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/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index c7bf0aa..c589bd9 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -1774,6 +1774,11 @@ void vfio_reset_handler(void *opaque)
     QLIST_FOREACH(group, &vfio_group_list, next) {
         QLIST_FOREACH(vbasedev, &group->device_list, next) {
             if (vbasedev->dev->realized && vbasedev->needs_reset) {
+                if (vbasedev->ops->vfio_hot_reset_multi == NULL) {
+                    error_printf("%s: No hot reset handler specified\n",
+                                 vbasedev->name);
+                    continue;
+                }
                 vbasedev->ops->vfio_hot_reset_multi(vbasedev);
             }
         }
diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index 80b03a2..dc19869 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include CONFIG_DEVICES
 #include <linux/vfio.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
@@ -3421,3 +3422,91 @@ static void register_vfio_pci_dev_type(void)
 }
 
 type_init(register_vfio_pci_dev_type)
+
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_VFIO_USER_PCI
+
+/*
+ * vfio-user routines.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * 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)
+
+#endif /* VFIO_USER_PCI */
diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.h b/hw/vfio/pci.h
index 7c5c8ec..27db931 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.h
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.h
@@ -189,6 +189,14 @@ struct VFIOKernPCIDevice {
     VFIOPCIDevice device;
 };
 
+#define TYPE_VFIO_USER_PCI "vfio-user-pci"
+OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(VFIOUserPCIDevice, VFIO_USER_PCI)
+
+struct VFIOUserPCIDevice {
+    VFIOPCIDevice device;
+    char *sock_name;
+};
+
 /* Use uin32_t for vendor & device so PCI_ANY_ID expands and cannot match hw */
 static inline bool vfio_pci_is(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, uint32_t vendor, uint32_t device)
 {
