diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ba88fd1824..8d9435a0e0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ plugins="no"
 fuzzing="no"
 rng_none="no"
 secret_keyring=""
+libdaxctl=""
 
 supported_cpu="no"
 supported_os="no"
@@ -1621,6 +1622,10 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --disable-keyring) secret_keyring="no"
   ;;
+  --enable-libdaxctl) libdaxctl=yes
+  ;;
+  --disable-libdaxctl) libdaxctl=no
+  ;;
   *)
       echo "ERROR: unknown option $opt"
       echo "Try '$0 --help' for more information"
@@ -1920,6 +1925,7 @@ disabled with --disable-FEATURE, default is enabled if available:
   libpmem         libpmem support
   xkbcommon       xkbcommon support
   rng-none        dummy RNG, avoid using /dev/(u)random and getrandom()
+  libdaxctl       libdaxctl support
 
 NOTE: The object files are built at the place where configure is launched
 EOF
@@ -6292,6 +6298,24 @@ if test "$libpmem" != "no"; then
 	fi
 fi
 
+##########################################
+# check for libdaxctl
+
+if test "$libdaxctl" != "no"; then
+	if $pkg_config --atleast-version=57 "libdaxctl"; then
+		libdaxctl="yes"
+		libdaxctl_libs=$($pkg_config --libs libdaxctl)
+		libdaxctl_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags libdaxctl)
+		libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu $libdaxctl_libs"
+		QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS $libdaxctl_cflags"
+	else
+		if test "$libdaxctl" = "yes" ; then
+			feature_not_found "libdaxctl" "Install libdaxctl"
+		fi
+		libdaxctl="no"
+	fi
+fi
+
 ##########################################
 # check for slirp
 
@@ -6898,6 +6922,7 @@ echo "parallels support $parallels"
 echo "sheepdog support  $sheepdog"
 echo "capstone          $capstone"
 echo "libpmem support   $libpmem"
+echo "libdaxctl support $libdaxctl"
 echo "libudev           $libudev"
 echo "default devices   $default_devices"
 echo "plugin support    $plugins"
@@ -7731,6 +7756,10 @@ if test "$libpmem" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_LIBPMEM=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
+if test "$libdaxctl" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "CONFIG_LIBDAXCTL=y" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
+
 if test "$bochs" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_BOCHS=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi