diff --git a/hw/remote/remote-obj.c b/hw/remote/remote-obj.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..048e343525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/remote/remote-obj.c
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL-v2, version 2 or later.
+ *
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qemu/notify.h"
+#include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-core.h"
+#include "io/channel.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-core.h"
+#include "hw/remote/machine.h"
+#include "io/channel-util.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "hw/pci/pci.h"
+#include "qemu/sockets.h"
+#include "monitor/monitor.h"
+
+#define TYPE_REMOTE_OBJECT "x-remote-object"
+#define REMOTE_OBJECT(obj) \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(RemoteObject, (obj), TYPE_REMOTE_OBJECT)
+#define REMOTE_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(obj) \
+    OBJECT_GET_CLASS(RemoteObjectClass, (obj), TYPE_REMOTE_OBJECT)
+#define REMOTE_OBJECT_CLASS(klass) \
+    OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(RemoteObjectClass, (klass), TYPE_REMOTE_OBJECT)
+
+typedef struct {
+    ObjectClass parent_class;
+
+    unsigned int nr_devs;
+    unsigned int max_devs;
+} RemoteObjectClass;
+
+typedef struct {
+    /* private */
+    Object parent;
+
+    Notifier machine_done;
+
+    int32_t fd;
+    char *devid;
+
+    QIOChannel *ioc;
+
+    DeviceState *dev;
+    DeviceListener listener;
+} RemoteObject;
+
+static void remote_object_set_fd(Object *obj, const char *str, Error **errp)
+{
+    RemoteObject *o = REMOTE_OBJECT(obj);
+    int fd = -1;
+
+    fd = monitor_fd_param(monitor_cur(), str, errp);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        error_prepend(errp, "Could not parse remote object fd %s:", str);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!fd_is_socket(fd)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "File descriptor '%s' is not a socket", str);
+        close(fd);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    o->fd = fd;
+}
+
+static void remote_object_set_devid(Object *obj, const char *str, Error **errp)
+{
+    RemoteObject *o = REMOTE_OBJECT(obj);
+
+    g_free(o->devid);
+
+    o->devid = g_strdup(str);
+}
+
+static void remote_object_unrealize_listener(DeviceListener *listener,
+                                             DeviceState *dev)
+{
+    RemoteObject *o = container_of(listener, RemoteObject, listener);
+
+    if (o->dev == dev) {
+        object_unref(OBJECT(o));
+    }
+}
+
+static void remote_object_machine_done(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
+{
+    RemoteObject *o = container_of(notifier, RemoteObject, machine_done);
+    DeviceState *dev = NULL;
+    QIOChannel *ioc = NULL;
+    Coroutine *co = NULL;
+    RemoteCommDev *comdev = NULL;
+    Error *err = NULL;
+
+    dev = qdev_find_recursive(sysbus_get_default(), o->devid);
+    if (!dev || !object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PCI_DEVICE)) {
+        error_report("%s is not a PCI device", o->devid);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ioc = qio_channel_new_fd(o->fd, &err);
+    if (!ioc) {
+        error_report_err(err);
+        return;
+    }
+    qio_channel_set_blocking(ioc, false, NULL);
+
+    o->dev = dev;
+
+    o->listener.unrealize = remote_object_unrealize_listener;
+    device_listener_register(&o->listener);
+
+    /* co-routine should free this. */
+    comdev = g_new0(RemoteCommDev, 1);
+    *comdev = (RemoteCommDev) {
+        .ioc = ioc,
+        .dev = PCI_DEVICE(dev),
+    };
+
+    co = qemu_coroutine_create(mpqemu_remote_msg_loop_co, comdev);
+    qemu_coroutine_enter(co);
+}
+
+static void remote_object_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    RemoteObjectClass *k = REMOTE_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(obj);
+    RemoteObject *o = REMOTE_OBJECT(obj);
+
+    if (k->nr_devs >= k->max_devs) {
+        error_report("Reached maximum number of devices: %u", k->max_devs);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    o->ioc = NULL;
+    o->fd = -1;
+    o->devid = NULL;
+
+    k->nr_devs++;
+
+    o->machine_done.notify = remote_object_machine_done;
+    qemu_add_machine_init_done_notifier(&o->machine_done);
+}
+
+static void remote_object_finalize(Object *obj)
+{
+    RemoteObjectClass *k = REMOTE_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(obj);
+    RemoteObject *o = REMOTE_OBJECT(obj);
+
+    device_listener_unregister(&o->listener);
+
+    if (o->ioc) {
+        qio_channel_shutdown(o->ioc, QIO_CHANNEL_SHUTDOWN_BOTH, NULL);
+        qio_channel_close(o->ioc, NULL);
+    }
+
+    object_unref(OBJECT(o->ioc));
+
+    k->nr_devs--;
+    g_free(o->devid);
+}
+
+static void remote_object_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    RemoteObjectClass *k = REMOTE_OBJECT_CLASS(klass);
+
+    /*
+     * Limit number of supported devices to 1. This is done to avoid devices
+     * from one VM accessing the RAM of another VM. This is done until we
+     * start using separate address spaces for individual devices.
+     */
+    k->max_devs = 1;
+    k->nr_devs = 0;
+
+    object_class_property_add_str(klass, "fd", NULL, remote_object_set_fd);
+    object_class_property_add_str(klass, "devid", NULL,
+                                  remote_object_set_devid);
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo remote_object_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_REMOTE_OBJECT,
+    .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(RemoteObject),
+    .instance_init = remote_object_init,
+    .instance_finalize = remote_object_finalize,
+    .class_size = sizeof(RemoteObjectClass),
+    .class_init = remote_object_class_init,
+    .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
+        { TYPE_USER_CREATABLE },
+        { }
+    }
+};
+
+static void register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&remote_object_info);
+}
+
+type_init(register_types);
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 9e89e4c121..ed89e3df5d 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3171,6 +3171,7 @@ F: include/hw/remote/machine.h
 F: hw/remote/mpqemu-link.c
 F: include/hw/remote/mpqemu-link.h
 F: hw/remote/message.c
+F: hw/remote/remote-obj.c
 
 Build and test automation
 -------------------------
diff --git a/hw/remote/meson.build b/hw/remote/meson.build
index 9f5c57f35a..71d0a5689e 100644
--- a/hw/remote/meson.build
+++ b/hw/remote/meson.build
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ remote_ss = ss.source_set()
 remote_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS', if_true: files('machine.c'))
 remote_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS', if_true: files('mpqemu-link.c'))
 remote_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS', if_true: files('message.c'))
+remote_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS', if_true: files('remote-obj.c'))
 
 softmmu_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS', if_true: remote_ss)
