diff --git a/Kconfig.host b/Kconfig.host
index a9a55a9c31..24255ef441 100644
--- a/Kconfig.host
+++ b/Kconfig.host
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ config VIRTFS
 
 config PVRDMA
     bool
+
+config MULTIPROCESS_ALLOWED
+    bool
+    imply MULTIPROCESS
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7c496d81fc..a79b3746d4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ skip_meson=no
 gettext="auto"
 fuse="auto"
 fuse_lseek="auto"
+multiprocess="no"
 
 malloc_trim="auto"
 
@@ -797,6 +798,7 @@ Linux)
   linux="yes"
   linux_user="yes"
   vhost_user=${default_feature:-yes}
+  multiprocess=${default_feature:-yes}
 ;;
 esac
 
@@ -1556,6 +1558,10 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --disable-fuse-lseek) fuse_lseek="disabled"
   ;;
+  --enable-multiprocess) multiprocess="yes"
+  ;;
+  --disable-multiprocess) multiprocess="no"
+  ;;
   *)
       echo "ERROR: unknown option $opt"
       echo "Try '$0 --help' for more information"
@@ -1908,6 +1914,7 @@ disabled with --disable-FEATURE, default is enabled if available
   libdaxctl       libdaxctl support
   fuse            FUSE block device export
   fuse-lseek      SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA support for FUSE exports
+  multiprocess    Multiprocess QEMU support
 
 NOTE: The object files are built at the place where configure is launched
 EOF
@@ -6082,6 +6089,9 @@ fi
 if test "$have_mlockall" = "yes" ; then
   echo "HAVE_MLOCKALL=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
+if test "$multiprocess" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS_ALLOWED=y" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
 if test "$fuzzing" = "yes" ; then
   # If LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE is set, assume we are running on OSS-Fuzz, and the
   # needed CFLAGS have already been provided
diff --git a/hw/Kconfig b/hw/Kconfig
index d4cec9e476..8ea26479c4 100644
--- a/hw/Kconfig
+++ b/hw/Kconfig
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ source pci-host/Kconfig
 source pcmcia/Kconfig
 source pci/Kconfig
 source rdma/Kconfig
+source remote/Kconfig
 source rtc/Kconfig
 source scsi/Kconfig
 source sd/Kconfig
diff --git a/hw/remote/Kconfig b/hw/remote/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54844467a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/remote/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+config MULTIPROCESS
+    bool
+    depends on PCI && KVM
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e3ef660670..c8c07df735 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1226,7 +1226,8 @@ host_kconfig = \
   ('CONFIG_VHOST_KERNEL' in config_host ? ['CONFIG_VHOST_KERNEL=y'] : []) + \
   (have_virtfs ? ['CONFIG_VIRTFS=y'] : []) + \
   ('CONFIG_LINUX' in config_host ? ['CONFIG_LINUX=y'] : []) + \
-  ('CONFIG_PVRDMA' in config_host ? ['CONFIG_PVRDMA=y'] : [])
+  ('CONFIG_PVRDMA' in config_host ? ['CONFIG_PVRDMA=y'] : []) + \
+  ('CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS_ALLOWED' in config_host ? ['CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS_ALLOWED=y'] : [])
 
 ignored = [ 'TARGET_XML_FILES', 'TARGET_ABI_DIR', 'TARGET_ARCH' ]
 
@@ -2652,6 +2653,7 @@ summary_info += {'libpmem support':   config_host.has_key('CONFIG_LIBPMEM')}
 summary_info += {'libdaxctl support': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_LIBDAXCTL')}
 summary_info += {'libudev':           libudev.found()}
 summary_info += {'FUSE lseek':        fuse_lseek.found()}
+summary_info += {'Multiprocess QEMU': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS_ALLOWED')}
 summary(summary_info, bool_yn: true, section: 'Dependencies')
 
 if not supported_cpus.contains(cpu)