diff --git a/backends/hostmem-epc.c b/backends/hostmem-epc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b47f98b6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/hostmem-epc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU host SGX EPC memory backend
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
+#include "hw/i386/hostmem-epc.h"
+
+static void
+sgx_epc_backend_memory_alloc(HostMemoryBackend *backend, Error **errp)
+{
+    uint32_t ram_flags;
+    char *name;
+    int fd;
+
+    if (!backend->size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "can't create backend with size 0");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    fd = qemu_open_old("/dev/sgx_vepc", O_RDWR);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno,
+                         "failed to open /dev/sgx_vepc to alloc SGX EPC");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    name = object_get_canonical_path(OBJECT(backend));
+    ram_flags = (backend->share ? RAM_SHARED : 0) | RAM_PROTECTED;
+    memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(&backend->mr, OBJECT(backend),
+                                   name, backend->size, ram_flags,
+                                   fd, 0, errp);
+    g_free(name);
+}
+
+static void sgx_epc_backend_instance_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    HostMemoryBackend *m = MEMORY_BACKEND(obj);
+
+    m->share = true;
+    m->merge = false;
+    m->dump = false;
+}
+
+static void sgx_epc_backend_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
+{
+    HostMemoryBackendClass *bc = MEMORY_BACKEND_CLASS(oc);
+
+    bc->alloc = sgx_epc_backend_memory_alloc;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo sgx_epc_backed_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND_EPC,
+    .parent = TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND,
+    .instance_init = sgx_epc_backend_instance_init,
+    .class_init = sgx_epc_backend_class_init,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(HostMemoryBackendEpc),
+};
+
+static void register_types(void)
+{
+    int fd = qemu_open_old("/dev/sgx_vepc", O_RDWR);
+    if (fd >= 0) {
+        close(fd);
+
+        type_register_static(&sgx_epc_backed_info);
+    }
+}
+
+type_init(register_types);
diff --git a/backends/meson.build b/backends/meson.build
index d4221831fc..6e68945528 100644
--- a/backends/meson.build
+++ b/backends/meson.build
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ softmmu_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_VHOST_USER', 'CONFIG_VIRTIO'], if_true: files('vho
 softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VIRTIO_CRYPTO', if_true: files('cryptodev-vhost.c'))
 softmmu_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_VIRTIO_CRYPTO', 'CONFIG_VHOST_CRYPTO'], if_true: files('cryptodev-vhost-user.c'))
 softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_GIO', if_true: [files('dbus-vmstate.c'), gio])
+softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SGX', if_true: files('hostmem-epc.c'))
 
 subdir('tpm')
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/hostmem-epc.h b/include/hw/i386/hostmem-epc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..846c726085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/i386/hostmem-epc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * SGX EPC backend
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#ifndef QEMU_HOSTMEM_EPC_H
+#define QEMU_HOSTMEM_EPC_H
+
+#include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
+
+#define TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND_EPC "memory-backend-epc"
+
+#define MEMORY_BACKEND_EPC(obj)                                        \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(HostMemoryBackendEpc, (obj), TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND_EPC)
+
+typedef struct HostMemoryBackendEpc HostMemoryBackendEpc;
+
+struct HostMemoryBackendEpc {
+    HostMemoryBackend parent_obj;
+};
+
+#endif