diff --git a/hw/display/trace-events b/hw/display/trace-events
index 2336a0ca15..54d6894c59 100644
--- a/hw/display/trace-events
+++ b/hw/display/trace-events
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ virtio_gpu_cmd_res_create_blob(uint32_t res, uint64_t size) "res 0x%x, size %" P
 virtio_gpu_cmd_res_unref(uint32_t res) "res 0x%x"
 virtio_gpu_cmd_res_back_attach(uint32_t res) "res 0x%x"
 virtio_gpu_cmd_res_back_detach(uint32_t res) "res 0x%x"
+virtio_gpu_cmd_res_assign_uuid(uint32_t res) "res 0x%x"
 virtio_gpu_cmd_res_xfer_toh_2d(uint32_t res) "res 0x%x"
 virtio_gpu_cmd_res_xfer_toh_3d(uint32_t res) "res 0x%x"
 virtio_gpu_cmd_res_xfer_fromh_3d(uint32_t res) "res 0x%x"
diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-base.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-base.c
index 4f2b0ba1f3..f44388715c 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-base.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-base.c
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ virtio_gpu_base_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t features,
         features |= (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_F_CONTEXT_INIT);
     }
 
+    features |= (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_F_RESOURCE_UUID);
+
     return features;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c
index 563a6f2f58..8a017dbeb4 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c
@@ -36,11 +36,20 @@ static void virgl_cmd_create_resource_2d(VirtIOGPU *g,
 {
     struct virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d c2d;
     struct virgl_renderer_resource_create_args args;
+    struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res;
 
     VIRTIO_GPU_FILL_CMD(c2d);
     trace_virtio_gpu_cmd_res_create_2d(c2d.resource_id, c2d.format,
                                        c2d.width, c2d.height);
 
+    res = g_new0(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource, 1);
+    if (!res) {
+        cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+        return;
+    }
+    res->resource_id = c2d.resource_id;
+    QTAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&g->reslist, res, next);
+
     args.handle = c2d.resource_id;
     args.target = 2;
     args.format = c2d.format;
@@ -60,11 +69,20 @@ static void virgl_cmd_create_resource_3d(VirtIOGPU *g,
 {
     struct virtio_gpu_resource_create_3d c3d;
     struct virgl_renderer_resource_create_args args;
+    struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res;
 
     VIRTIO_GPU_FILL_CMD(c3d);
     trace_virtio_gpu_cmd_res_create_3d(c3d.resource_id, c3d.format,
                                        c3d.width, c3d.height, c3d.depth);
 
+    res = g_new0(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource, 1);
+    if (!res) {
+        cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+        return;
+    }
+    res->resource_id = c3d.resource_id;
+    QTAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&g->reslist, res, next);
+
     args.handle = c3d.resource_id;
     args.target = c3d.target;
     args.format = c3d.format;
@@ -682,6 +700,9 @@ void virtio_gpu_virgl_process_cmd(VirtIOGPU *g,
         /* TODO add security */
         virgl_cmd_ctx_detach_resource(g, cmd);
         break;
+    case VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_ASSIGN_UUID:
+        virtio_gpu_resource_assign_uuid(g, cmd);
+        break;
     case VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET_INFO:
         virgl_cmd_get_capset_info(g, cmd);
         break;
diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
index cc4c1f81bb..44414c1c5e 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
@@ -966,6 +966,38 @@ virtio_gpu_resource_detach_backing(VirtIOGPU *g,
     virtio_gpu_cleanup_mapping(g, res);
 }
 
+void virtio_gpu_resource_assign_uuid(VirtIOGPU *g,
+                                     struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command *cmd)
+{
+    struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res;
+    struct virtio_gpu_resource_assign_uuid assign;
+    struct virtio_gpu_resp_resource_uuid resp;
+    QemuUUID *uuid;
+
+    VIRTIO_GPU_FILL_CMD(assign);
+    virtio_gpu_bswap_32(&assign, sizeof(assign));
+    trace_virtio_gpu_cmd_res_assign_uuid(assign.resource_id);
+
+    res = virtio_gpu_find_check_resource(g, assign.resource_id, false, __func__, &cmd->error);
+    if (!res) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    memset(&resp, 0, sizeof(resp));
+    resp.hdr.type = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_OK_RESOURCE_UUID;
+
+    uuid = g_hash_table_lookup(g->resource_uuids, GUINT_TO_POINTER(assign.resource_id));
+    if (!uuid) {
+        uuid = g_new(QemuUUID, 1);
+        qemu_uuid_generate(uuid);
+        g_hash_table_insert(g->resource_uuids, GUINT_TO_POINTER(assign.resource_id), uuid);
+        res->has_uuid = true;
+    }
+
+    memcpy(resp.uuid, uuid, sizeof(QemuUUID));
+    virtio_gpu_ctrl_response(g, cmd, &resp.hdr, sizeof(resp));
+}
+
 void virtio_gpu_simple_process_cmd(VirtIOGPU *g,
                                    struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command *cmd)
 {
@@ -1014,6 +1046,9 @@ void virtio_gpu_simple_process_cmd(VirtIOGPU *g,
     case VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_DETACH_BACKING:
         virtio_gpu_resource_detach_backing(g, cmd);
         break;
+    case VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_ASSIGN_UUID:
+        virtio_gpu_resource_assign_uuid(g, cmd);
+        break;
     default:
         cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_UNSPEC;
         break;
@@ -1208,6 +1243,7 @@ static int virtio_gpu_save(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, size_t size,
     VirtIOGPU *g = opaque;
     struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res;
     int i;
+    QemuUUID *uuid;
 
     /* in 2d mode we should never find unprocessed commands here */
     assert(QTAILQ_EMPTY(&g->cmdq));
@@ -1224,9 +1260,17 @@ static int virtio_gpu_save(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, size_t size,
         }
         qemu_put_buffer(f, (void *)pixman_image_get_data(res->image),
                         pixman_image_get_stride(res->image) * res->height);
+
+        qemu_put_byte(f, res->has_uuid);
+        if (res->has_uuid) {
+            uuid = g_hash_table_lookup(g->resource_uuids, GUINT_TO_POINTER(res->resource_id));
+            qemu_put_buffer(f, (void *)uuid, sizeof(QemuUUID));
+        }
     }
     qemu_put_be32(f, 0); /* end of list */
 
+    g_hash_table_destroy(g->resource_uuids);
+
     return vmstate_save_state(f, &vmstate_virtio_gpu_scanouts, g, NULL);
 }
 
@@ -1239,9 +1283,12 @@ static int virtio_gpu_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, size_t size,
     uint32_t resource_id, pformat;
     void *bits = NULL;
     int i;
+    QemuUUID *uuid = NULL;
 
     g->hostmem = 0;
 
+    g->resource_uuids = g_hash_table_new_full(NULL, NULL, NULL, g_free);
+
     resource_id = qemu_get_be32(f);
     while (resource_id != 0) {
         res = virtio_gpu_find_resource(g, resource_id);
@@ -1292,6 +1339,12 @@ static int virtio_gpu_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, size_t size,
         qemu_get_buffer(f, (void *)pixman_image_get_data(res->image),
                         pixman_image_get_stride(res->image) * res->height);
 
+        res->has_uuid = qemu_get_byte(f);
+        if (res->has_uuid) {
+            qemu_get_buffer(f, (void *)uuid, sizeof(QemuUUID));
+            g_hash_table_insert(g->resource_uuids, GUINT_TO_POINTER(res->resource_id), uuid);
+        }
+
         /* restore mapping */
         for (i = 0; i < res->iov_cnt; i++) {
             hwaddr len = res->iov[i].iov_len;
@@ -1393,12 +1446,15 @@ void virtio_gpu_device_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp)
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->reslist);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->cmdq);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->fenceq);
+
+    g->resource_uuids = g_hash_table_new_full(NULL, NULL, NULL, g_free);
 }
 
 static void virtio_gpu_device_unrealize(DeviceState *qdev)
 {
     VirtIOGPU *g = VIRTIO_GPU(qdev);
 
+    g_hash_table_destroy(g->resource_uuids);
     g_clear_pointer(&g->ctrl_bh, qemu_bh_delete);
     g_clear_pointer(&g->cursor_bh, qemu_bh_delete);
     g_clear_pointer(&g->reset_bh, qemu_bh_delete);
@@ -1452,6 +1508,8 @@ void virtio_gpu_reset(VirtIODevice *vdev)
         g_free(cmd);
     }
 
+    g_hash_table_remove_all(g->resource_uuids);
+
     virtio_gpu_base_reset(VIRTIO_GPU_BASE(vdev));
 }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
index b9adc28071..67b39fccec 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource {
     MemoryRegion *region;
 #endif
 
+    bool has_uuid;
+
     QTAILQ_ENTRY(virtio_gpu_simple_resource) next;
 };
 
@@ -208,6 +210,8 @@ struct VirtIOGPU {
         QTAILQ_HEAD(, VGPUDMABuf) bufs;
         VGPUDMABuf *primary[VIRTIO_GPU_MAX_SCANOUTS];
     } dmabuf;
+
+    GHashTable *resource_uuids;
 };
 
 struct VirtIOGPUClass {
@@ -285,6 +289,8 @@ void virtio_gpu_cleanup_mapping_iov(VirtIOGPU *g,
                                     struct iovec *iov, uint32_t count);
 void virtio_gpu_cleanup_mapping(VirtIOGPU *g,
                                 struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res);
+void virtio_gpu_resource_assign_uuid(VirtIOGPU *g,
+                                     struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command *cmd);
 void virtio_gpu_process_cmdq(VirtIOGPU *g);
 void virtio_gpu_device_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp);
 void virtio_gpu_reset(VirtIODevice *vdev);
