diff --git a/hw/vfio/user.h b/hw/vfio/user.h
index 17c4d90ef1..351fdb3ee1 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/user.h
+++ b/hw/vfio/user.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ typedef struct VFIOProxy {
 } VFIOProxy;
 
 #define VFIO_PROXY_CLIENT       0x1
+#define VFIO_PROXY_SECURE       0x2
 
 /*
  * VFIO_USER_DEVICE_GET_INFO
@@ -159,6 +160,52 @@ struct vfio_user_region_rw {
     char data[];
 };
 
+/*
+ * VFIO_USER_DMA_MAP
+ * imported from struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_map
+ */
+struct vfio_user_dma_map {
+    vfio_user_hdr_t hdr;
+    uint32_t argsz;
+    uint32_t flags;
+    uint64_t offset;    /* FD offset */
+    uint64_t iova;
+    uint64_t size;
+};
+
+/*imported from struct vfio_bitmap */
+struct vfio_user_bitmap {
+    uint64_t pgsize;
+    uint64_t size;
+    char data[];
+};
+
+/*
+ * VFIO_USER_DMA_UNMAP
+ * imported from struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_unmap
+ */
+struct vfio_user_dma_unmap {
+    vfio_user_hdr_t hdr;
+    uint32_t argsz;
+    uint32_t flags;
+    uint64_t iova;
+    uint64_t size;
+};
+
+/*
+ * VFIO_USER_DEVICE_GET_REGION_INFO
+ * imported from struct_vfio_region_info
+ */
+struct vfio_user_region_info {
+    vfio_user_hdr_t hdr;
+    uint32_t argsz;
+    uint32_t flags;
+    uint32_t index;
+    uint32_t cap_offset;
+    uint64_t size;
+    uint64_t offset;
+};
+
 void vfio_user_recv(void *opaque);
 void vfio_user_send_reply(VFIOProxy *proxy, char *buf, int ret);
 VFIOProxy *vfio_user_connect_dev(char *sockname, Error **errp);
@@ -170,4 +217,11 @@ int vfio_user_region_read(VFIODevice *vbasedev, uint32_t index, uint64_t offset,
                           uint32_t count, void *data);
 int vfio_user_region_write(VFIODevice *vbasedev, uint32_t index,
                            uint64_t offset, uint32_t count, void *data);
+int vfio_user_dma_map(VFIOProxy *proxy, struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_map *map,
+                      VFIOUserFDs *fds);
+int vfio_user_dma_unmap(VFIOProxy *proxy,
+                        struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_unmap *unmap,
+                        struct vfio_bitmap *bitmap);
+int vfio_user_get_region_info(VFIODevice *vbasedev, int index,
+                              struct vfio_region_info *info, VFIOUserFDs *fds);
 #endif /* VFIO_USER_H */
diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
index 491a92b4f5..d7b717594b 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ typedef struct VFIODevice {
     Error *migration_blocker;
     OnOffAuto pre_copy_dirty_page_tracking;
     VFIOProxy *proxy;
+    struct vfio_region_info **regions;
+    int *regfds;
 } VFIODevice;
 
 struct VFIODeviceOps {
diff --git a/hw/vfio/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index 74041cc438..52a092e168 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -477,6 +477,10 @@ static int vfio_dma_unmap(VFIOContainer *container,
         return vfio_dma_unmap_bitmap(container, iova, size, iotlb);
     }
 
+    if (container->proxy != NULL) {
+        return vfio_user_dma_unmap(container->proxy, &unmap, NULL);
+    }
+
     while (ioctl(container->fd, VFIO_IOMMU_UNMAP_DMA, &unmap)) {
         /*
          * The type1 backend has an off-by-one bug in the kernel (71a7d3d78e3c
@@ -503,7 +507,7 @@ static int vfio_dma_unmap(VFIOContainer *container,
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int vfio_dma_map(VFIOContainer *container, hwaddr iova,
+static int vfio_dma_map(VFIOContainer *container, MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr iova,
                         ram_addr_t size, void *vaddr, bool readonly)
 {
     struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_map map = {
@@ -518,6 +522,24 @@ static int vfio_dma_map(VFIOContainer *container, hwaddr iova,
         map.flags |= VFIO_DMA_MAP_FLAG_WRITE;
     }
 
+    if (container->proxy != NULL) {
+        VFIOUserFDs fds;
+        int fd;
+
+        fd = memory_region_get_fd(mr);
+        if (fd != -1 && !(container->proxy->flags & VFIO_PROXY_SECURE)) {
+            fds.send_fds = 1;
+            fds.recv_fds = 0;
+            fds.fds = &fd;
+            map.vaddr = qemu_ram_block_host_offset(mr->ram_block, vaddr);
+
+            return vfio_user_dma_map(container->proxy, &map, &fds);
+        } else {
+            map.vaddr = 0;
+            return vfio_user_dma_map(container->proxy, &map, NULL);
+        }
+    }
+
     /*
      * Try the mapping, if it fails with EBUSY, unmap the region and try
      * again.  This shouldn't be necessary, but we sometimes see it in
@@ -586,7 +608,8 @@ static bool vfio_listener_skipped_section(MemoryRegionSection *section)
 
 /* Called with rcu_read_lock held.  */
 static bool vfio_get_xlat_addr(IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb, void **vaddr,
-                               ram_addr_t *ram_addr, bool *read_only)
+                               ram_addr_t *ram_addr, bool *read_only,
+                               MemoryRegion **mrp)
 {
     MemoryRegion *mr;
     hwaddr xlat;
@@ -667,6 +690,10 @@ static bool vfio_get_xlat_addr(IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb, void **vaddr,
         *read_only = !writable || mr->readonly;
     }
 
+    if (mrp != NULL) {
+        *mrp = mr;
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -674,6 +701,7 @@ static void vfio_iommu_map_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
 {
     VFIOGuestIOMMU *giommu = container_of(n, VFIOGuestIOMMU, n);
     VFIOContainer *container = giommu->container;
+    MemoryRegion *mr;
     hwaddr iova = iotlb->iova + giommu->iommu_offset;
     void *vaddr;
     int ret;
@@ -692,7 +720,7 @@ static void vfio_iommu_map_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
     if ((iotlb->perm & IOMMU_RW) != IOMMU_NONE) {
         bool read_only;
 
-        if (!vfio_get_xlat_addr(iotlb, &vaddr, NULL, &read_only)) {
+        if (!vfio_get_xlat_addr(iotlb, &vaddr, NULL, &read_only, &mr)) {
             goto out;
         }
         /*
@@ -702,7 +730,7 @@ static void vfio_iommu_map_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
          * of vaddr will always be there, even if the memory object is
          * destroyed and its backing memory munmap-ed.
          */
-        ret = vfio_dma_map(container, iova,
+        ret = vfio_dma_map(container, mr, iova,
                            iotlb->addr_mask + 1, vaddr,
                            read_only);
         if (ret) {
@@ -764,7 +792,7 @@ static int vfio_ram_discard_notify_populate(RamDiscardListener *rdl,
                section->offset_within_address_space;
         vaddr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(section->mr) + start;
 
-        ret = vfio_dma_map(vrdl->container, iova, next - start,
+        ret = vfio_dma_map(vrdl->container, section->mr, iova, next - start,
                            vaddr, section->readonly);
         if (ret) {
             /* Rollback */
@@ -1064,7 +1092,7 @@ static void vfio_listener_region_add(MemoryListener *listener,
         }
     }
 
-    ret = vfio_dma_map(container, iova, int128_get64(llsize),
+    ret = vfio_dma_map(container, section->mr, iova, int128_get64(llsize),
                        vaddr, section->readonly);
     if (ret) {
         error_setg(&err, "vfio_dma_map(%p, 0x%"HWADDR_PRIx", "
@@ -1330,7 +1358,7 @@ static void vfio_iommu_map_dirty_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
     }
 
     rcu_read_lock();
-    if (vfio_get_xlat_addr(iotlb, NULL, &translated_addr, NULL)) {
+    if (vfio_get_xlat_addr(iotlb, NULL, &translated_addr, NULL, NULL)) {
         int ret;
 
         ret = vfio_get_dirty_bitmap(container, iova, iotlb->addr_mask + 1,
@@ -2493,6 +2521,24 @@ int vfio_get_region_info(VFIODevice *vbasedev, int index,
                          struct vfio_region_info **info)
 {
     size_t argsz = sizeof(struct vfio_region_info);
+    int fd = -1;
+    int ret;
+
+    /* create region cache */
+    if (vbasedev->regions == NULL) {
+        vbasedev->regions = g_new0(struct vfio_region_info *,
+                                   vbasedev->num_regions);
+        if (vbasedev->proxy != NULL) {
+            vbasedev->regfds = g_new0(int, vbasedev->num_regions);
+        }
+    }
+    /* check cache */
+    if (vbasedev->regions[index] != NULL) {
+        *info = g_malloc0(vbasedev->regions[index]->argsz);
+        memcpy(*info, vbasedev->regions[index],
+               vbasedev->regions[index]->argsz);
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     *info = g_malloc0(argsz);
 
@@ -2500,7 +2546,17 @@ int vfio_get_region_info(VFIODevice *vbasedev, int index,
 retry:
     (*info)->argsz = argsz;
 
-    if (ioctl(vbasedev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_GET_REGION_INFO, *info)) {
+    if (vbasedev->proxy != NULL) {
+        VFIOUserFDs fds = { 0, 1, &fd};
+
+        ret = vfio_user_get_region_info(vbasedev, index, *info, &fds);
+    } else {
+        ret = ioctl(vbasedev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_GET_REGION_INFO, *info);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            ret = -errno;
+        }
+    }
+    if (ret != 0) {
         g_free(*info);
         *info = NULL;
         return -errno;
@@ -2509,10 +2565,22 @@ retry:
     if ((*info)->argsz > argsz) {
         argsz = (*info)->argsz;
         *info = g_realloc(*info, argsz);
+        if (fd != -1) {
+            close(fd);
+            fd = -1;
+        }
 
         goto retry;
     }
 
+    /* fill cache */
+    vbasedev->regions[index] = g_malloc0(argsz);
+    memcpy(vbasedev->regions[index], *info, argsz);
+    *vbasedev->regions[index] = **info;
+    if (vbasedev->regfds != NULL) {
+        vbasedev->regfds[index] = fd;
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index 1054978e5e..054e673552 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -3387,6 +3387,10 @@ static void vfio_user_pci_realize(PCIDevice *pdev, Error **errp)
     }
     vbasedev->proxy = proxy;
 
+    if (udev->secure) {
+        proxy->flags |= VFIO_PROXY_SECURE;
+    }
+
     vfio_user_validate_version(vbasedev, &err);
     if (err != NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, err);
diff --git a/hw/vfio/user.c b/hw/vfio/user.c
index 2bb6f8650e..eea8b9b402 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/user.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/user.c
@@ -679,3 +679,103 @@ int vfio_user_region_write(VFIODevice *vbasedev, uint32_t index,
 
     return count;
 }
+
+int vfio_user_dma_map(VFIOProxy *proxy, struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_map *map,
+                      VFIOUserFDs *fds)
+{
+    struct vfio_user_dma_map msg;
+    int ret;
+
+    vfio_user_request_msg(&msg.hdr, VFIO_USER_DMA_MAP, sizeof(msg), 0);
+    msg.argsz = map->argsz;
+    msg.flags = map->flags;
+    msg.offset = map->vaddr;
+    msg.iova = map->iova;
+    msg.size = map->size;
+
+    vfio_user_send_recv(proxy, &msg.hdr, fds, 0);
+    ret = (msg.hdr.flags & VFIO_USER_ERROR) ? -msg.hdr.error_reply : 0;
+    return ret;
+}
+
+int vfio_user_dma_unmap(VFIOProxy *proxy,
+                        struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_unmap *unmap,
+                        struct vfio_bitmap *bitmap)
+{
+    g_autofree struct {
+        struct vfio_user_dma_unmap msg;
+        struct vfio_user_bitmap bitmap;
+    } *msgp = NULL;
+    int msize, rsize;
+
+    if (bitmap == NULL && (unmap->flags &
+                           VFIO_DMA_UNMAP_FLAG_GET_DIRTY_BITMAP)) {
+        error_printf("vfio_user_dma_unmap mismatched flags and bitmap\n");
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * If a dirty bitmap is returned, allocate extra space for it
+     * otherwise, just send the unmap request
+     */
+    if (bitmap != NULL) {
+        msize = sizeof(*msgp);
+        rsize = msize + bitmap->size;
+        msgp = g_malloc0(rsize);
+        msgp->bitmap.pgsize = bitmap->pgsize;
+        msgp->bitmap.size = bitmap->size;
+    } else {
+        msize = rsize = sizeof(struct vfio_user_dma_unmap);
+        msgp = g_malloc0(rsize);
+    }
+
+    vfio_user_request_msg(&msgp->msg.hdr, VFIO_USER_DMA_UNMAP, msize, 0);
+    msgp->msg.argsz = unmap->argsz;
+    msgp->msg.flags = unmap->flags;
+    msgp->msg.iova = unmap->iova;
+    msgp->msg.size = unmap->size;
+
+    vfio_user_send_recv(proxy, &msgp->msg.hdr, NULL, rsize);
+    if (msgp->msg.hdr.flags & VFIO_USER_ERROR) {
+        return -msgp->msg.hdr.error_reply;
+    }
+
+    if (bitmap != NULL) {
+        memcpy(bitmap->data, &msgp->bitmap.data, bitmap->size);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int vfio_user_get_region_info(VFIODevice *vbasedev, int index,
+                              struct vfio_region_info *info, VFIOUserFDs *fds)
+{
+    g_autofree struct vfio_user_region_info *msgp = NULL;
+    int size;
+
+    /* data returned can be larger than vfio_region_info */
+    if (info->argsz < sizeof(*info)) {
+        error_printf("vfio_user_get_region_info argsz too small\n");
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    if (fds != NULL && fds->send_fds != 0) {
+        error_printf("vfio_user_get_region_info can't send FDs\n");
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    size = info->argsz + sizeof(vfio_user_hdr_t);
+    msgp = g_malloc0(size);
+
+    vfio_user_request_msg(&msgp->hdr, VFIO_USER_DEVICE_GET_REGION_INFO,
+                          sizeof(*msgp), 0);
+    msgp->argsz = info->argsz;
+    msgp->index = info->index;
+
+    vfio_user_send_recv(vbasedev->proxy, &msgp->hdr, fds, size);
+    if (msgp->hdr.flags & VFIO_USER_ERROR) {
+        return -msgp->hdr.error_reply;
+    }
+
+    memcpy(info, &msgp->argsz, info->argsz);
+    return 0;
+}
