diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.c
index 13c3c087fe..15aadd6fdd 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "qemu/iov.h"
+#include "qemu/range.h"
 #include "exec/target_page.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
@@ -1155,6 +1156,71 @@ static int virtio_iommu_set_page_size_mask(IOMMUMemoryRegion *mr,
     return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * virtio_iommu_set_iova_ranges: Conveys the usable IOVA ranges
+ *
+ * The function turns those into reserved ranges. Once some
+ * reserved ranges have been set, new reserved regions cannot be
+ * added outside of the original ones.
+ *
+ * @mr: IOMMU MR
+ * @iova_ranges: list of usable IOVA ranges
+ * @errp: error handle
+ */
+static int virtio_iommu_set_iova_ranges(IOMMUMemoryRegion *mr,
+                                        GList *iova_ranges,
+                                        Error **errp)
+{
+    IOMMUDevice *sdev = container_of(mr, IOMMUDevice, iommu_mr);
+    GList *current_ranges = sdev->host_resv_ranges;
+    GList *l, *tmp, *new_ranges = NULL;
+    int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+    /* check that each new resv region is included in an existing one */
+    if (sdev->host_resv_ranges) {
+        range_inverse_array(iova_ranges,
+                            &new_ranges,
+                            0, UINT64_MAX);
+
+        for (tmp = new_ranges; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+            Range *newr = (Range *)tmp->data;
+            bool included = false;
+
+            for (l = current_ranges; l; l = l->next) {
+                Range * r = (Range *)l->data;
+
+                if (range_contains_range(r, newr)) {
+                    included = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!included) {
+                goto error;
+            }
+        }
+        /* all new reserved ranges are included in existing ones */
+        ret = 0;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    if (sdev->probe_done) {
+        warn_report("%s: Notified about new host reserved regions after probe",
+                    mr->parent_obj.name);
+    }
+
+    range_inverse_array(iova_ranges,
+                        &sdev->host_resv_ranges,
+                        0, UINT64_MAX);
+
+    return 0;
+error:
+    error_setg(errp, "IOMMU mr=%s Conflicting host reserved ranges set!",
+               mr->parent_obj.name);
+out:
+    g_list_free_full(new_ranges, g_free);
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static void virtio_iommu_system_reset(void *opaque)
 {
     VirtIOIOMMU *s = opaque;
@@ -1450,6 +1516,7 @@ static void virtio_iommu_memory_region_class_init(ObjectClass *klass,
     imrc->replay = virtio_iommu_replay;
     imrc->notify_flag_changed = virtio_iommu_notify_flag_changed;
     imrc->iommu_set_page_size_mask = virtio_iommu_set_page_size_mask;
+    imrc->iommu_set_iova_ranges = virtio_iommu_set_iova_ranges;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo virtio_iommu_info = {
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.h
index 1dd11ae81a..781ebaea8f 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ typedef struct IOMMUDevice {
     MemoryRegion root;          /* The root container of the device */
     MemoryRegion bypass_mr;     /* The alias of shared memory MR */
     GList *resv_regions;
+    GList *host_resv_ranges;
     bool probe_done;
 } IOMMUDevice;