_PAIRS ]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "       vdpa dev add name NAME mgmtdevMANAGEMENTDEV [ device_features DEVICE_FEATURES]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "                                                   [ mac MACADDR ] [ mtu MTU ]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "                                                   [ max_vqp MAX_VQ_PAIRS ]\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "       vdpa dev del DEV\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: vdpa dev config COMMAND [ OPTIONS ]\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: vdpa dev vstats COMMAND\n");
@@ -708,7 +734,7 @@ static int cmd_dev_add(struct vdpa *vdpa, int argc, char **argv)
 	err = vdpa_argv_parse_put(nlh, vdpa, argc, argv,
 				  VDPA_OPT_VDEV_MGMTDEV_HANDLE | VDPA_OPT_VDEV_NAME,
 				  VDPA_OPT_VDEV_MAC | VDPA_OPT_VDEV_MTU |
-				  VDPA_OPT_MAX_VQP);
+				  VDPA_OPT_MAX_VQP | VDPA_OPT_VDEV_FEATURES);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
