diff --git a/include/sysemu/kvm.h b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
index e4e43b8829..a02d67cd5a 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/kvm.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
@@ -194,6 +194,28 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl(KVMState *s, int type, ...);
 
 int kvm_vcpu_ioctl(CPUState *cpu, int type, ...);
 
+/**
+ * kvm_device_ioctl - call an ioctl on a kvm device
+ * @fd: The KVM device file descriptor as returned from KVM_CREATE_DEVICE
+ * @type: The device-ctrl ioctl number
+ *
+ * Returns: -errno on error, nonnegative on success
+ */
+int kvm_device_ioctl(int fd, int type, ...);
+
+/**
+ * kvm_create_device - create a KVM device for the device control API
+ * @KVMState: The KVMState pointer
+ * @type: The KVM device type (see Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices in the
+ *        kernel source)
+ * @test: If true, only test if device can be created, but don't actually
+ *        create the device.
+ *
+ * Returns: -errno on error, nonnegative on success: @test ? 0 : device fd;
+ */
+int kvm_create_device(KVMState *s, uint64_t type, bool test);
+
+
 /* Arch specific hooks */
 
 extern const KVMCapabilityInfo kvm_arch_required_capabilities[];
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index 8670878245..290e726cfe 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -1784,6 +1784,24 @@ int kvm_vcpu_ioctl(CPUState *cpu, int type, ...)
     return ret;
 }
 
+int kvm_device_ioctl(int fd, int type, ...)
+{
+    int ret;
+    void *arg;
+    va_list ap;
+
+    va_start(ap, type);
+    arg = va_arg(ap, void *);
+    va_end(ap);
+
+    trace_kvm_device_ioctl(fd, type, arg);
+    ret = ioctl(fd, type, arg);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+        ret = -errno;
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
 int kvm_has_sync_mmu(void)
 {
     return kvm_check_extension(kvm_state, KVM_CAP_SYNC_MMU);
@@ -2065,3 +2083,24 @@ int kvm_on_sigbus(int code, void *addr)
 {
     return kvm_arch_on_sigbus(code, addr);
 }
+
+int kvm_create_device(KVMState *s, uint64_t type, bool test)
+{
+    int ret;
+    struct kvm_create_device create_dev;
+
+    create_dev.type = type;
+    create_dev.fd = -1;
+    create_dev.flags = test ? KVM_CREATE_DEVICE_TEST : 0;
+
+    if (!kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL)) {
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+
+    ret = kvm_vm_ioctl(s, KVM_CREATE_DEVICE, &create_dev);
+    if (ret) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    return test ? 0 : create_dev.fd;
+}
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index 37130638ff..580281d9ca 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -1170,6 +1170,7 @@ kvm_ioctl(int type, void *arg) "type 0x%x, arg %p"
 kvm_vm_ioctl(int type, void *arg) "type 0x%x, arg %p"
 kvm_vcpu_ioctl(int cpu_index, int type, void *arg) "cpu_index %d, type 0x%x, arg %p"
 kvm_run_exit(int cpu_index, uint32_t reason) "cpu_index %d, reason %d"
+kvm_device_ioctl(int fd, int type, void *arg) "dev fd %d, type 0x%x, arg %p"
 
 # memory.c
 memory_region_ops_read(void *mr, uint64_t addr, uint64_t value, unsigned size) "mr %p addr %#"PRIx64" value %#"PRIx64" size %u"