diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
index 24ecc0e7ee6243ad9ee2003d197e04390b780d2c..3dac5c167efa1fc6afefc103539ce5e01cceb602 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ typedef struct VFIOHostDMAWindow {
     QLIST_ENTRY(VFIOHostDMAWindow) hostwin_next;
 } VFIOHostDMAWindow;
 
+typedef struct IOMMUFDBackend IOMMUFDBackend;
+
+typedef struct VFIOIOMMUFDContainer {
+    VFIOContainerBase bcontainer;
+    IOMMUFDBackend *be;
+    uint32_t ioas_id;
+} VFIOIOMMUFDContainer;
+
 typedef struct VFIODeviceOps VFIODeviceOps;
 
 typedef struct VFIODevice {
@@ -116,6 +124,8 @@ typedef struct VFIODevice {
     OnOffAuto pre_copy_dirty_page_tracking;
     bool dirty_pages_supported;
     bool dirty_tracking;
+    int devid;
+    IOMMUFDBackend *iommufd;
 } VFIODevice;
 
 struct VFIODeviceOps {
@@ -201,6 +211,7 @@ typedef QLIST_HEAD(VFIODeviceList, VFIODevice) VFIODeviceList;
 extern VFIOGroupList vfio_group_list;
 extern VFIODeviceList vfio_device_list;
 extern const VFIOIOMMUOps vfio_legacy_ops;
+extern const VFIOIOMMUOps vfio_iommufd_ops;
 extern const MemoryListener vfio_memory_listener;
 extern int vfio_kvm_device_fd;
 
diff --git a/hw/vfio/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index 934f4f5446e9fc7decd991148f3f7992bf653a4a..6569732b7a1d894ae08e38adb93dfd94aeca4075 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include CONFIG_DEVICES /* CONFIG_IOMMUFD */
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM
 #include <linux/kvm.h>
@@ -1503,6 +1504,11 @@ int vfio_attach_device(char *name, VFIODevice *vbasedev,
 {
     const VFIOIOMMUOps *ops = &vfio_legacy_ops;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IOMMUFD
+    if (vbasedev->iommufd) {
+        ops = &vfio_iommufd_ops;
+    }
+#endif
     return ops->attach_device(name, vbasedev, as, errp);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/vfio/iommufd.c b/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6d31aeac7bd8781a103328f8a438c011cdc2db1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,422 @@
+/*
+ * iommufd container backend
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Intel Corporation.
+ * Copyright Red Hat, Inc. 2023
+ *
+ * Authors: Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@intel.com>
+ *          Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <linux/vfio.h>
+#include <linux/iommufd.h>
+
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "trace.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "sysemu/iommufd.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-core.h"
+#include "sysemu/reset.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
+#include "qemu/chardev_open.h"
+
+static int iommufd_cdev_map(VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer, hwaddr iova,
+                            ram_addr_t size, void *vaddr, bool readonly)
+{
+    VFIOIOMMUFDContainer *container =
+        container_of(bcontainer, VFIOIOMMUFDContainer, bcontainer);
+
+    return iommufd_backend_map_dma(container->be,
+                                   container->ioas_id,
+                                   iova, size, vaddr, readonly);
+}
+
+static int iommufd_cdev_unmap(VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer,
+                              hwaddr iova, ram_addr_t size,
+                              IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
+{
+    VFIOIOMMUFDContainer *container =
+        container_of(bcontainer, VFIOIOMMUFDContainer, bcontainer);
+
+    /* TODO: Handle dma_unmap_bitmap with iotlb args (migration) */
+    return iommufd_backend_unmap_dma(container->be,
+                                     container->ioas_id, iova, size);
+}
+
+static int iommufd_cdev_kvm_device_add(VFIODevice *vbasedev, Error **errp)
+{
+    return vfio_kvm_device_add_fd(vbasedev->fd, errp);
+}
+
+static void iommufd_cdev_kvm_device_del(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
+{
+    Error *err = NULL;
+
+    if (vfio_kvm_device_del_fd(vbasedev->fd, &err)) {
+        error_report_err(err);
+    }
+}
+
+static int iommufd_cdev_connect_and_bind(VFIODevice *vbasedev, Error **errp)
+{
+    IOMMUFDBackend *iommufd = vbasedev->iommufd;
+    struct vfio_device_bind_iommufd bind = {
+        .argsz = sizeof(bind),
+        .flags = 0,
+    };
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = iommufd_backend_connect(iommufd, errp);
+    if (ret) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Add device to kvm-vfio to be prepared for the tracking
+     * in KVM. Especially for some emulated devices, it requires
+     * to have kvm information in the device open.
+     */
+    ret = iommufd_cdev_kvm_device_add(vbasedev, errp);
+    if (ret) {
+        goto err_kvm_device_add;
+    }
+
+    /* Bind device to iommufd */
+    bind.iommufd = iommufd->fd;
+    ret = ioctl(vbasedev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_BIND_IOMMUFD, &bind);
+    if (ret) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "error bind device fd=%d to iommufd=%d",
+                         vbasedev->fd, bind.iommufd);
+        goto err_bind;
+    }
+
+    vbasedev->devid = bind.out_devid;
+    trace_iommufd_cdev_connect_and_bind(bind.iommufd, vbasedev->name,
+                                        vbasedev->fd, vbasedev->devid);
+    return ret;
+err_bind:
+    iommufd_cdev_kvm_device_del(vbasedev);
+err_kvm_device_add:
+    iommufd_backend_disconnect(iommufd);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void iommufd_cdev_unbind_and_disconnect(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
+{
+    /* Unbind is automatically conducted when device fd is closed */
+    iommufd_cdev_kvm_device_del(vbasedev);
+    iommufd_backend_disconnect(vbasedev->iommufd);
+}
+
+static int iommufd_cdev_getfd(const char *sysfs_path, Error **errp)
+{
+    long int ret = -ENOTTY;
+    char *path, *vfio_dev_path = NULL, *vfio_path = NULL;
+    DIR *dir = NULL;
+    struct dirent *dent;
+    gchar *contents;
+    struct stat st;
+    gsize length;
+    int major, minor;
+    dev_t vfio_devt;
+
+    path = g_strdup_printf("%s/vfio-dev", sysfs_path);
+    if (stat(path, &st) < 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "no such host device");
+        goto out_free_path;
+    }
+
+    dir = opendir(path);
+    if (!dir) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "couldn't open directory %s", path);
+        goto out_free_path;
+    }
+
+    while ((dent = readdir(dir))) {
+        if (!strncmp(dent->d_name, "vfio", 4)) {
+            vfio_dev_path = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s/dev", path, dent->d_name);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!vfio_dev_path) {
+        error_setg(errp, "failed to find vfio-dev/vfioX/dev");
+        goto out_close_dir;
+    }
+
+    if (!g_file_get_contents(vfio_dev_path, &contents, &length, NULL)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "failed to load \"%s\"", vfio_dev_path);
+        goto out_free_dev_path;
+    }
+
+    if (sscanf(contents, "%d:%d", &major, &minor) != 2) {
+        error_setg(errp, "failed to get major:minor for \"%s\"", vfio_dev_path);
+        goto out_free_dev_path;
+    }
+    g_free(contents);
+    vfio_devt = makedev(major, minor);
+
+    vfio_path = g_strdup_printf("/dev/vfio/devices/%s", dent->d_name);
+    ret = open_cdev(vfio_path, vfio_devt);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to open %s", vfio_path);
+    }
+
+    trace_iommufd_cdev_getfd(vfio_path, ret);
+    g_free(vfio_path);
+
+out_free_dev_path:
+    g_free(vfio_dev_path);
+out_close_dir:
+    closedir(dir);
+out_free_path:
+    if (*errp) {
+        error_prepend(errp, VFIO_MSG_PREFIX, path);
+    }
+    g_free(path);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int iommufd_cdev_attach_ioas_hwpt(VFIODevice *vbasedev, uint32_t id,
+                                         Error **errp)
+{
+    int ret, iommufd = vbasedev->iommufd->fd;
+    struct vfio_device_attach_iommufd_pt attach_data = {
+        .argsz = sizeof(attach_data),
+        .flags = 0,
+        .pt_id = id,
+    };
+
+    /* Attach device to an IOAS or hwpt within iommufd */
+    ret = ioctl(vbasedev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_ATTACH_IOMMUFD_PT, &attach_data);
+    if (ret) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno,
+                         "[iommufd=%d] error attach %s (%d) to id=%d",
+                         iommufd, vbasedev->name, vbasedev->fd, id);
+    } else {
+        trace_iommufd_cdev_attach_ioas_hwpt(iommufd, vbasedev->name,
+                                            vbasedev->fd, id);
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int iommufd_cdev_detach_ioas_hwpt(VFIODevice *vbasedev, Error **errp)
+{
+    int ret, iommufd = vbasedev->iommufd->fd;
+    struct vfio_device_detach_iommufd_pt detach_data = {
+        .argsz = sizeof(detach_data),
+        .flags = 0,
+    };
+
+    ret = ioctl(vbasedev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_DETACH_IOMMUFD_PT, &detach_data);
+    if (ret) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "detach %s failed", vbasedev->name);
+    } else {
+        trace_iommufd_cdev_detach_ioas_hwpt(iommufd, vbasedev->name);
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int iommufd_cdev_attach_container(VFIODevice *vbasedev,
+                                         VFIOIOMMUFDContainer *container,
+                                         Error **errp)
+{
+    return iommufd_cdev_attach_ioas_hwpt(vbasedev, container->ioas_id, errp);
+}
+
+static void iommufd_cdev_detach_container(VFIODevice *vbasedev,
+                                          VFIOIOMMUFDContainer *container)
+{
+    Error *err = NULL;
+
+    if (iommufd_cdev_detach_ioas_hwpt(vbasedev, &err)) {
+        error_report_err(err);
+    }
+}
+
+static void iommufd_cdev_container_destroy(VFIOIOMMUFDContainer *container)
+{
+    VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer = &container->bcontainer;
+
+    if (!QLIST_EMPTY(&bcontainer->device_list)) {
+        return;
+    }
+    memory_listener_unregister(&bcontainer->listener);
+    vfio_container_destroy(bcontainer);
+    iommufd_backend_free_id(container->be, container->ioas_id);
+    g_free(container);
+}
+
+static int iommufd_cdev_ram_block_discard_disable(bool state)
+{
+    /*
+     * We support coordinated discarding of RAM via the RamDiscardManager.
+     */
+    return ram_block_uncoordinated_discard_disable(state);
+}
+
+static int iommufd_cdev_attach(const char *name, VFIODevice *vbasedev,
+                               AddressSpace *as, Error **errp)
+{
+    VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer;
+    VFIOIOMMUFDContainer *container;
+    VFIOAddressSpace *space;
+    struct vfio_device_info dev_info = { .argsz = sizeof(dev_info) };
+    int ret, devfd;
+    uint32_t ioas_id;
+    Error *err = NULL;
+
+    devfd = iommufd_cdev_getfd(vbasedev->sysfsdev, errp);
+    if (devfd < 0) {
+        return devfd;
+    }
+    vbasedev->fd = devfd;
+
+    ret = iommufd_cdev_connect_and_bind(vbasedev, errp);
+    if (ret) {
+        goto err_connect_bind;
+    }
+
+    space = vfio_get_address_space(as);
+
+    /* try to attach to an existing container in this space */
+    QLIST_FOREACH(bcontainer, &space->containers, next) {
+        container = container_of(bcontainer, VFIOIOMMUFDContainer, bcontainer);
+        if (bcontainer->ops != &vfio_iommufd_ops ||
+            vbasedev->iommufd != container->be) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (iommufd_cdev_attach_container(vbasedev, container, &err)) {
+            const char *msg = error_get_pretty(err);
+
+            trace_iommufd_cdev_fail_attach_existing_container(msg);
+            error_free(err);
+            err = NULL;
+        } else {
+            ret = iommufd_cdev_ram_block_discard_disable(true);
+            if (ret) {
+                error_setg(errp,
+                              "Cannot set discarding of RAM broken (%d)", ret);
+                goto err_discard_disable;
+            }
+            goto found_container;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Need to allocate a new dedicated container */
+    ret = iommufd_backend_alloc_ioas(vbasedev->iommufd, &ioas_id, errp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto err_alloc_ioas;
+    }
+
+    trace_iommufd_cdev_alloc_ioas(vbasedev->iommufd->fd, ioas_id);
+
+    container = g_malloc0(sizeof(*container));
+    container->be = vbasedev->iommufd;
+    container->ioas_id = ioas_id;
+
+    bcontainer = &container->bcontainer;
+    vfio_container_init(bcontainer, space, &vfio_iommufd_ops);
+    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&space->containers, bcontainer, next);
+
+    ret = iommufd_cdev_attach_container(vbasedev, container, errp);
+    if (ret) {
+        goto err_attach_container;
+    }
+
+    ret = iommufd_cdev_ram_block_discard_disable(true);
+    if (ret) {
+        goto err_discard_disable;
+    }
+
+    bcontainer->pgsizes = qemu_real_host_page_size();
+
+    bcontainer->listener = vfio_memory_listener;
+    memory_listener_register(&bcontainer->listener, bcontainer->space->as);
+
+    if (bcontainer->error) {
+        ret = -1;
+        error_propagate_prepend(errp, bcontainer->error,
+                                "memory listener initialization failed: ");
+        goto err_listener_register;
+    }
+
+    bcontainer->initialized = true;
+
+found_container:
+    ret = ioctl(devfd, VFIO_DEVICE_GET_INFO, &dev_info);
+    if (ret) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "error getting device info");
+        goto err_listener_register;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * TODO: examine RAM_BLOCK_DISCARD stuff, should we do group level
+     * for discarding incompatibility check as well?
+     */
+    if (vbasedev->ram_block_discard_allowed) {
+        iommufd_cdev_ram_block_discard_disable(false);
+    }
+
+    vbasedev->group = 0;
+    vbasedev->num_irqs = dev_info.num_irqs;
+    vbasedev->num_regions = dev_info.num_regions;
+    vbasedev->flags = dev_info.flags;
+    vbasedev->reset_works = !!(dev_info.flags & VFIO_DEVICE_FLAGS_RESET);
+    vbasedev->bcontainer = bcontainer;
+    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&bcontainer->device_list, vbasedev, container_next);
+    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&vfio_device_list, vbasedev, global_next);
+
+    trace_iommufd_cdev_device_info(vbasedev->name, devfd, vbasedev->num_irqs,
+                                   vbasedev->num_regions, vbasedev->flags);
+    return 0;
+
+err_listener_register:
+    iommufd_cdev_ram_block_discard_disable(false);
+err_discard_disable:
+    iommufd_cdev_detach_container(vbasedev, container);
+err_attach_container:
+    iommufd_cdev_container_destroy(container);
+err_alloc_ioas:
+    vfio_put_address_space(space);
+    iommufd_cdev_unbind_and_disconnect(vbasedev);
+err_connect_bind:
+    close(vbasedev->fd);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void iommufd_cdev_detach(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
+{
+    VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer = vbasedev->bcontainer;
+    VFIOAddressSpace *space = bcontainer->space;
+    VFIOIOMMUFDContainer *container = container_of(bcontainer,
+                                                   VFIOIOMMUFDContainer,
+                                                   bcontainer);
+    QLIST_REMOVE(vbasedev, global_next);
+    QLIST_REMOVE(vbasedev, container_next);
+    vbasedev->bcontainer = NULL;
+
+    if (!vbasedev->ram_block_discard_allowed) {
+        iommufd_cdev_ram_block_discard_disable(false);
+    }
+
+    iommufd_cdev_detach_container(vbasedev, container);
+    iommufd_cdev_container_destroy(container);
+    vfio_put_address_space(space);
+
+    iommufd_cdev_unbind_and_disconnect(vbasedev);
+    close(vbasedev->fd);
+}
+
+const VFIOIOMMUOps vfio_iommufd_ops = {
+    .dma_map = iommufd_cdev_map,
+    .dma_unmap = iommufd_cdev_unmap,
+    .attach_device = iommufd_cdev_attach,
+    .detach_device = iommufd_cdev_detach,
+};
diff --git a/hw/vfio/meson.build b/hw/vfio/meson.build
index eb6ce6229daef67206d562e981898d62b105ece0..e5d98b6adc223061f6b0c3e1a7db3ba93d4eef16 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/meson.build
+++ b/hw/vfio/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ vfio_ss.add(files(
   'spapr.c',
   'migration.c',
 ))
+vfio_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_IOMMUFD', if_true: files(
+  'iommufd.c',
+))
 vfio_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VFIO_PCI', if_true: files(
   'display.c',
   'pci-quirks.c',
diff --git a/hw/vfio/trace-events b/hw/vfio/trace-events
index 08a1f9dfa4508b8378a41c35feed67123ba4b942..3340c93af0e9d366e04e6fe573f1010ab2a861a6 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/trace-events
+++ b/hw/vfio/trace-events
@@ -164,3 +164,13 @@ vfio_state_pending_estimate(const char *name, uint64_t precopy, uint64_t postcop
 vfio_state_pending_exact(const char *name, uint64_t precopy, uint64_t postcopy, uint64_t stopcopy_size, uint64_t precopy_init_size, uint64_t precopy_dirty_size) " (%s) precopy 0x%"PRIx64" postcopy 0x%"PRIx64" stopcopy size 0x%"PRIx64" precopy initial size 0x%"PRIx64" precopy dirty size 0x%"PRIx64
 vfio_vmstate_change(const char *name, int running, const char *reason, const char *dev_state) " (%s) running %d reason %s device state %s"
 vfio_vmstate_change_prepare(const char *name, int running, const char *reason, const char *dev_state) " (%s) running %d reason %s device state %s"
+
+#iommufd.c
+
+iommufd_cdev_connect_and_bind(int iommufd, const char *name, int devfd, int devid) " [iommufd=%d] Successfully bound device %s (fd=%d): output devid=%d"
+iommufd_cdev_getfd(const char *dev, int devfd) " %s (fd=%d)"
+iommufd_cdev_attach_ioas_hwpt(int iommufd, const char *name, int devfd, int id) " [iommufd=%d] Successfully attached device %s (%d) to id=%d"
+iommufd_cdev_detach_ioas_hwpt(int iommufd, const char *name) " [iommufd=%d] Successfully detached %s"
+iommufd_cdev_fail_attach_existing_container(const char *msg) " %s"
+iommufd_cdev_alloc_ioas(int iommufd, int ioas_id) " [iommufd=%d] new IOMMUFD container with ioasid=%d"
+iommufd_cdev_device_info(char *name, int devfd, int num_irqs, int num_regions, int flags) " %s (%d) num_irqs=%d num_regions=%d flags=%d"
