diff --git a/hw/arm/Kconfig b/hw/arm/Kconfig
index e652590943..33082adc88 100644
--- a/hw/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/hw/arm/Kconfig
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ config ARM_VIRT
     select ACPI_HW_REDUCED
     select ACPI_APEI
     select ACPI_VIOT
+    select VIRTIO_MEM_SUPPORTED
 
 config CHEETAH
     bool
diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index b45b52c90e..1954595b6b 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -71,9 +71,11 @@
 #include "hw/arm/smmuv3.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi.h"
 #include "target/arm/internals.h"
+#include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
 #include "hw/mem/pc-dimm.h"
 #include "hw/mem/nvdimm.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/generic_event_device.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio-mem-pci.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.h"
 #include "hw/char/pl011.h"
 #include "qemu/guest-random.h"
@@ -2482,6 +2484,64 @@ static void virt_memory_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
                          dev, &error_abort);
 }
 
+static void virt_virtio_md_pci_pre_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
+                                        DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+{
+    HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev2 = qdev_get_bus_hotplug_handler(dev);
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+    if (!hotplug_dev2 && dev->hotplugged) {
+        /*
+         * Without a bus hotplug handler, we cannot control the plug/unplug
+         * order. We should never reach this point when hotplugging on ARM.
+         * However, it's nice to add a safety net, similar to what we have
+         * on x86.
+         */
+        error_setg(errp, "hotplug of virtio based memory devices not supported"
+                   " on this bus.");
+        return;
+    }
+    /*
+     * First, see if we can plug this memory device at all. If that
+     * succeeds, branch of to the actual hotplug handler.
+     */
+    memory_device_pre_plug(MEMORY_DEVICE(dev), MACHINE(hotplug_dev), NULL,
+                           &local_err);
+    if (!local_err && hotplug_dev2) {
+        hotplug_handler_pre_plug(hotplug_dev2, dev, &local_err);
+    }
+    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+}
+
+static void virt_virtio_md_pci_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
+                                    DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+{
+    HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev2 = qdev_get_bus_hotplug_handler(dev);
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+    /*
+     * Plug the memory device first and then branch off to the actual
+     * hotplug handler. If that one fails, we can easily undo the memory
+     * device bits.
+     */
+    memory_device_plug(MEMORY_DEVICE(dev), MACHINE(hotplug_dev));
+    if (hotplug_dev2) {
+        hotplug_handler_plug(hotplug_dev2, dev, &local_err);
+        if (local_err) {
+            memory_device_unplug(MEMORY_DEVICE(dev), MACHINE(hotplug_dev));
+        }
+    }
+    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+}
+
+static void virt_virtio_md_pci_unplug_request(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
+                                              DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+{
+    /* We don't support hot unplug of virtio based memory devices */
+    error_setg(errp, "virtio based memory devices cannot be unplugged.");
+}
+
+
 static void virt_machine_device_pre_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
                                             DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -2489,6 +2549,8 @@ static void virt_machine_device_pre_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
 
     if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
         virt_memory_pre_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, errp);
+    } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_VIRTIO_MEM_PCI)) {
+        virt_virtio_md_pci_pre_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, errp);
     } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_VIRTIO_IOMMU_PCI)) {
         hwaddr db_start = 0, db_end = 0;
         char *resv_prop_str;
@@ -2540,6 +2602,11 @@ static void virt_machine_device_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
     if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
         virt_memory_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, errp);
     }
+
+    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_VIRTIO_MEM_PCI)) {
+        virt_virtio_md_pci_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, errp);
+    }
+
     if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_VIRTIO_IOMMU_PCI)) {
         PCIDevice *pdev = PCI_DEVICE(dev);
 
@@ -2596,6 +2663,8 @@ static void virt_machine_device_unplug_request_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
 {
     if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
         virt_dimm_unplug_request(hotplug_dev, dev, errp);
+    } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_VIRTIO_MEM_PCI)) {
+        virt_virtio_md_pci_unplug_request(hotplug_dev, dev, errp);
     } else {
         error_setg(errp, "device unplug request for unsupported device"
                    " type: %s", object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)));
@@ -2620,6 +2689,7 @@ static HotplugHandler *virt_machine_get_hotplug_handler(MachineState *machine,
 
     if (device_is_dynamic_sysbus(mc, dev) ||
         object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM) ||
+        object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_VIRTIO_MEM_PCI) ||
         object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_VIRTIO_IOMMU_PCI)) {
         return HOTPLUG_HANDLER(machine);
     }
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
index 1ca45336dc..f55dcf61f2 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static bool virtio_mem_has_shared_zeropage(RAMBlock *rb)
  * The memory block size corresponds mostly to the section size.
  *
  * This allows e.g., to add 20MB with a section size of 128MB on x86_64, and
- * a section size of 1GB on arm64 (as long as the start address is properly
+ * a section size of 512MB on arm64 (as long as the start address is properly
  * aligned, similar to ordinary DIMMs).
  *
  * We can change this at any time and maybe even make it configurable if
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ static bool virtio_mem_has_shared_zeropage(RAMBlock *rb)
  */
 #if defined(TARGET_X86_64) || defined(TARGET_I386)
 #define VIRTIO_MEM_USABLE_EXTENT (2 * (128 * MiB))
+#elif defined(TARGET_ARM)
+#define VIRTIO_MEM_USABLE_EXTENT (2 * (512 * MiB))
 #else
 #error VIRTIO_MEM_USABLE_EXTENT not defined
 #endif
