diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.h b/hw/vfio/pci.h
index 7fb656c..50a1d07 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.h
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.h
@@ -208,6 +208,13 @@ uint32_t vfio_pci_read_config(PCIDevice *pdev, uint32_t addr, int len);
 void vfio_pci_write_config(PCIDevice *pdev,
                            uint32_t addr, uint32_t val, int len);
 
+void vfio_intx_eoi(VFIODevice *vbasedev);
+Object *vfio_pci_get_object(VFIODevice *vbasedev);
+void vfio_pci_save_config(VFIODevice *vbasedev, QEMUFile *f);
+int vfio_pci_load_config(VFIODevice *vbasedev, QEMUFile *f);
+void vfio_put_device(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev);
+void vfio_instance_init(Object *obj);
+
 uint64_t vfio_vga_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned size);
 void vfio_vga_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t data, unsigned size);
 
diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index c3c2e76..a8bc0ea 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static void vfio_intx_interrupt(void *opaque)
     }
 }
 
-static void vfio_intx_eoi(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
+void vfio_intx_eoi(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
 {
     VFIOPCIDevice *vdev = container_of(vbasedev, VFIOPCIDevice, vbasedev);
 
@@ -2492,7 +2492,7 @@ static void vfio_pci_compute_needs_reset(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
     }
 }
 
-static Object *vfio_pci_get_object(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
+Object *vfio_pci_get_object(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
 {
     VFIOPCIDevice *vdev = container_of(vbasedev, VFIOPCIDevice, vbasedev);
 
@@ -2517,14 +2517,14 @@ const VMStateDescription vmstate_vfio_pci_config = {
     }
 };
 
-static void vfio_pci_save_config(VFIODevice *vbasedev, QEMUFile *f)
+void vfio_pci_save_config(VFIODevice *vbasedev, QEMUFile *f)
 {
     VFIOPCIDevice *vdev = container_of(vbasedev, VFIOPCIDevice, vbasedev);
 
     vmstate_save_state(f, &vmstate_vfio_pci_config, vdev, NULL);
 }
 
-static int vfio_pci_load_config(VFIODevice *vbasedev, QEMUFile *f)
+int vfio_pci_load_config(VFIODevice *vbasedev, QEMUFile *f)
 {
     VFIOPCIDevice *vdev = container_of(vbasedev, VFIOPCIDevice, vbasedev);
     PCIDevice *pdev = &vdev->pdev;
@@ -2719,7 +2719,7 @@ static void vfio_populate_device(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
     }
 }
 
-static void vfio_put_device(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
+void vfio_put_device(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
 {
     g_free(vdev->vbasedev.name);
     g_free(vdev->msix);
@@ -3271,7 +3271,7 @@ post_reset:
     vfio_pci_post_reset(vdev);
 }
 
-static void vfio_instance_init(Object *obj)
+void vfio_instance_init(Object *obj)
 {
     PCIDevice *pci_dev = PCI_DEVICE(obj);
     VFIOPCIDevice *vdev = VFIO_PCI_BASE(obj);
diff --git a/hw/vfio/user-pci.c b/hw/vfio/user-pci.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc47a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/vfio/user-pci.c
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+ * vfio PCI device over a UNIX socket.
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2018, 2021 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include <linux/vfio.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+
+#include "hw/hw.h"
+#include "hw/pci/msi.h"
+#include "hw/pci/msix.h"
+#include "hw/pci/pci_bridge.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-properties-system.h"
+#include "migration/vmstate.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#include "qemu/module.h"
+#include "qemu/range.h"
+#include "qemu/units.h"
+#include "sysemu/kvm.h"
+#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
+#include "pci.h"
+#include "trace.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "migration/blocker.h"
+#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
+
+#define TYPE_VFIO_USER_PCI "vfio-user-pci"
+OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(VFIOUserPCIDevice, VFIO_USER_PCI)
+
+struct VFIOUserPCIDevice {
+    VFIOPCIDevice device;
+    char *sock_name;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Emulated devices don't use host hot reset
+ */
+static void vfio_user_compute_needs_reset(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
+{
+    vbasedev->needs_reset = false;
+}
+
+static VFIODeviceOps vfio_user_pci_ops = {
+    .vfio_compute_needs_reset = vfio_user_compute_needs_reset,
+    .vfio_eoi = vfio_intx_eoi,
+    .vfio_get_object = vfio_pci_get_object,
+    .vfio_save_config = vfio_pci_save_config,
+    .vfio_load_config = vfio_pci_load_config,
+};
+
+static void vfio_user_pci_realize(PCIDevice *pdev, Error **errp)
+{
+    ERRP_GUARD();
+    VFIOUserPCIDevice *udev = VFIO_USER_PCI(pdev);
+    VFIOPCIDevice *vdev = VFIO_PCI_BASE(pdev);
+    VFIODevice *vbasedev = &vdev->vbasedev;
+
+    /*
+     * TODO: make option parser understand SocketAddress
+     * and use that instead of having scalar options
+     * for each socket type.
+     */
+    if (!udev->sock_name) {
+        error_setg(errp, "No socket specified");
+        error_append_hint(errp, "Use -device vfio-user-pci,socket=<name>\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    vbasedev->name = g_strdup_printf("VFIO user <%s>", udev->sock_name);
+    vbasedev->ops = &vfio_user_pci_ops;
+    vbasedev->type = VFIO_DEVICE_TYPE_PCI;
+    vbasedev->dev = DEVICE(vdev);
+
+}
+
+static void vfio_user_instance_finalize(Object *obj)
+{
+    VFIOPCIDevice *vdev = VFIO_PCI_BASE(obj);
+
+    vfio_put_device(vdev);
+}
+
+static Property vfio_user_pci_dev_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_STRING("socket", VFIOUserPCIDevice, sock_name),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
+
+static void vfio_user_pci_dev_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    PCIDeviceClass *pdc = PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+
+    device_class_set_props(dc, vfio_user_pci_dev_properties);
+    dc->desc = "VFIO over socket PCI device assignment";
+    pdc->realize = vfio_user_pci_realize;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo vfio_user_pci_dev_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_VFIO_USER_PCI,
+    .parent = TYPE_VFIO_PCI_BASE,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(VFIOUserPCIDevice),
+    .class_init = vfio_user_pci_dev_class_init,
+    .instance_init = vfio_instance_init,
+    .instance_finalize = vfio_user_instance_finalize,
+};
+
+static void register_vfio_user_dev_type(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&vfio_user_pci_dev_info);
+}
+
+type_init(register_vfio_user_dev_type)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 999340d..28fce0e 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1987,8 +1987,11 @@ L: qemu-s390x@nongnu.org
 vfio-user
 M: John G Johnson <john.g.johnson@oracle.com>
 M: Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos@nutanix.com>
+M: Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com>
+M: Jagannathan Raman <jag.raman@oracle.com>
 S: Supported
 F: docs/devel/vfio-user.rst
+F: hw/vfio/user*
 
 vhost
 M: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
diff --git a/hw/vfio/Kconfig b/hw/vfio/Kconfig
index 7cdba05..301894e 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/Kconfig
+++ b/hw/vfio/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ config VFIO
     bool
     depends on LINUX
 
+config VFIO_USER
+    bool
+    depends on VFIO
+
 config VFIO_PCI
     bool
     default y
@@ -9,6 +13,12 @@ config VFIO_PCI
     select EDID
     depends on LINUX && PCI
 
+config VFIO_USER_PCI
+    bool
+    default y
+    select VFIO_USER
+    depends on VFIO_PCI
+
 config VFIO_CCW
     bool
     default y
diff --git a/hw/vfio/meson.build b/hw/vfio/meson.build
index da9af29..731c3c6 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/meson.build
+++ b/hw/vfio/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ vfio_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VFIO_PCI', if_true: files(
   'pci-quirks.c',
   'pci.c',
 ))
+vfio_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VFIO_USER_PCI', if_true: files('user-pci.c'))
 vfio_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VFIO_CCW', if_true: files('ccw.c'))
 vfio_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VFIO_PLATFORM', if_true: files('platform.c'))
 vfio_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VFIO_XGMAC', if_true: files('calxeda-xgmac.c'))
