diff --git a/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev-pci.c b/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev-pci.c
index a5a7b528a9..257538dbdd 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev-pci.c
@@ -25,12 +25,60 @@ struct VhostVdpaDevicePCI {
 
 static void vhost_vdpa_device_pci_instance_init(Object *obj)
 {
-    return;
+    VhostVdpaDevicePCI *dev = VHOST_VDPA_DEVICE_PCI(obj);
+
+    virtio_instance_init_common(obj, &dev->vdev, sizeof(dev->vdev),
+                                TYPE_VHOST_VDPA_DEVICE);
+    object_property_add_alias(obj, "bootindex", OBJECT(&dev->vdev),
+                              "bootindex");
+}
+
+static Property vhost_vdpa_device_pci_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
+
+static void
+vhost_vdpa_device_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
+{
+    VhostVdpaDevicePCI *dev = VHOST_VDPA_DEVICE_PCI(vpci_dev);
+    DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
+    uint32_t vdev_id;
+    uint32_t num_queues;
+    int fd;
+
+    fd = qemu_open(dev->vdev.vdpa_dev, O_RDWR, errp);
+    if (*errp) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    vdev_id = vhost_vdpa_device_get_u32(fd, VHOST_VDPA_GET_DEVICE_ID, errp);
+    if (*errp) {
+        qemu_close(fd);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    num_queues = vhost_vdpa_device_get_u32(fd, VHOST_VDPA_GET_VQS_NUM, errp);
+    if (*errp) {
+        qemu_close(fd);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    dev->vdev.vdpa_dev_fd = fd;
+    vpci_dev->class_code = virtio_pci_get_class_id(vdev_id);
+    vpci_dev->trans_devid = virtio_pci_get_trans_devid(vdev_id);
+    /* one for config interrupt, one per vq */
+    vpci_dev->nvectors = num_queues + 1;
+    qdev_realize(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus), errp);
 }
 
 static void vhost_vdpa_device_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
-    return;
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    VirtioPCIClass *k = VIRTIO_PCI_CLASS(klass);
+
+    set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_MISC, dc->categories);
+    device_class_set_props(dc, vhost_vdpa_device_pci_properties);
+    k->realize = vhost_vdpa_device_pci_realize;
 }
 
 static const VirtioPCIDeviceTypeInfo vhost_vdpa_device_pci_info = {
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.c b/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.c
index f4f92b90b0..b103768f33 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.c
@@ -15,16 +15,93 @@
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 
-static void vhost_vdpa_device_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+uint32_t vhost_vdpa_device_get_u32(int fd, unsigned long int cmd, Error **errp)
+{
+    uint32_t val = (uint32_t)-1;
+
+    if (ioctl(fd, cmd, &val) < 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "vhost-vdpa-device: cmd 0x%lx failed: %s",
+                   cmd, strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    return val;
+}
+
+static void vhost_vdpa_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     return;
 }
 
-static void vhost_vdpa_device_instance_init(Object *obj)
+static void vhost_vdpa_device_unrealize(DeviceState *dev)
+{
+    return;
+}
+
+static void
+vhost_vdpa_device_get_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config)
+{
+    return;
+}
+
+static void
+vhost_vdpa_device_set_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, const uint8_t *config)
+{
+    return;
+}
+
+static uint64_t vhost_vdpa_device_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev,
+                                               uint64_t features,
+                                               Error **errp)
+{
+    return (uint64_t)-1;
+}
+
+static void vhost_vdpa_device_set_status(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t status)
 {
     return;
 }
 
+static Property vhost_vdpa_device_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_STRING("vdpa-dev", VhostVdpaDevice, vdpa_dev),
+    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("vdpa-dev-fd", VhostVdpaDevice, vdpa_dev_fd, -1),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
+
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_vhost_vdpa_device = {
+    .name = "vhost-vdpa-device",
+    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    },
+};
+
+static void vhost_vdpa_device_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    VirtioDeviceClass *vdc = VIRTIO_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+
+    device_class_set_props(dc, vhost_vdpa_device_properties);
+    dc->desc = "VDPA-based generic device assignment";
+    dc->vmsd = &vmstate_vhost_vdpa_device;
+    set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_MISC, dc->categories);
+    vdc->realize = vhost_vdpa_device_realize;
+    vdc->unrealize = vhost_vdpa_device_unrealize;
+    vdc->get_config = vhost_vdpa_device_get_config;
+    vdc->set_config = vhost_vdpa_device_set_config;
+    vdc->get_features = vhost_vdpa_device_get_features;
+    vdc->set_status = vhost_vdpa_device_set_status;
+}
+
+static void vhost_vdpa_device_instance_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    VhostVdpaDevice *s = VHOST_VDPA_DEVICE(obj);
+
+    device_add_bootindex_property(obj, &s->bootindex, "bootindex",
+                                  NULL, DEVICE(obj));
+}
+
 static const TypeInfo vhost_vdpa_device_info = {
     .name = TYPE_VHOST_VDPA_DEVICE,
     .parent = TYPE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.h b/include/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.h
index dd94bd74a2..e7ad349113 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.h
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(VhostVdpaDevice, VHOST_VDPA_DEVICE)
 
 struct VhostVdpaDevice {
     VirtIODevice parent_obj;
+    char *vdpa_dev;
+    int vdpa_dev_fd;
+    int32_t bootindex;
 };
 
+uint32_t vhost_vdpa_device_get_u32(int fd, unsigned long int cmd, Error **errp);
+
 #endif
